The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-11
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Learning to read.

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guage--the difficulty Of acquiring q
correct pronunciation. Teachers, |
see, entertain the same views and some
IF them seem TO think there Is rem
edy for the evil.
June Goth 1851, the Ohio State
Teachers Association ore Of the
most learned, talented and energetic
bodies Of men in the country
bracing some Of the best Practical
Teachers in the Union, met ut Cleave-
land. and IN their proceedings VIC seei
the following preamble and resolutions
adopted
Whereas. II Is the unanimous ties
timony of friends Of the Phonetic Re
form, and in accordance with the
observation of members Of this Asso4
citation, that the Phonetic method Of
inst ruction as now extensively employ
ed by teachers in varions parts Of this
country and in England, is Of great
service in teaching children to read
the common printing, 50 that course
of instruction Of d few weeks in the
Phonetic characters, followed by sim
liar instruction in the common print
ing, will enable the learner to acquire
a knowledge Of the lotfer. in nearly
one fourth the time required Ivy the
usual method of instruction there
fore.
feesoipea, That this association do
recommend ii to the Teachers Of the
State Of Ohio, so far as practicable, to
make use Of this method Of instruc-
ton, so that the great advantage thus
promised TO the cause Of primary ed.
ucation may be speedily secured
Resolped, That q Committee Of three
members Of this Association be APP
pointed to publish at their earliest
convenience. an a d dr. ess to the
Teachers and friends Of Education
in the State Of Ohio, setting forth
the principles Of the Phonetic Reform
and communicating such information
relating to its history, progress and
success as shall be necessary to a pro-
per understanding Of its great impor-
lance to the cause Of education.
Is the use of the Phonetic alpha
bet "of great service in teaching chill
dren TO read the common Printin0,"
and ought teachers ''to make immedi-
ate nse Of The Phonetic system Of in
structiot ~ If so, and if the Phon-
etie alphabet shall be employed in
orr primary schools. as means Of
teaching children to read the common
printing, will its employment THUS,
bring about the general use Of Phon-
etie printing, and the consequent dis
use Of the common orthograpby ; and,
is such change in the English or
biography desirable! M.
CHEHRFtLSEss Cheerfnluess and
festival spirit fill the soul full Of har-
mony-it composes music for church
es and bearts---it makes and publish
es Qualifications to God--it produces
thankfulness and serves the end Of
charity, and, when the oil Of gladness
runs over, il makes bright and tall
emissions Of light and holy fires, reat
ching up to cloud, and making Joy
round about; and therefore, since it
is so Innocent, and may be so pious
and full Of holy advantage, whatsoever
Gao innoeently minister to this holy
Joy does set forward The work Of relig-
ion aud charity And indeed, charity
itself. which is the vertical top of all
religion, is nothing else but union
of joys concentrated in the heart and
reflected from all the angles of our
life and intercourse. It is q rejoicing
in God, gadness in our nelghbors
good, a rejoicing with him and with
out loye We cannot have any Joy at all.
s Ass
Loss OF THE STEINER AHDA.--As
the Aida was coming down from JEFF
ferson on the 2lst inst, she stuck
stump when about three fourths Of
mile below Pist's Ferry, on Ferry Lake.
The men who we're in the hold at the
time say, that it broke up timbers and
planks for about thirty feet knocking
them up agalns the deck and breaking
some Of them into small peices She
was immedia'Iy run ashore on the
shallowest water near whore she sunk