The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-27
uINrS ON EDUCATION.

We clip the following Hints ON Educallon
f,om tn. Three Hours School Day. anu
.ommend them as worthy Of the attention u
Teachers and PARENTS
an, poop Ixrs.1s-We pin little lnno'
cents of Jour, i've, sX or seven - s;r
toa BENCH of chair; they Orra."o y"
into their delicate lungs Whaling ""u ,,ar;
iup heavy the currents OF tlle oio"u ~ r..
cd ol in,euse vitality. m oru'r '''' ~ ~
,h,ee or fur times dav, say over ~ ~ 70
and smell shaker, brar, etc; ana az tns SUM: :l,'
tim. We pirate Of science, progress "'u ',',,,
i,a,;on,-not forgetting frequently 10 nou!y
~. world that We are ihe "sInarleS' NATION III
all creation!
rvevc,sg Asp DmEsTIoS.-The physical
.,a,,,regteats nj The Human system are EVERY
NV requirements. They are, Exercise at the
nrnuer time-Rest at the proper tlme-exer'
ris. and rest OF tine proper KIND and quantity
-pure air. 10 the direct light OF the sun-
these are all everyday needs. They are not
IN he mt off for i've days in the week, aud
made Oh at vacation; nor during childhood
and youth, and made up after the school has
been lett What is lost, il lost forever. ~
is exercise in the open air that COMPLETES d.
gesiion, and can alone perfect H. repeat, 1t
can not be perfected without 1t.
We DEMAND IuPosslBiLITIEs.-Sirh hours
a dan of ACTIVITY in The duties Of the school
room CAN NOT BE HAD. The quantity Is not
there, and therefore you cant get 1t. There
are scholars who are exceptions. But to them
il is death. They early furnish food Tor
a.. al, and far more
ulnintive walls. II they survive, and reach
what by way of compaisant burlesque Is
called ,nafnritu, the ordeal through which
they have passed has proved forever fatal TO
the integrity of their constitutions.
Cur OUT AND PRESERVE THIs!-This truth
that there can be no integrity OF body with
ont integrity of mind, and no integrity of
mind without integrity Of body, ought to he
burned in the palms OF the hands Of both
young and old.
REpUGHANcE TO SCHOOL, There is an al
mos universal repugnance 10 school. Its chief
attraction is the play il gives their social ma
ture out OF doors. Whatever day occurs on
which "school does not keep" is regarded as
the choicest on the calendar, and hailed with
delight rs uAmixed us il is unboundrd. On
the contrary, uas their SCHOOL WORK Kept
within the limits of what might b. termed
their SCHOOL POWER FOR THE DAY, were they
TO be kept wide awake and ut work rs brisk
~ ia so many bees every moment while III
school (and so they could and would work,
If their energies were fresh, and there was a
prospect ahead for rest and play, and II the
teacher, too, we're active, and alive, and ener-
gelc, and playful in spirit, rs then he might
be)-I these things pere true, the children
,oouh regard The school as one Of their chiefest
delights. They would attend with alacrity
and REG uLARirY-ay, for the love OF II Us va
riety and relaxation.
The SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL STUDy.-
Adopt the plan here proposed-three hours n
day, with two fifteen minute recesses taken
out of tune ut the end Of the first hour,
and one at the end of the next three quarters
OF an hour, to vantilats the room and the
lungs OF the scholars, and teachers, and to
give the circulation impetus for the next hour
of motiuness work. say, adopt this policy,
and the children will rush with delight to the
school ny, with the same inexpressible joy
with which they now rush from it! And
what an advantage we thus secure! The very
vitality of education! For that intellectual la
Dor alone phich is voluntary and cheeyful,adds
strength to The mind-alone adds 10 The stores
OF memory tits only when the mind acts
voluntarily. Tint it possesses energy. Every
body knows this His own experience, not
books, is every ones teacher tor this Unless
the mind SO net, how can il strike out new
or bold paths of thought and investigation, and
perseveringiy follow them! And in gaining
knowledge of facts, M in spelling reading,
geography, history, etc,th same law prevails
Their acquisition depends on memory
Attention is the secret of memory. Inter
est is the secret of attention. Interest is i'm
pulse; aud impulses are VOLUNTARY, or indi-
vidual.