Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-02-13
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No.5.

4 No: 5.
ar Hzy. q. WILKINSON.
, Ny lass at.icle usaIsd Of government. III,
defined schcol.goverDmen, 10 be. .he subjec.
lion of the will ofihe scholars 10 the will Of
The teacher. Ny pressns article is on ,hs
quo Modo or
Hoss 10 Govern.
I. Begin Al the Top and regulate down
wards. Gel the large scholars righ, .frs..
and attend 10 the liule ones last. Ii is un.
wise as we'll as cruel, 10 keep all the time
furnishing the little ones for doing wrong;
while the large ones do anything they
please, and 60 uDpunished. Ihave been III
schools where the scholars whowere nearly on
quite grown, were allowed 10 whisper. play
and laugh all the lime, while The liule ur-
china who cat on The low seals, could hard
" sir or breathe wi,hou, frown Or cuff.
Such attempts .. government are foolish,
cruel, and nav say cOwardly.
lf any are 70 be indulged and have larger
libery.'i il is the small ones. Begin ihen
with The upper classes q The school and rsg.
Iulate downwArds.
Blu, first, afier opening The school The frat
idpy of ,hs quarter, and telling the school
what you have come there for, and What
you shall expec. them 10 do; take j. for gran
ted .ha, they are a-golng 70 do right. Be-
gin yonrreian wi,h .he appearances, at least.
of :oafdence In your pupils. This will 90
grea, ways towards scouting obedience 10
good aud wolesome rules.
2. Having determined where 10 begin 70
regulate your school, Iwould advise TO fur
nish each scholar with enough 10 do 10 fill
up the hours Of school. And be careful iha.
The task shall no, be greater than d'ligan,
application can accomplish. You mus. no.
discourage by assigning more work than can
be done.
1 j, is equally necessary that definite
lime should bc fixed for each lesson 10 be re.
cited. And having fixed the lime for hear
ing lesson reci,ed, don't forge. It, Lor fail
to hear !. q, the time appointed. II you do.
you will furnish an excuse for scholars 10
be idle before .,heir lessonfs. learned.
i 5. Lei .he school begin to form good
HABITS by shon periods Of sildy--suy ten
minu,es q, .firss--incfeasing gradually from
day 10 day ill a hslt hour Of conlinuous
study shall be attained. .or. a period long
enough 70 learn The whole lesson given =
! These periods OF study should In every case,
}, be succeeded by three or four minules ol
!. rest The periods for rest are just us i'm.
. por,ant as those for study. and should b.
5 a. No,hing should be said abou, punish
] meat 20 long as IL can be avoided. TAKE
! care thu, the common sentiment through
the school shall be lha, the regular business
Of tbe school is study aud progress In usvlu
knowledge;and the, punishiag, if.here isany
isan exception something foreignio The prop
or objec. OF q school--and ,ha, ihe coBduc
which requires punishment, Is an intrusion
!, --an interruption. something entirely ou
Of place. Misconduc, In school should new
er be treated as an expression OF vii o
smauness; bui The contrary, as il really is
], does not require much win or talent 0
/ any kind 10 make disturbance In the schoo
Ito whisper or laugh. The most stDpi'
scholar In the school could do oil thai, aRl
more TOO. They could ca, apples, OF mus
and throw paper balls and dosuch like things
+ BIT TO ge. good lesson--,o read weH, do
hard sum or parse grammar correctly, re
y quires brains-requires some real viii
: some gumPlion. e
al s. But sill. there will be some in ever
school who need some amending 10, 70 keel
the IN straight, you say: Very well. ! comics
IL and treating such cases. ! would frs. ap
peal 70 ,hsir reason, and conscience, an,
sense Of proprie,ys Every scholar ha
/ more or less Of theso qualities, and the,
should be FIRST addressed. II afIeI Wyin
this method for securing Figh, conduct.
u reasonable Time, you do not meet win sue
!, cess; have private iFteryisw with The sehol
n or. and By an appeal 70 sense Of hOsor an,
right make another effort 20 secure obedi
ence. But IN this interview let The schol
+ at Distinctly understand .ha, disobedisnc
70 canno,, and will moi, be tolerated.
!. lf this private Interview u kindly an
wisely conducted, !. viii generally 20 sue
Icessful. lttfe YsGl lps tta
dl But II after all obedlencs caDno. bs se
II cured, some sOrt OF punishment. should B
J. resoried 10. Begin a The Eildesi and pro
!, coed 10 that which u more severe. uhiil 20
Y have gone 70 % great d length as Il snilehl
p 10 b used Ii school, n ihes obedience
y not secured. the scholar must be- dismissed
n The rule mus, be rigidly adhered to. shat dii
J. obedience II schooI tahnoi Be tolerated
n Il isihe .eschss's right and duty 10 gov
ern his or her school. And raiher than Sia
n and no, be master. the teacher ought 70 aav
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