Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-10-23

They will not even intrust the cultiva.
ton of their fields to others, without
due regard to the manner in which it is
carried on; but their children, those min
iature men and women, beings whom an
All-wisc Providence has placed in their
hands to be educated for future world,
they send away as though Of minor i'm
portance. What a sad mistake is this
Tho negligence Of their duty TO children
in this respect. has been the meaus OF
bringing the gray hairs Of many parent
with sorrow to the grave.
l. is sincerely to be hoped that parents
will, ere long, discover this great error,
and correct it. Why do so many men,
and especially young men, fail in busi-
ness ! Simply because they have not
been properly educated. A man, to do
business successfully, must have good
education; and then l. he has good
capital to begin with. An abundance of
knowledge is of great Importance to the
business man, as well as to the the teach
er. The teacher should study we'll the
character of the pupil under his tuition,
This is his special duty. He will then be
better able to judge rightly concerning
each individual.
He sheuld understand the physical,
intellectual and moral powers o. his pu-
pills, in order to know how much each
can bear; hence the necessity Of an ac-
quaintancc with Mental Philosophy
Prof. b. then spoke of the pupils be-
ing thrown upon his own resources. He
said it depended very much upon the ex-
ertion the pupil had made, whether it
would be best to refuse to assist him.
Some would bear much more labor than
others; and with greater ease. Dir.
Weatherspoon, when schoolboy, was
sent to his seat BY his teacher, with a
problem in Algebra, fire times, and at
last he solved it without any assistance
There is such thing, however, as throw
ing child too much upon its own re-
sources. The teacher should be very
careful in this matter. Education CON
sists in drawing out tn ought, or inducing
reflection.
The great fault of teachers was tina,
they went over too much ground, and
were not thorough enough; here the
scholar loses what little he does learn in
a very short time. If we wish to interest
and instruct children we must come into
their world, and then there will be some
prospect of success; otherwise there will
be great amount Of time lost, if the
effort does not prove entirely vain.
We must modify theory so as to re-
ducc it to practice. We should be vigi
liant and firm, and accomplish what We
promise. We should be to our pupils
what we should wish teacher to be to
US. The secret Of success is attention to
business. Always attend to your bust
ness. let it be what it may.
Adjourned, after appointing reporters
for the day. EUGENE +. TnURsToS,
kcnduskeag
TUESDAY, October 9th. A. NJ.
Exercises commenced by tho reading
Of the Bible, and Prayer.
We then listened to the reports of the
exercises of the preceding day. They
were highly complimentcd by Prof Burn.
ham, and held up as model reports.
The remark was then made, that the
amount Of knowledge person possesses,
can be learned from their manner of re,
porting. Confidence is the grand step
ing stone to success. Uniformity is very
desirable in any position. and in the
""hool -oom il should he strictly observ-
ed Difference in sacred matters. always
leaves favorable impression. If a
Teacher is ashamed to portray the beau
ties Of religion to pupil, he ought new
er to have pupil; for person should
commence lie with the principles of
Christianity at heart.
Reccss-We next listened to remarks
on reading, by Prof. Burnham; a branch
that receives the least attention, because
we consider it of but light importance.
Formerly. loud, and even rapid reading,
was considered mark of good reader,
and even now the standard Of good read
ing is rarely y fixed.
The reason we give it but passing no.
tice, is because we are not accomplished
readers ourselves, and it is predominant
motive with US, to neglect what we are
incompetent to teach. But instc2 d Of be.
ing in the rank it now is, it should be
con nsidered superior; for the ifuuence Of