The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-01-21
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOLS IN CoLUMBIA CoyNTY
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Even in SuGARLoAF TowEsHIp, which Ger
tainly has many difficulties 10 contend will
IN The effort for good schools by reas on Of it,
sparse and sealtereri population, we found ;
school with a class OF is scholars in Geog
raehy, with a uniformity of books bo,n ia
this and other studies; and in which there
seemed an eatnest zeal 10 learn in every
scholar, ant. a corresponding labor of love
on the part Of the teacher. True, all The
schools OF the district are moi so successful
as the one at Cols.s Creek, but this school
proves that all can be made good If there is
| a proper effort. Sometimes persons say 'any
teacher will do for our school, for it's very
brckward,' II such persons were iold thai
their children could not learn like others, or
did not deserve 10 be equally well taught,
because they were made OF different mate
rial from Ire rest of childkind d, ihsy-nond
feel insulted. And yet it is The same insult
which they use themselves. Any school can
be made good, but il requiTes effort, and the
CO operation of parents, directors aud leach
ers. Nothing is more pernicious Than the
election OF ani-school men as directors, or
even of men whose heart mot in the cause.
HEMLocK district has Eot as good schools
as it's opportunities and means ought to ex-
hibn. Ill could be one of the first districts
in the county But so long as the Directors
persist to employ teacher who does not
know note Of interrogation nor its use, and
cannot add l and together our hope for
progress is faint. We found Mental Atith'
me,ic laugh, only in Miss Fatlies school,
which seems in all respects 10 be The best
conducted and most advanced school OF the
district At our first visit there two winters
ago we found the scholars were not taught
The difference between a comma and peri
cd. There has certainly been marked pro.
gfess since them. AT The Forks school we
gave instructions to have class organized
in Oral Arithmetic, and that punctuation
9 ho,lld be- taught in The reading exercise;
vii; ;ch we are told has since been DONE
Concs ri teading in It's origin was found at
he new Suckhorn schuol, but 1t Is surely
i'm oossibIa for scholars 10 learn even punciu-
alton or he ,-eles OF reading from Emerson
hooks. which G, ,pta in neither instructions for
eading, nor .any xel cises 10 illustrate iniiec'
ion or mobilization o. the voice. Mr.. Kahier
abors fa,thfuIyto improve his school, ...
MoSroua district has eA ueni brick school
houses, in which we have l'esFeVed 10 hnu
he lack Of black boards. Last summer we
'isled The schools at Mir ROBBERS aoo al Nlf
)ieterch's aud found ,hem both wsi' con
Iucied Tor primary schools. The sen o'a''
their instruction, and were IN, ere,N.
d. This winter we visited ths schools al /
)iete richs and at Lazarus but they ale stu
imary schools, and retorical reading, con-
ett reading, and oral arithmetic had not yet I
.ot into the schools, although there are
scholars Of advanced ege. Mr.. Swisher IN
he lower school, al our suggestion, orsaniZ- !
ID class in eTal arithmetic, and we wit |
lessed one rather creditable exercise OF the |
lass. Grammar aRd Geography have been !
,,,,rducel this winter. So we hope the work
gill go on.
f., NouN PHEASANT there has always been
an, am, .scho6i feeling, aud last year there
.aro M r,so schuo,s. IN the first two schools
-, ,;.;,cI ,b;s winter The teachers had not
-, so r,,as ,o - nlain the difference be-
,yssn , comma and ,,sriod ii reading, nor
. the use Of the questions III 'he "rn'
c bet as they had been pressed oy l''.1
ors for certificates and received Mem "''''
s and 0s, no person was deceived a 'eS'"'
r OF this kind kept two gears ago at the
aiIler school-house, where we lonnd This
ear a decided improvement. The schools
4 lkelers and Kitchens are good; and the
eacher at lkeler's among the best 10 the
:ounly This illustrates thai IN district
,ese, with. every difficulty there may be
rood schools established Il the right etiotl IS
made. ..t ...... Or |