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

south Of the suns place.
Recess Of five minutes --Exerriss in Arith.
mc;ic conducted by Prof Durham Rule
for pointing OF Deci ais. Divide the resul,
by ITS own denominator, whici, is Of the low.
est denomination given. Never would ,c-
qlir scholars to learn rules. All directions
come at thu close of experiment Reouir,
pupils t. make their own rules and I c f,ol
more confidence in themselves Prefer scb,l-
arr 10 give their own language. and no, tina.
OF 'l'e e9oN SARAH l., I.soocx,
Buck,por,.
AFTERNOON
Assembled at one o'clock. Prof.
Durham commenced the exercises.-
sulJcet-Spclins.-Thc bcs, methods Of
teaching oar pupils this Science consid-
cred. Give an example Of i nodi class.
Scholars arrange themselves in a line in
4 peri city upfish, position. TEACHER
pu:s out frs. worl ia lcssoa to NJ.
No, ! spells and proaouaces Il: Teache,
pu's GU. next wosi 70 No. !, Ifthe frs.
word was property spelled. No. > spells
the NIX, nos,l; If net. asks-"is taa.
nigh. and earTeets il Teacher puts
cat reAt word to No }, and II the pre-
ecdiHs Worlds were all spelled right. No
j spe.s ;he wofi; If not. eorrccts the
word missed. ani so continues through
The exercise. Sometimes a word missed
Is IL; noticed ALI has passed netrIy 10
too Of class Sometimes n5tslll the one
who missed i, c1rrec,s il. Prof b. then
mnel up the US fulncs. Of this method.
!, secures the attention Of the Who'll,
class, strengthens the memory, makes
them active. Teachers should have i,
unlets: Cd among their pupil, that they
wall put out wosds bat once. and only
oace; ether wise. they acquire the hab.,
Of lis;i sssaess aal ina,,ca,ion. They
will ask. "wha; do YOU say, sir ?" when
ttcy know perfectly vel. wha. you say
This acquired habi, of ina,,eu,ion, if no,
checked when young. will follow them
al! through lfc We often hear gentle
men OF middle age asking Us TO repeat
our qoc.;io :. and thus depriving Us Of
muca valuable time-all arising from
hab, acquired in early life. In our com
mon schools never waste the golden mo.
lnen,s in this manner. lns,ill the prin-
ciples of promp,ness in the spring time
of life, and they will never be forgotten.
Do not pu; out each syllable separately;
a child will never learn to spell cell if We
do so, for they do not learn the RICH.
sound Of the word. /, is we'll to let
young classes pronounce the word after
you, before spelling, and then you arc
sure to be understood; but it is useless TO
waste time in this manner with older pu-
pils. We waste too many valnahle mo-
ircnts-enoush to make fortune.
Then Prof. b. gave short exercise.
comprising words liable TO be mispellet;
for instance - Receive, Achieve, Defer.
red, &c. Gave rules to apply to these
cxamples-thus, when eli is taken IN con.
nection, if preceded by c. the comes
before the i; if by any other letter, thu c
precedes the e.
Reccss.-Prof. Chadbourne took the
stand. First read few questions and
gave the answers. Cues. lst-.-Does the
moon have any influence on the weather:
This opinion is very general in communi-
ty, and very many will not be convinced
to the contrary. Observations have
been taken for the pas, twenty years
in England, to prove whether i. does
lbs not; and it has been decided
that i, does not affect the weather. ID -
Which is proper, 10 say a man coat sis
we'll, or sets well /, is proper to say
i, fits well, bu. sit has the same meaning
therefore SITS yell is proper. In respect
to these questions, some may differ; but
We do not expect to convert every one to
our theory 1t is decidedly wrong to
wish our belief admitted BY every enc