The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-08

Remember me when am gonei L
When DER my place of rest
The holy stars look gently down,
In quiet on my breast
When she who loved thee more than all.
Shall ne'er return again;
Remember then her love-my son,
Think of thy mother theni a,
From the North Western Home Journal
Attractive School Grounds.
Our readers are aware that we are
not of that number who believe in
sending children to school for the pur-
pose OF getting rid of them; neither
are we of those who would have a
child "creep snailpaced" to his school
room We have long looked upon the
perfect school as the noblest of insti-
tutIons, and one which should form
the brightest picture upon memory's
tablet, as man looks back upon his
childhood.
To attain to the standard of perfec-
ton In our primary, district, union, and
graded schools, good school houses are
necessary, suitably Furnished and ar.
ranged within, conducted by teachers
not only competent in book learning
and theoretical knowledge, but with
practical talent, and that KNOWLEDGE of
human nature without which the best
OF school learning can be of compare
tive little use in achieving successes as
teacher. With such, and a love of
children and devotion to his callino.
the inside school could be none other
than a success.
But outside arrangements have more
to do with the school, and influence
the education of the pupil, more than
most are willing to admit. Every child
loves the beautiful of nature. loves the
trees, the green playground, the flow
ers, and the beautiful wherever found.
Make the school-house and its grounds
attractive and beautiful, and the chill
dren Will hasten to gather there, will
love it for itself its associations, its adj
vantages, its blessings.-School will
then have its charms, study will not be
wholly repulsive, nor the sports all
coarse and ds1as;ng. So
Never were we more fully impressed
with how much of beauty a school
may be adorned, than few days since.
when visiting one Of the thrifty vii
lagos of a neighboring State. We
found in very pleasant locality. a
school edifice three stories in height sit
uated on rise of ground in an en-
closure of about two acres. The rear
OF the lot was used for a playground.
but the whole was covered with suitable
shade trees. But what struck us as
novelty, and coming up almost to our
standard of attractive school grounds.
was the amount of flowers and shrub.
berry with which the front yard was
adorned. Three broad paths led from
the street to the doors of the school.
rooms, and on each side were to be
found S in ia!! hlessess-sss buda;c,f duo for
tae future, more than score of the
varieties of Towering roots
and shrubs; not of dwarfsh and s;cklv
growth, but in thriftiness and richness
never excelled in the best of gardens
Not weed was to be seen. but every.
thing betokened the highest state Of
cultivation. The ground thus occun;ed
Land weii-fttea, too-could not have
been less than five or six rods in width
oy twenty or more in length. It was
an ornamented school-yard. such 40
was never before our good fortune to
ook upon.
And did the children DESTROY the
lowers? No, never. They looked nm.
IN their flower garden with nr;de
For years had such been cultivated.
md the four hundred and fifty scholars
VINO daily congregated there. loved
more and more the beautiful. Not a
lower was touched, not a shrub injured.
hough their daily pathway was alone
ne shaded, fiowery walks. The beau,
y OF those grounds must have had it's
nfiuenee upon the taste of the inhabi.
ants OF the village, for never have we
such a universal attention
aid 20 the cultivation of gardens and
ardS, the identifying of every home
y the embellishments of trees. and
and flowers, as in that vii
lge OF Battle Creek, in the state of
n uPoH tnOSe children
mo pass months and years at that
ighiy favored school, the refining in
uences OF tho beautiful will be seen
na ,eit IN after years, not only in pleas
ht homes with their beautiful sur
but in that love of education
nicn not only would teach few ar.
Itrary book-rules and leave undevel-
ped the soul; but that cultivation of
le whole man, which, while it FITS him
ore thoroughly for business, disciplins
+ life IN its fullest sense. What
hool-house in Illinois will not com.
tic with our sister State, for the hon
OF the best and ,Aost attractive
hool grounds?