The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-01-14
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suffered to contravene the good OF their
children, for whose benefit these amable
characteristics, when subject to reason, have
been specially conferred. Fortunately for the
good Of mankind, there is a sentiment CO.
existent in the human mind, which responds
to the demands Of justice; and SO soon as
parents see that good management is but
the abortion of rational system of treatment,
they will be sure to acquiesce in the means
necessary for its sustenance. The co.opera-
tion Of parents, then. is the life Of school
systems to great degree. As every rational
system will be modified one, every school
in the world is but the collection Of so many
minds differing in capacity and power, both
intellectual, and moral, and physical. The
treatment which justice, humanity, common
sense, suggest, must also be a modified treat
ment. True justice in its distribution of
studies assigned, and Of penalties imposed,
must regard these pre-sonstitutional differ
ences, otherwise that which would bejustice as
applied to one of given mental, intellectual
and physical capacity and power, would be
actual injustice assigned 10 another Of more
or less intellectual, or moral, or physical ca
pacity and power. These truths suggest the
necessity for the teacher being metaphysician
enough to know the structure Of the youth
ful mind, its capacity and power; and also
ths use there is of his knowledge of anato.
my and physiology. to enable him to devel-
oePe capacity aud power physically and of his
knowledge OF the proper moral stimuli, to
provoke the capacity and powers of this es
sential element of character. Discrimina-
tion here is the highest evidence of the
highest qualifications of public instructor.
To clearly perceive these differences Of
capacity and power, moral, intellectual and
physical, and then to construct system of
adaptations, which, in their appliances, sew
eially and personally, will shorten what is
too long in character, and lengthen what is
too short in character, giving breadth where
there is narrowness, and narrowness where
there is too much breadth, in short, of re-
ducing the subject TO moral, intellectual and
physical symmetry-are the living oracles
which proclaims superior endowments for
teaching and modifying treatment Alright.
The idea of relative capacity and power,
as we'll physical as intellectual and moral,
should never be lost sight Of 1t should
form the basis on which every educated
teacher should build his system and predi.
cate his rightful authority for action. 1t
should be the idea uppermost in the mind
of eyery man in the world when he ent,,rs
his son at school. II sbonld hs the ec,aci;c
thought in every trade or nrofass;on for i,
is the secret kew tbat unlocks the annarent.
" concealed events which shroyd in mv,te.
ry much of the whole drama of life. Il ia
indeed the strong trntb before which error
croucbes in suh9;ss;on Indesd tho doc.
trine of relative capacity and power and
the necessity thence arising of VARYING
treatment to accord thereto. if we'll under.
stood. would entirely, remove the d;strnst
which often shows itself in manifold ways
and virtually alledoes nersonal nart;aEtv
against public INSTRUCTORS. Ali treatment
in the. school-room must be personal and
partial, for il cannot be cooperative or cen.
eral-it must differ with personal capacities
and personal merits.
From the m;sconcent;on of ,b;s ,r,,b how.
arisen. many nnfounded aIlsdoes' 7 must
also notice that aoe and size have nothing
20 do with their cspacities and mowers iusi
alluded 10. Two bows Of the same stock
the same aoe and WEIGHT NAV so differ in
their con,,itnt;onal csnac;,;e: and mowers
both intellectual. moral and obvs;caI that
TO Give each the same task would be tax;ng
the one too heavily and the other too Iobt,
IL. The one too heavily taxed ia unfairly
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