The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-01-19
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/ In No. IL, Of the current volume oi
the Transcript noticed an article I'D
dressed To PARENTS BY one"J Nc. "
Of thar communication, / will here say,
the thcme is good. and was timely cho
sen. A want Of interest in schooi.vi .
iting, on ihs part Of :. Parents" aud
guardians, is apparent to all; but, more
especially, is this kccnly felt by the
teacher.
sometimes think that the subjcc. OF
elnca:ion need never 90 bey.in. to ob
tain friends, yet 50 i, is. The inatten
ton to intc Icctual pursuits, that is daily
witnessed in community, is tru y lament
able Often, very often have | known
pcrsoss solicited to make, their ea;her
Of young ideas" aud their children,
glad aud rejoice by sseng their approx
ing countenances in the school room.
and these same persons acted at the
time, as though the, considered it an
honor and privilege 10 accept, bn', res,
But, Did they improve upon it? Not
At all. The next day other cares, to
them Of more importance, choked the
promise to attend, and they s,iaed the
monitor within them by saying, yes |
will visit the school next week aud max G
our kind children and their worthy
teacher twice glad And SO time pas
ses on to the close Of the school, and
their we'll Intended resolves are not put
into practice.
But did not intend, in this article
TO attempt an elucidaton or further am
pli6cation Of this subject, therefore will
only add this remark. Let all interest.
ed in higher attainments in educational
reform, be punctual in attending to their
several duties. and the reform will 90 on.
\ few words to all lovers Of correct
writing will next be presented
John" Nc, Jerry" Me-" or J "Mc,'
or whoever he may be, will not here
disclose, as bis sccretiveness has prom pt.
ed him to withhold the desired intorma
ton, has, unfortunately for you kind
readers, written out several examples
IN false syntax' for his pupils or some
body else, to correct. | will cite few
Of them and wait Tor correction from
his pupils Or himself.
The very first sentence is somew hat
out Of joint aud he affirms what he nev
er Intended to, or at least he asserts what
all we'll wishers o. society ought to de
sire and he has made : wish that Il
We're a. hand Or he !" ,couM fain wish, :
yet does no. nov, but will at some uiurc
time. With this accords the first sen. !.
tence " It is 70 be hoped Quot now bu,
by and by) that tbs t.lc is coming Z
(a present progressive act.j What he
asserts then, is this, Z It shall be hoped
tha, the time is now coming aud we have
4 desire 10 wish It were at hand
Iask, what Is the .Ayaning OF " would
with but desire to wisl, il W. could
all Il which 'u.piies, We cnun0t wish bat
we would wish ~ Again, how shall We
dispose vt that'i culprit n?" IT.
Is tue objective case after :: pish z
:. Transitiye vcros govern the objective
case 1t also is the nominative
Case" to the verb ",cere' aud she uId
govern it BY the rule .the nomiaatiye
case goverss the verb IN person and
number Let some one clear u the So
too cases. Tie ex sentence when Ia
rents IN general ,oou!d be more active. :"
Let me suggest "whcn parents piN be
be more active !" In which they would
awake up from" what is the use Of up ?"
/" In ,chicA." For what noun does
"which" stand. The next which"
placed before "intcrests' should be
"wHosE interests" In the second par
agraph fourth line we read, "an4 will
make" where the word /" will" il SUPER
duous. And after our duty" we should
6nd an Interrogation point, and also
note the beginning Of this question, the
word 8 IN does not commence with q
capital |, neither are there any quotation
marks to show that it was :" remark Of
somc other person in his own words"
The nAxt thine [ shall nofa - this.