Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-05-15
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schools.
IN tbs age Of prog -es-, wien the mechanic
arts and lie science tbat leaI TO their dcvclo,
'hcat are receiving tie united attention Of The
thinking .neu OF this generation, when every
effort OF he scholar and tic glslautlIropist l.
puJ forth 10 assist the statesman and tile mat
tet'Ive genius 10 rush on Tie or Of irugress-
l have every reason. 70 believe. tie minor :4i,.gs
the starting points, Of al these improvements.
viii be oyeIloosed, Or entirely neglected
You men Of wealth. ami influence. guard a,.s
Of church and -:a;e. You men Of Ie..sr<-scisol-
Iars Of riger age, why boil e. your brains
about 50 small = thing as : district school? To
he sure, yuu owe uu;hing TO Your ii s. teacher;
your a5aain.atcr MS a school Of higher grade
you think yuu could always walk-al! you are
mistaken there. There Wa time when YOU
were obliged 10 creep. and creep slowly too.
When I read Of great man. deeds. and hear
him spoken u, pillar Of tie State; think
there was E.;Ie ola log school house perchancc
It has fallen down whore tie timer WAS
Lewed and squared before it was sent up to be
fitted Tor the Aonorel position il now occupies
think. away back in his boy hood days. there
WAS an obscure persou who ave the sslmuIous
10 all his efforts and who first fed The curiosity
that excited lis hoyl-h mad Curiosity TIA,
IS Tie word. VIA; curious things Tie little
ones are; always u-kiug questions that puzzle
tie mos; learned. Curiosity scenes to be Az
element 81 thei1 taturr. az Unborn something
that we ougIt 10 cultivate Before the child
goes 10 school, lie Is almost CONTINUALLY asking
as soon a his district school education common
ces, just SO soon does his inquiring spirit cease
You hear 10 more OF those lead.n4, questions, no
more difficult problems are given you, why?-
Because the present system Of book drill is sap
ping the liic OF The child. Curiosity is stinted.
and in tie place Of live objects and things to
cFea:e a desire = knew. you give him unulcar-
ing words, aud compel him 10 COMM; long rules
tlaat he neither X ovs nor cares anything about
THIS is all unnatural. and a death stab a, tie
very thing We most need - encourage, TO wit
courage.
! little boy. not far from this place. shor;
time since asked his father (wh;le playing IN
lie iiri) who made tie diri? The father ans
wered very readily
The Good Man-God''
But says tie lille fellow, What dil lie make
it uut Of?
Here lie vas obliged to stop. He could 90
no farther Who canf We can analyze il. and
give IL e. dentistry, but tie original SUBSISTENCE
WHO knows anything about thai! aud ye; :. lit
Tie boy q four years asked Tie question ilege-
la'ion says In The beginning God created the
heavens and the earth; and Tie earth was with
out form. aud void; ss.d da-<nc-s was upon the
face q lie deep, Aust the SPIRIT Of God moved
"pou the IA, e t!u tiers; and God SAID l.,
there be light, and there vas ligf,.
Further than Ans ", know nothing. although
philosophers have puzz,,d their braus ever
since science VAS believe object, are taught
10 little, and hs ,k~ 10 mach. We do not shake
haads euu4gI wsil. ua.ufc, or Study her u Ler
original purity.
There Is ? great demand for a chool refurrna-
tlo:; refrai or y,:en different from the pres
eut mode Of Instruction, i would Il a. .e.o..-
era iafo.Ia themselves better" sa5- a certain
edaca,ional WRITER. There is a great deu.aad
for better qualified t,aoier-, 80 doubt and town
< peri-;sadcn5s also, tut greater thaa either.
Is ;b- o,snaud iar more interest CD the : AT Of
parents and guardians; Tie child l. tie connect
!us lax shat uAitc7 parent and teacher and II
Rny disturbing influence IS fastened to either
end ct tie Cham. natural c,u5eq .erce. il
sympathy affects .he whole. a better kao7.--
eIge Of each other would leaI 10 better results
How Is it with our schools? a stranger IS
hired for three mouihs-he boards At one place
works his way through, aad then goes TO 9th
or parts, never having seen one half of his rt.