Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-20
NUMBER TWO.

My DEAR FRIEND Since the date of nv
last letter, you have probably entered upon
your duties as teacher viii presume, how
ever, that's a few more suggestions upon the
subject of Order wOud not prove uuacccpta-
ble to you, particularly at this time
An orderly school precludes the idea of
noisy one yet | do not consider it very high
praise when il is said of school, I" it is SO still
you may hear pin drop" Such stiffness is
generally purchased at two great price
But noise and confusion, such as all children
will make unless restrained by some wholesome
regulation, are ruinous to any school. Accus-
tom your pupils to shutting the door softly
and walking lightly across the floor. Give
fault marks to those who are foTgetful Of this;
or yonr ingenuity may suggest some other plan.
Some rcugh and uncultiyated boys appear TO
have al idea that there is something rather
manly and independent il clustering into the
room, pushing the doors after them with q
crash, and taking heavy steps to their seats.
When nothing else will answer, n little ridicule
will generally shame such rudeness.
The rattling of states, particularly in large
school, is often very great annoyance. As
a remedy for this evil, or as partial one at
least some have adopted the plan OF covering
the frames with soft leather or thick cloth, SO
as to deaden tire sound produced from their
striking upon the desks or against each other.
Other teachers are so skillful in training their
scholars, that in a short tIme their little math-
ematiciaus are taught TO handle their states al.
most without noise, aud OF course such can
very well dispense with this arrangement.
l0u will avoid much unnecessary noise by
calling ont your classes in some regular order,
and dSiniSsiag them to their seats in the same
way. Have system even ia little things
Whenever you find there is unnecessary noise
about you, very good plan is to stop short
in gouc exercises and refuse to go on until or
der is restored
Do not make too much noise qouysrlf in talk
ing. Some teachers are forever scolding fret
ting, and finding fault. They pitch their
voices on a high key in the morning, aud keep
up tempest all day Now there is no need
OF this; indeed it IS worse than useless, for
scholars Get 50 accustomed 10 hearing this per-
petual dlag-ioHg, that they pay but little or
no attention TO it, know that words Of re-
proof and correction are sometimes necessary,
bat few words are better than many and
whenever you have occasion to use them, speak
with earnestness aud decision. define your po
sitioR distinctly upon the matter under consid.
GRAFTON. and then act afterwards precisely
you talked.
Aside from oral instruction and explanation
in connection with recitations, yot should say
as little as possible. Study breyitY. Ono
single word is all that is necessary in calling
out a class and even this may be dispensed
with, and signal Of some kinda tap Of the
bell perhaps-substituted. The eye and the
hand can speak, often more effectually than
the voice and you will notice that, where
schools are particularly excellent in respect to
system and order, much of this kind Of Ian
guage is employed by the teachers in moving
the nice and complicated machinery.
/ In dismissing your school Ct the close or for
recess, you will ind it expedent to adopt soma
4 plan of doing it, so as TO avoid the hubbub
and confusion that would follow upon pro-
uouncing the words " Schools dismissed =
/ Boys may 20 out, or similar common signals
of sudden emancipation. \ pretty good plan
/ for a small school, is to require the scholars TO
| leave the room singly, by calling off their
names or numbers from the general roll or a
more rapid way and some prefer il, is to dis
miss by sections or divisions For large schools,
composed chiefly Of young pupils, q better
plan is to have them pass ont in a single ile
falling into line from the several rows of desks
with military precision, and preserving the line
unbroken till the outer door is reached. At
some future time l may describe this latter
! method more miHutely At present, have
no time to do SO, neither can / afford space
for it. Thine, truly,
| Cleveland, May, 1852, AZ,