The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-24
Overtaninx Dor ChuSre..

II Ia the exception and not tho rule, 10 find
our children overtaxed with school duties, but
thafollowipg Communication TO one Of our city
ostemporarics indicates that such may at timss,
be the Gaze. Its wide publication will be use
ful hint 10 teachers in general, and 70 those Of
the Twelfth strett school in particular. The
correspondent says,-
On Monday, Jan. goth, 1889: one Of the very hes,
and most popular schools tr Neith siretl gave out
the following lessons b. lie rocited next day by A
class Of seventy children from nine years and up.
wards;
Grammar, two pages, including definition Of de.
iectiye verbs, List Of eight Of them; the particpe
It's three clasuses, its formation, with examples OF
each, with reasons Tor the same.
History, two pages, detailing the chief Incidents
c1nnected with the history I've settlement Of New
Jersey and Maryland, involving the innitfnent n
memory Of some ten different dites thirteen r ,psr
names the principles Of government, the localities
and circumstances connected with the FIRST land tng
DC, &c.
Mental Arithmetic, involving the solution NJ IL
problems and the explain alton ~ The same, without
pen or pencil. One Il; an earn tls = month,
and spend 20 cents a week 70, washing, and AZ
Of ~ oaks.
Dcfnitions.-The spelling and definition ofHfty.
two words. one-third such ~ " maintenance" one
third " vehemence," ons-thirl, " substAnce"
II the slightest hesitation h manifested In an.
s"oring any one question IN any ono lesson, It Is
nrapidlty OF prununcatun, ~ 10 sound like Tn At
very uneuphOniouH utt"rnnce ''snhEt," now bec,-na
An eNtr, sHiOn Of rdcule among the little urch ins
Such hestsncy IL believe, counted \ - failure"
which brings with II such pains and penalties"
that the children hear ia pronunciation with a
sinking within thom, which ought h. excite our
COmmisseratiJn
The children leave school ataP,M, aud must b.
there at quarter before o. Hyitg 1t various dis
tsnces up ~ One Hundred aud Twenty -fflh street,
st miles away. Tho sun sets at o, and Few in the
rtla ia o..
o'clock. will venture the assertion that not one
parent In ten would be- able between shutdown anI
breakfast, 10 master with tho pfomptncsa required,
the spelling and definitions alone.
Tho children cann,t get through with dinner
sooner than vulpck, the sun SITS ut D. thus ab4p-
lutey cutting oh all opportunity lur outdoor eEor-
| else hkEung AID she Ike, aud cDmprllnx them h.
use their eyes by srtih i light iOr all the time out
Of school necessary b. ms-ter their Lessons escept
1 the hour from o'clock until o, or sund ,wn
| know enc child who gets up e. Etudy 1T A. n ,
tWl hours before II II u ght enough tn study by
Tie natural J. CHIT prurti,e which every into fyunt
phys ian knows will ruin any chilis eyes u per-
| s-ies In.
! II iy Sir, not only abusive but crud and wickei,
H. keep children At their lsk4 siS hours at ,hoo,
sud then give them lessons tp learn out Of sc 1ol
| hours, which rcluro al the available time II tho
utrrvn whom ten hours Al rplntely essential Gir
| sleep, dr. V,ng aud undressing Of children
| know thpugDtirl parents who cpntem plata thaaf
| Outtnge, with indignation, but whose me ans do n Il
allow them b. fre,o the saving which attends going
! q public Erhr ps, especially many believe they
are conducted with greater ability, eff cheney and
/ tnOrYughnoss than tho majority II prlv,t,
! schools The teachers are No iluht actual a by 4
! sense 81 duty; their error IL IA their ambition /
bring the children tpo fast, thus s,cri ling riy
brain, AMI the enipymo I ui rihscpIcnt lif,tiins
facts which would 4cken the reader, but forher.
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