The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-11

Many child has been wfited into sill.
ence, and frightened out of success, sim.
ply by being saubIed. Ii is very easy "a
snub child equally easy to encourage
the child md lead him on IA the aceo.a-
plishment of something useful.
Children have strong sympathics; warm
and tender hearts. They soon form at.
tachments to those who are placed In au-
thor'ty over them, OF else they regard
them With a feeling nearly allied to hatred.
What child ever loved cross. sn.ppish
teacher! What child ever hated q teac her
or parent who showed loving interest iu
the chiid's success
Very easy indeed is it to discourage the
little student. He has spent an hour or
two at home over lesson which seems
dull to him. Father. mother, and the
big brothers, not being well versed in the
subject, gave him no assistance. He goes
to school. hoping that be will make
pretty good recitation. He is not quite
up to the mark. .sDunce," ..boobv,"
4biockhead, says the unwise teacher. -
The poor little fellows heart sinks ali the
way TO his ankles. What use is there of
his trying? He is boobyY Why should
he learn anything Has not his teacher,
who certaiuiy knows, told him that he is
Ounce I Is not his head made of mahoc-
anyf He feels it, to see and as be, goes
home with fearful eyes, he despairs of ever
succeeding, sits down in tit of sulky
despondency, and makes positive failure
In his lsssen for the next day. Had the
teacher encouraged him little, kindly
pointed out to him his deficiency, and
showed him how to set his faults right. he
might have come the next day with
merry heart. cheerful face, and a well
learned lesson.
Another little disciple comes bouncing
home from school in high gles. He has
done well IN his lessons. He has had
good time with the other boys, coastine
or skating. Who can sympathixe With
him, and enjoy his enjoyment SO well as
his parents He rushes into their pres
ence. There, now, you noisy calf p
"Nipe your feet this minute, sir !" s.How
dare you 7" An extinguisher is put upon
him. Whether his sins have been great
or small, he feels the condemnation great,
and sulkily sneaks of to his room by him.
sell, or goes to the kitchen corner, behind
the stove, where he soothes his ruffled
feelings BY stroking the cat, assured that
there is some sympathy between them,
even if human beings do snarl at him and |
discourage him.
The same blunder is often made in
Sunday school teaching. Without max
ing allowance for the obstacles which
stand in the way of the boy who tries to
learn verbatim the first chapter of Mat
thew, the teacher tells him, before the rest
ofthe class. that he Is stupid fellow. -
DE is discouraged. Passing to the next.
the teacher finds that none Of them know
It any better; aud, for consistency's g sake. /
and for the sake OF his own dignity, he is
Obliged to pronounce them oil stupid fel-
lows. They exchange glances and ideas
some mourning over their alleged stupidity, t
others glorying in it; while the great les.
son OF the day for them. is that perhaps
the teacher is US stupid rs they are.
It Is very easy to encourage child. -
A kind look, pleasant word, short !
sentence of commentators, do great deal
to make the ohild bafsse that hs really
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