, 1863-08-06

ns1ess 5si1 s' Ms
to youDe Who " %ss Ga1ns the mage M Of
= he could-not help thinking what, a. picture
" ths schools e. e. unSa sn aa9
;cachers VT re mere ho5mel, Others we're tolesably
proficient, ana some were real artists. The true
ashF old 1ot @ Of III Hs m
adapted hfs implements to his work. He knew
what be was about and wrought With noble SID
se and to tpInss the est
his imagination could copjure up. The elements
Of snccese, and causes Of failure In teaching are
patent to al who aie seauant.ssa "a with the human
were teaehese By profession, teachers By trade,
s1a te.s1sIs who wqskss pa 051 fa for Rag Ths M
Buief, the antor Of the great arithmetic was once
sh4sefa hs e 1oss Sf Tf and the
and write 60 weli. He ought TO be an editor Of,
member Of Cor gress Mr Butter, who under:
STOOD biz ftiend's position answered: II do not
member Of Congress" Such was the true teach
er There we're many ~h9 a..I tsisd d., to do too
N snnes a o eattne ali away aud
pupils, instead Of Developing them into plastic
aud noble forms. Teaching was not done IL that
ance with the nature of his 'pupiis-snd
It should be remarked that there WIS really such
thing as boy nature 9 well az human nature, and
this Eoy nature was to be cultivated by kindness,
ard generosity, BY tempting his faculties into the
lgLt 20 that be shon1d grow at last into the beau
y and power OF 3 fully developed man. A teachers
hea,t never did grow old, or cold either He taere.
fore WAS alwaye successful The teacher By trade
was quack, who knew nothfngo Of the philosophy
ct the human mind, who tAonght every thing ,was
to be krocIed into tho boy, and that nothing could
be driven ont Of him but what h4d ALREADY been
In him. He dealt in fraud, and lived cheaply
y % e. es q1 te n' & ssp 1
is marvel; that he learns quicker than any other
. boy, ard possesses faculties that caunot fail to
%aka him a1 tas. A. ~ etoa 1e ga!ea s.a1es
.ng}ed." and stupid nonsense. He nayer was
.ught In that way; he never was trained By OBJ
{eets: nor Taught the value ., of ind1ctton hs set
gics a. Pettalozzi and Horace Mann had done
tlsir tom-fcolezies np Into system BE cared
e" snS S5 b indeed o amany ait
such miserable sagabonds were abolished from
the earth Fancy such wretched Journeynen un-
dertaking to cultivate human sonlt Truly, foola
rufh IN where angels fear to, trend: The
facilities ard experiences necessary to constitute
genuine teacher, were OF the very Highest and
bert; and no man could teach who was not him
ed In the highest culture Of bis age and time.
There were other faculties, beeides the under
standing in men, which must be developed before
thing, education another and very different
thing. Il was comparatively easy to learn arith-
netic and languages, and the facts OF science but
to unfold the reason and cultt7atc the fmagiua-
tloo, and the moral nature, were Of ali things the
mott ditncnlt and 1t required true teacher to ac-
conpl}sh that diyfne work
As for the poor wretch who merely taught for
pay-wonld IT not be better that he hlackcd shoes:
frat boy OF sIrl' Simply uothia. but Ell. I'll.
object OF snch IN one being merely to get I'D o.
tne-to gs1lop over the lark work at d two-forty
rate, could effect no good thug for the pupil and
the Influence OF such man, By rs hol1owness and
falstness, must poison the very sap Of the pupils'
nature.
It was time to get rid Of all that; aud VIC should
icvcr CO Eo until education vas better and more
wisely estimated. and the teacher himself had q
recognized position commensurate with the I'M
pertzncc AID value Of his services to human So
citty.
Rev. DR.. 3IcGtldeEson, Of Boston, then reported
the arnes Of those who desired to become mem
beTs Of the Association:
T.D. HenEIe, Lebanon, Ohio
Rev. Mr.. Cooper, Butler, Ohio.
Wnl: Carter. Delaware, OHIO:
A. T. Bickoff, Cincinnati Ohio.
Iyman Harding, Cincinnati. Ohio.
E. r. Tappan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
+ E. White, Columbus. Ohio.
chas s. Royce. Norwalk, Ohio.
r Il. Rhodes. Norwalk. Ohio.
II. r 0eimau. Painesyllle; Ohio
Q. n. HaEtthorn, Mount Union. Ohio.
:; Ae.,iek, De11Sxasc. .el, ohf9, 1,,o
TIE. saliof, Salem. OLio. ~
Jno. uHncock, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NJ D. Parker. Cincinnati, Ohio.
8. A. Butts, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mles Jane Babbett, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Mtss n. Sherratd. Cincinnati. Ohio.
WF For Erening Session See FRA Inge.