The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-01-24
or The Ccci! Wing.


Few practices c. injected with schools have
attracted more apprehension aud interest than
exhibitions. One class OF teachers and par
cntS c. Insiders them rs useless show, melting
to forwai'tncss and pcrtnGSs, deduction from
the elective time Of school, and an extra
labor to all both teachers and pupils
Another remembers the interest icit in the.
dmh CUES aud discussions, the dresses aud The
acting, when the term Of The school has
closed, and the applause borne away on that
great occasion. These b licvc in the uti iiv
Of occasional exhibitions. We confess our
selves to br!"ng. though a teacher, to the
latter class not because show is desirable
or because II hvtukrns scholarship, bnt
b cause il is well that pupils of schools kept
on steady ycar,y plan, should At ines step
aside from the usual Routine and try some
form of excellence not vet lnmililriZrd to
them. 1t is Il very Common remark That
= schools are not practicable by which is
meant, "" suppose, that SO regular and fixed
aye their habits, that the members gradual,
grow into these, and when II qu ion is
varied OF some unusual exercise required
those who stood well b-fore make moItilying
failures. 1t cannot be denied hat such is
sometimes the fact. although too much has
been made of II. Now. surely any cXCiciSc
that enEhgcs and varies the sulj cts ana the
manner OF treating them. has tendency t.
remedy TIL, objection. Young propl" learn
many things III preparation for an exhibition
which else, they might never have thought off,
ana, as wei -kn""n fact, nuke rXrrtions for
It's success which are not to be expected in
everyday dutirs. We may wish it were
Otherwise, but so ii is not. Why not them
turn this readily cXcitrr! interest to some
acc"nnI, in exercising the ability Of pupi.
whether Of enc or the other sex. to stand in
new and untrird positions. and TINS begin
To gam that Sell couInai!l. wanting watch no
one can we'll fulfill the calls of life. Again
every school possesses more or less OF that
peculiar cits, Of pupils called grninsrs active
in all that is " irregular and detective. -
hrSr are by no means to be orurluukrd'-
1t is the in!irmity Of their nature that they
must make d Sultoyy efforts. In occasional
"XIilhllnnS we meet he wants Of this GLASS;
II their ambition eau b. rOrsrd ever this is
the time. axe advantage of their zeal to
rX'ct conditional 'ilort in other dirrctions.--
Let them feel that schools have their good
times AS well rs other public institutions.
and that hey will ne then rem INBRED. If
SucccSslu! in their parts, they will carry away
from die school to the active experience of
lie. different Iccolcc'ionS trum the prrpctu-
al pi"d important as that Is, which too much
prevails in some Of the best schools. For
why should not "reminiscences OF unusual
'A'Fl"hS III lnaccuslonrd directions be II
part Of the experience + the young? 1T all
times of life habit has full enough Of asccn-
drnry over us 1t tends to shlrc onr
thoughts and our actions into those rigid aud
"ini"nHt' Il mantle StIti"us which ouIwar,lIv
allront Iihrrality and display uug,iuly rg ntiSm
\ II means tending 10 avoid this we think are
tar from thrown away and nf the appliances
that teachers may use to this end we con
ceirc property prepared and conducted cx-
hibilions to be among the m st Legitimate.
p. K }. NJ.