Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-07-05

In Prussi IN school, aad one
whose inhuence extends throughout the whole
suoseq lent course OF instruc ion, consists In
be proper Qualification OF the scholars. In
all places where the numbers are sufficient =
large to allow It, the children are divided &C.
oording to age and attachments; and q single
tsAontr has the charge only OF q single class
or OF as email number Of cases az possible"
The lack OF this Assifca 4 70 aud uniformity
OF school books Is one Of the greatest draw.
backs to the usefulness Of our public schools.
dere Ii BRET account Ct their manner OF con-
dacting readiog lesson 10 one OF their higher
grasses: "rhe subjsc was q short piece of
poetry describing "a huu.er's life In Missouri.
II vas bret read, the reading being sccompa.
a'ed with epPioprst4 crilclsms as to prouua.
citation tone DO. IL was beu taken ur verse
oy verse, and 'be pupils were req lire to ave
equivalent txpr ss ous in prose. RE eacter
tnen enIered i4to a. 4 ,lans,ion OF every plrt Of
II, 10 sort OF oral clare, asc npa ed with
ocoAsionst q lesuous. rnis VA d,us Situ the
greatest minute ,ess. Whea there was d geo.
graphical reference, he tered at large iuto
geography; waeu q reference TO foreign Gus
tom, he compared it with their customs ct
home; and thus explained every part, and i'll
iustrated the illu,Irations themselves, until,
alter 40 entire hour spent upon SIX four line
verses, he lett them to write out the seq imeut
sad the story 10 prose, TO be produced 10 school
tie Hext moraiug. All this was me without
| the siightest break or hesitation. and evidently
proceeded from mind full oflhe suit ct, aud
having u ready Command OF all It's Resources
What one ct Us does not feel that this mode
| OF reading is vastly better than the miserable
| one sm ployed in all our schools7 D, you say
We have not time 10 give an hour to readingf
| Would 1t not be better to teach grammar by
talking CORRECTLY 10 our pupiis aud by reoui.
iig them to speas correctly to us aud to one
! another, deferring to a more advanced age he
| preser: dry drill on gen Ter, number, pers on
and case, drill which is most beautiful when
taught right and appreciated, but which no
child 10 capable OF understanding ex;ept in
| the most superficial way? This would save
| tins { ougn 10 enable u TO give an hour 10
reading with more PROD 70 our pupils. The
method of teachi,S u-ns e etic is the sams
! that have exp.a.aed TO yoa on f,rmer coca,
sion. will only say that they to ,ch arith N tic
'.ad all the higher branches OF m lthem4 tics
by principles sd not by rules. No German
teseher would De CO.'S l.r'd competent 10
tsaoh these branches VINO could not 20 to q
black board and sluci late all tho prlnciples
| withou. refsrsl "a to books. In tact, such 10
their general mode Of 70 ,ch Gng that the teacher
10 both Itxt book and teacher.
| cAnuot resist quoting An illustration Of
aeir mode OF teaching geography. The
| .eaoaer stood by the black BARD, with the
chalk In his hand. After casting bis eve over
| the class to sec that all were ready, ne struck
| at the midds of tie board. With rapid ty
| OF nand Wi my eye could dsrIly folia4 be
| made q series OF short, divergent Ines or
| shsitogs, employed BY map ongrsvers TO rep.
| resent a chain ct mountsIus.
| He mad scarcely turo-s about, or sho, of a
our, wnea the echo ar, began to cry out Car.
pa hiAn Mountains. Hungary, Back Forest
Mountains, Wurtem 'urg, Giants Mountains,
Central Mountains. BonsmiS, &c DC.
| I less than naf minute the ridge OF that
| great central elevatlos whicn sep trates the
waters that q Nv northwest into me Germ4a
ocean, from those that q w north Into tho
I Baltic, aud south East into the Biloxi Sea, WAS
| presented to view executed almost as beau,i-
| toly a. 40 engraving A dezsn crinkliug
| strokes. made 10 the twinkliug Of an eve rep
resented the head waters Of the great river
mich Sow in n.rent directions from thai
| 1ountalIous m ge, while the cnildren almost
eager and exoi,ed as though they had &C
| tlAlly seen tue torrents dAshing down the
| mountain side, cried out Daoube & be VIstula
oder, &c. Toe Rext moment l heard a sue
oe4sion OF small strokes or taps, 81 rapid as TO
| almost indistinguishAble, and hardly had nv
eyes time to discern q large M noer OF dots
-long tho margins of the rivers, when the
s1outs Of Lints, Vienna, Prague, Dresden,
| bsrlin, &e., struck my ear. At this point ia
tae exercises, the spot which had been occu
pied on the blackboard was nearly q circle. oI
Hnicn the starting point, or place whare the
teacher Arst began. was the ceatre; but now
o lew additional strokes around the crcumter
| - ace OF the iucipient continent, extended the
M ouutain ranges outward toward the plains,
the childrsa responding the namss of the
c,unLries in which they respectively Law, =
it'll - few more no irish-s, the rivsrs flowed
outwards to ward their several terminatIoaa
and by snotA> succession Of dots. new elite,
spIa1g up along their b4uks. BY this time
toe chlldren had b+cDms as mucn excited A,
thou IN thay had been present at q wur d-tnAH
TX. wi.uiu ten miuu Is ON the CO mn -nce
ruent of the lesson, there stood upoa The black.
b.s-da beAutitul map OF Germanyl win it,
| ,nounlains, prine,pal rivera aud cities, tn,
l.u4sta Tho German Ocean, of tho Baltic and
Slack seas; aud all so accurately proportioned
taatI tnink only slight errors would hay,
bssn found had IL been sunj-cted to the tesI
Ut a scsie OF miles. A part of tnis time va.
taken up in correcting few m stakes OF III,
pupils; Tor the teacoer's mlnd seemed TO be 10
ais ear, as wsl as 10 bis hand, and notyi,h-
staudluR the astonisntaI CELEBRITY OF his n we
asnts. he de &C ed erro Ie)1s alsver. and
turns ~ 'uad TO cJrrect than. The rat OF
the rscit >,ious e1n.is'ed in questions and an.
sSers respeo inS prod ictloas, elm Ate, soil
animals, &c The tencners are ali skilled 10
! dra wing and teach geography In thls mAnn.r
l1vsrce pupils tw'1s as rapidly as the meth.
odS In common use smougu. SPEAK OF irue
sdvAuosme2t. Toey may q IT and probably do
not, 90 over given ground 30 pldly, sloa
s4ill seems at hrst almost imposslG,s ont il il
not. At the ose inning Of tae PRESENT century
heir teachers were in:efi,r 10 ours .; the
present doy. This progress has been uro.
duoed by the lAoors Of Irae and earuest men
otcksd by a liberal government, We can az j
| must dc llkt wise.
Eatuusiastic love Of teaching and q reali
Isiloa OF TIE sacredness Of tue calling Ia in.
dispsnsable to t. true teacher. Tlose teaco
ers VINO are ihC:ouyaly q1Alidsd will alv.y,
/ De euthusia tic The suoj-c taught are suct
as 10 via cur love. Whsn the tsacner il Inn.
inspired win bis high calling, DO will read
lily breathe he same fame into his pupils
Paost teachers who d. 90. love their can inc
are certainly TO be greatly censured Tney
shot ! not tAi1k Of continuing IN their sacref
pos. :as. Sat now can We exgsct men Il
love toe work when they "a SO meanly pai :
and az gres'ly overta <-'?' That we hav.
any ss!1S bo: "h!reiiGgs who care not for m,
sheep" is reason for dsvout tlanktQlness te
our Heavenly Fatnsr.
Thoroughly SdIcated teachers, pervaded
~ noble sca'tC4 - sle3sed ia their pro
, .esston and so!enLly impressed with the sreai
| Representatives, which Al all wiIe Creator mas
placed npon them AID who desire to improve
70 the uttermost The moral and iote.,eotn. a
caatacter OF cir plplls, are rich blessiue
20 aay LAID, AID especially ind,spsnsable to 4
-.e country like oGt own. God grant that.
Il. .s4chsrs, We may set sGoh high model be-
fore Us, and strive after II with all our might
Il we do, however impetfsoty we attain th p,
s'Aadsrd. weshsll have that satisfaction wh. oh
cones from me eon'cionsaesg OF hsvins per
formed our ~ IN ~ b = ol'linJ
TIE RsoEiPls OF raE CyoysRsMRsr-rb.