The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-05
Communications.
FOR THE NEWS.
Tho Schooling OF the Girls.
= CHAPTER Nv.

the schooi,room. given III the last chaps,
ter OF our narrativei completed tho
sketch Of the address delivered on coin.
meneement, day So brief speech
would not lave compared Will" the
dignity and high aspirations Of the re-
doubtable Principal. There were sever.
al Topics of great importance discussed,
all oiishoots from the one great subject
--Education .lE
We propose to continue the synopsis,
Incorporating such additional thoughts
as may occur during the present writ,
ing. Our last theme is still inexhausti
ed.---'Silence in the School.
How can perfect order be established
and preserved d? We answer that the
building should be spacious and commo.
douS, all the furniture and arrange.
mcnts thereof being promotivc Of the
thorough instruction, comfort and conve.
mence OF the pupils. g.. a.r
1t is manifest too that each scholar
should have as much work to do as can
well be accomplished While the mind
should not be burdcncd and confused
with n great number cf studies, it should
not. on the other hand, be left to drivel
and starve OH the stale food which is fur
nlshed by one or two hackneycd branch
ches. About four, regular rccitations
each day is the medium for enls. '"
The grand means, however, of .secur.
ing good order is to fix hcnnmbcr Of
school hours at what Is practicable and
reasonable 1.n#'r .a orrf
Some persons employ school teach.
er with the same all.day idea which
they llirpa rail splitter. The teacher
must work aJi the mhilc and earn his
money ! Alas how little do they
know Oh the impossiblity which they
require F.! No ordinary individual can
teach from morning until night. He
may lounge or loze the hours away, but
he cannot ill them up with teaching.
The instructor who does his duty pcr
'''''"'' -" '''".'. "VlN InslN nours rs most
persons do IN ton. I'm Colleges the
Professors think they do well to spend
thrse hours day in hearing rectations.
1t must be borne IN mind, too. that thev
SIT down, each IN his own department,
where they have nothing to 90 but to
hear the classes successfully. w. at
think you of the responsibility and dic.
hc"ity oil covering an entire school, and
OF looking TO the thousand minor affairs
which require attention ? Is there
nothing exhausting in the work of m.
StrNctinG governing and supervising :?
The teacher should be constant and
close student. He should study the
Temperament. and intellectual character.
Istcs of each pupil. lie should review
each important recitation before hearing
1t. lie should study to illustrate ideas
to explain principles, and he should
take pains to ascertain how far these
have been understood by the learned.
'Study is the work of every teacher,
however talented and accomplished he
may be and "much study is weari-
ness of the iicsh." Or course the con.
tinuation of the exercises after tho teach.
er Is worn out is only so much harm,
done. The habits Of languor and list.
lesSness thereby cngendered in the pu
pills are only evil H".w
But if tho case be so with the Ing
structor, how is it with the children and
youth committed to his care rs # re.
spects the power of endurance !? We
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