The Portland daily press., 1867-11-28

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Do do not pre'announce that certain penalties
will follow certain misdemeanors.
Overgeverning. Many schools tail of sue
cess because OF over management. They are
governed too much. Pupils should, in large
uesree, be left alone. Give them enough u
nara work to do. Avoid sco1ding. AS ru'e'
the school is mainly governed by the Spon'a-
neOus influence of the teacher. 1T is nara 10
oyerestimate the power of his personal pear-s
inc. He who has the disposition OF the porcu'
pine and frets and. fumes, is sure to Stir upa
storm. There should be good taste'in dress,
in the arrangements Of the school-room. In
a word, teachers should be gentlemen and
ladies.
The very practical and profitable address OF
Mr.. Stone was received with great satisfaction.
The convention gave him vote of thanks
After recess of a few moments, Mr.. Ha-
gar, Principal Of the Salem Sass.) Normal
School read agpaper on L DO sBsE p
MEMoREnNG.
1. The, memory, like every = faculty OF the
mind, is improved by exercise and in the direc-
ton in which it is exercised. If one memories
words, he will acquire verbal memory; if one
memories facts or principles, his memory will
grow more tenacious of facts or principles.
z. The memory breaks down from over-exer-
ton. Many persons who possessed retentive
memory in childhood, have lost it in man
hood, simply because it was overworked in
early years. - -"''''i' so .5..s. -,
g.. In order to memorize children must give
close attention. This attention must be vol
untary; to make it voluntary, curiosity must
be aroused, and the work made pleasure.
A.. There must be association of facts, of
ideas, of whatever is to be committed. The
association must be natural, not forced. In the
study of geography local associations are very
useful. In the study of history matters should
be arranged by topics; there should be chro-
biological clusters of events. The association
of philosophical principles is of vast impor-
lance in the cultivation of the memory 1t
lies at the foundation of all real culture.
, 5. What is committed to memory should be
worth the labor. There is an abundance of
useful things to be memorized; and the COM
mitting of them to memory certainly affords
as much training as the committing of useless
things.
in schools should be such as will be pursued
in after life.nl1nD spiaa 'aI An y hiI4A 9ii %
z. Much of spelling is arbitrary Only few
rules in photography should be memorised
Spelling mustbe mainly learned by repetetion.
8. Ofarithmetic the definition and afew sim
pie rules should be committed. This will give
precision and persDicuity. 1t does not neces-
sarily involve working by rule. 1t is easier to
remember rule than course of reasoning
oftentimes. Whatever cultivates accuracy of
thought is useful.
g. The few leading rules of grammer not thu
details, should be memorizeed e."
10.The task Of committing to memory the ordi-
nary geography is severe one and in great
measure, useless This study should be per
sued topically in the main. .sf lau Il.
ii. History should be taught chiefly by topics
There.should be no memorising of the text
books. Ii there is, words rather than facts
will be learned. To learn history by rote is in
the highest degree absurd. .,i..,f.t
Mr.. Hagar was vigorous in his denunciation
of the omniyerous system of studying Latin
which devours rules by the thousand, and is so
abusive of the memory. How much better it
would be to employ the time thus wasted in
committing to memory things which are OF
general usesin the different studies. Souan-
Z der no time upon minuti@. Put the spare
time for the exercise of the memory at worl,
upon the great thoughts of the great men d
the world.il3 lti 81 ll..i=JilHs l.ts D. .35I =
Mr., Hagar's paper gave great pleasure. ial
( Mr. Stone, of Portland, now spoke word
In, ato1f g
urging the teachers both to subscribe and
write for it. =, s.....q..-,... ..,s.,.
! Mr.. E. Leach of Gorham, said he was not a
teacher, but he took great interest in educa-
ton. He was school-committee- man, and
had come to the convention to learn some
thing about his duty. Though he could not
agree with all he had heard, yet, he had learn
ed much that would help him in his labors,.
He submitted the following resolution which
was adopted: aaf III ~ IA. bl, fi lai
ReSolyed, That committee of one from each
county be raised by this association to secure
the cooperation of the entire newspaper press
of the st te in developing more general, ac-
tive and efficient interest in the subject OF
popular education, by the frequent discussion
through this medium, of proposed amendments
IN legislation or Improvement in the execution
OF such laws as we may have, and by the COM
munication in this way of practical suSges-
tons and information pertaining to the educa-
tional duties of citizens, superintendents and
teachers
The following committee was appointed by
the chair: ~ -niui ts'i'i #"'f0 ~ JAZZ
For Androscoggin, c. c. Rounds; Aroos-
took, Mr.. Stiekney, editor of the Sunrise;
Cumberland, A, ?. Stone; franklin, G. M.
Gage; Hancock, Mr.. Fletcher; Kennebec, Mr..
Waterhouse; Knox, Alden Sprague Lincoln,
MIR. Thurlow; Oxford, Mr.. Barrows; Penob-
scot, Mr.. Littlefeld Piscataquis, Mr.. Eernald
Sasadahoc, Mr.. Reed; Somerset, Mr.. Hough-
ton; Waldo, Mr.. Brackett;s Washington Mr..
Pepper; York, Mr.. Barrows. 5.sfs .,5-'.., 81
The Constitution and Bylaws were now
adopted. The following are the officers of the
association who were then elected: r.,
President Rev. E. Ballard, D, D. of Bruins
wick. iiit,fSl1 si4 AZ a5iio-0s -A4b4 l.saci-Qi
Vice President-George NJ, Gage, "A. NJ,
Pennington. r...-.
Secretary and Treas,urerAC B. stetson,, If
AubnrnaaHo ; HFtl1i4d B kGE "a iuAs = IS ~
Executive Committee ~ P, Stone, of
Portland, j. s. Darrell, of Lewiston, NJ. Ly-
ford, of Waterville, J. B. Sewall, Brunswick,
and }. Y. Stanton, of Lewiston. sea ii5M5I3{l
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