Nebraska advertiser., 1868-05-28


caught-hoId of the end, and time he caught
hold of it be broke off a piece. This
was perplexiDg. At last Crawled under
the desks after the little rascal, but he
was very small, and thereby had the ad-
vantage Of me in a race under them, and
so kept out of my reach. I therefore
emerged, covered with dirt and very red
in the face.
"If ever do get hold of that there
young one,' said l, stating across the
room, if / ever do get hold of that
there young ONE
Just then stumbled over half bushel
of feet and legs. and fell sprawIing on
the floor. Jerusha Bowen had broken
the one hundred and forty-thlrd regula-
ton, moving her feet into the aisle.
Here was case for disiplins thatI meant
to improve.
When I arose, which was pretty quick,
for ] was mad, looked at my stick, and
found it so badly broken as TO be unfit
for service. That little boy Tim had
rendered ii a noncombatant most effect
ually. While was deliberating what
to do, TIM escaped out of the door, ex-
claiming
"If you ever do get hold of this young
one agin, you just let US know, won't
YEP
He was gone. and my first case Of
discipline had proved a failure. Whai
was 10 be done with Jerusha? l would
shake her. l laid violent hands on her
telling her l would shake her daylights
out. She looked very calm, and said,
well, shake" l undertook it, but, as she
weighed hundred and eighty, and l only
ninly five, the attempt proved very un-
satisfactory BY this time all the school
were in confusion and laughing. The
one hundred and forty. second rule was
broken, and that, tooi by the whole school,
Jerusha included l resolved to send
for Mr.. Straight, and accordingly sent
one of the little girls for him. 1t was
not long before saw him coming. bring
ing a monstrous stick, and showing by
his gait that be was much excited. The
scholars saw him, and began to smell! q
pretty large mice. The big boys started
for the door without singing the dainty
song had taught them, and made the
best use OF their wits and legs, ditto the
small boys, ditto the girls, all but Jeru-
sha. She sat perfectly calm.
Mr.. Straight came in excitedly.
"Where are the culprits?' Numbered
he.
"All are fed, but Jerusha, said 1
She deserves hanging. she does, a good
fOr-nothIng huzzyP
Here l sat down and began to cry.
'Jerusha, said be, come into the entry
'Jerusha obeyed. He shut the door
and was left the sole occupant of the
school. room.
Presently l heard thrashing in the
entry. He is giving her dreadful cast.
igation, thought l. / began TO feel sorry
for her; her fault wasn't very great,
after all l couldn't bear to have her
beaten with a cudgel; so / thought ]
would open the entery door, and say
something to mitigate her punishment.
'What do you think / saw!
'Mr. Straight with one hand was
thrashing an old shawl belonging to one
of the fugitive scholars, with the other
hand he was drawing Jerusha affection
ately towards his lips, and she was in
the act of imprinting upon them-Pshaw
Il took my bonnet and started for Mr..
Straight's l took my budget and started
for home, resolving never to apply for a
school again,
But my resolution was not kept. My
Cousin Ellen took the same school and
taught it successfully. She came to visit
me at the close of the term.
Ellen said l, how did you ever
succeed in keeping that school
Il found no difficulty. Scholars have
rights, and they respect and are pleased
to obey the teacher who respects those
rights
"OP
"He aroused the worst passions of his
pupils who theatens a school, Hatred
begets hatred, and love love. A kind and
considerale example on the part of the
teacher is always met half way by his
pupils The teacher who wins the aft
ectiOns of his pupils, possesses the true
element of success
"Op
"a school kept in sub lection through
fear of the rod will sooner or later cause
the teacher and the community trouble.
Scholars should be so educated morally
that their sense Of obligation to them.
selves, to their parents, to their future,
both in this life and in the life which is
to come, shall be so keen that they will
govern themselves A teacher whose
chief aim is discipline, makes his school,
not a seat Of learning and moral advance
ment, but a house of correction, and the
moral influence of such school is bad.
There is nothing that promotes moral
strength and exalts character in mere
eye-serVice.'
"OP
'What kind Of scholar did you find
Jerusha BROWNE I inquired q few days
after wards.
She did not attend my school. She
was married about week after it op-
ened.'
"Married Mercy Ito whom q
ITO Solomon Straight, the district
trustee
cor
L took another school, and applied
Ellen's principles, and-sucoeeded.'
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