The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-22
EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATION IN JACKSON COUNTY.

lEDOOh1lON LIN oAOhDON OOON1 q.
Bro. Mackley, of Jackson county,
is treating his readers to a series OF
articles under tine above head, No. "a
of which reads as follows:
The incompetents who apply for
school certificates are not confined to
Jackson county, as the following
from the Ironton Register, will show
"ExAMINATIoN OF TEACHERS
There were only few appplicaDts
for certificates to teach school befor e
the Board of Examiners, last Friday.
We give some phases of the examin
alton
The following words, to be spelled
and defined, were proposed to the
class: Abilicate, Assumption, Bribe,
Censure, Deploy, Dictate, Egotism,
Fac-Simile, Genteel, Geology, Havoc,
Ignoble.
Among the answers to these, we
collect as below:
neutrality-suspicious..
Assumption kind of disease.
Bribe-to take by force.
Censure-a critic.
Sensure- no definition
Dictate-to intercede.
: Egotism-self praise.
Frac cimila- no definition.
Fac simila- no definition.
Geology-reiates to the Soil, Ma
ture of the ground DC.
Havoc--a kind of stampede.
Ignob,e-powerful.
There were ten questions in Ge-
ography-all very simple and easily
answered. One applicant tells us
that the 'lyon and ostrage" inhabit
the "torid' zone, that the baltic
sea lies between Norway and Siberia,
the English sea between England
and Nova Scotia and the adjoining
Countries Another says that the
animals of the torrid zone are "Ele-
phat, rhinoceroLs and Sea Horse"
and that in the "South Friggid zone,
sugar. coffee, DC grow" There was
a dreadful mixing up OF the noun
tains and seas OF Europe and Asia,
made in rendering answers to ques-
tions on these topics.
Mathematics came in for its share
of gentle abuse, but we cannot, with
proper effect, display the laushable
blunders committed"
If the young men who aspire to be
teachers would heed what l say, they
would soon overcome every difficulty.
Now listen. l noticed one young
man who was an applicant at the last
examination, and who failed, and
who was much mortified at his fail
ure. But he appeared to take but
little interest in the Institute. lie
was absent most of the time. Occa
sionally he would carelessly step in,
during the lectures, but would not
appear to be interested. There is
not much hope ofimproveEent in his
case.
On the evening after the examina
tion had closed, had business in the
bar-room OF one of the hotels in this
place, and there l saw one of the APP
plicants earnestly absorbed in the
game of checkers. i lett him at the
game when / went away. He had
failed to get certificate. His spell
ing was very bad. The word much
was spelled twice, on one half sheet |
of paper, mulch. Now, il he had been
with a spelling book, or die
tionary, instead of worrying over the
checker board, there would have been
hopes in his case.
Games of chance are the great
curse of young men. 1t is crime
thus to waste the precious moments
of youth. These games do not rest
the mind of the student, but only
increase its WEAKNESS. They are
more severe upon the brain than the
study of Mathematics. If you want
relaxation, 90 into the open air
Play hall, jump, run foot races, or
what is much better, walk. Not
few squares about town, but strike
out into the country. Wax four
miles each morning, and back. That
will take two hours. Just try it and
see how it will invigorate both mind
and body. and prepare you for great
mental labor.