Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-01-15

child ',at - DE- q thing, if he does H. wall
% SO. aaa 80, he at the same tirue gives
him ihe pririlcgc Of doing il. think laws
and penalties are icr snature wears. wholly
beyond common schools. Iii settling a DIS
paie | uoscr hear from anyone bat ,he pas
,icirauts. and those separately. In reg RI
10 the use Of the whip wodla say, never
use j; unless think j, is for tie good 0. the
child. never punish children when they are
angry. as ,hinA il ,ends rather to increase
than diminish rage. Iua case etwiillal dis
lobedieuce or impudsuces iaihiHk the most
summary method is usually the best. I have
tried great many methods Of securag
punctuslity. and think the bes, is TO require
the pspd 70 msss un dnrsee paay hours, .hs
time Zoe, al morning or noos. In regard
10 uhisrsrinc, don't krow wha, to saw.
In the use OF some means have succeeded
tolerahly wei. with others l have signasly
failed | would like very much TO hear
from those teachers tha, have been sacoess>
snl in abolisaing rha, great school evil. l
think liave taken up the most impoT;aa,
heads il the government Of u st hool, ard
given yoa The methods Of them that have
deemed IN rast time The most expedien,.
Bat think il is absolutely impossible 10 lsy
down Sc; of rules by which a school can
Be successfully governed, as ~aa, vii pg'a>
Isl oue child would only be spsl! for an
other may never make use Of the same
means again, The time may come when l
shall look wi;h much sonsetnp, upon the
means aoc used for preserving orlcr in
schools, as soir do upon the elasa practices Of
sitting cn nothing. standing On the steve, ac..
~ ia.
the rserals Of the child and degrading to the
teacher. Ny experience in teschias has proven
to nc the truth ef the old alsge, nc execllence
without greA, labor. I wena not haze YOU
think am inclined TO pass lightly ever the ,ri-
ale OF the scsool.ecoin. know them too we'll
There are fee teachers perhaps that have spen,
more sssepless nights 10 the same length oftimc
than |. The difculties and perplexities Of
schcol lite arc . book in which the earnest
teacher is daily perusinS new page We are
constantly toilin -unrecompensed; ; We meet with
erosition en- every hand; our plans are all
th~srted; the good feature. arc ali cvericOka
and the bad criticised: still We ae daily and
hourly receiving our reward. The eyes of the
little ones are Frightening all around Us, and We
can see th AZ their ninia are constantly growing
stronger in their own indepen ienee. ! hsve
cfsen felt repaid for weeks OF trial, as have
seen .aat expression pass over the features that
said TO ny mind, more plainly than words that
the point was gained and vas understood.
Tesehers. We are engaged in great Snd re
spousihle work: might say the greatest on
earth, as it is the foundation on wAieh every
thing Is buiit. The arts and sciences are all un-
3ernined by the common schools, and the great
est men OF cur day 'ook back TO the time when
they. perhaps. With bare feet and thread bare
garments gathered trussingiy a-ound the com
mon school teacher. there TO receive instructions,
and in the warmth Of his great lave to be safe
from jesring words or uafriendly taunts.
The children of to day have great claims on
Us. sad I feel assured tha. TO present those
claims in proper light, needs strong inteiiec-
tual rowers--a heart deeply imhued with love
for their fellow esinfs and = clear and VIVID
Imagination In short, it needs an Alle. pe1
than mine.
When the Arst terrible kaell oil death sounded
from Charleston and swept along eur Northern
borders. host Of noble men stood forth with
their lives in Their hands. ready 70 lay then
down a tae bidding Of liberty. I reed no.
speak ofthc strn Tslc the pages Of history need
NO, record il, save for pssssrity. They con-
gIerea and fell. They cousecrsted their chill
srea 70 God. and lei, them in cur care. And
now seaH ne prove rec cant 10 tie trust repos
cd ii rs. or shall We rather arouse our slumte-
ing energies. snd awake 20 deep eni abiding
sense If our responsibility. let US resolve. by
the iarkenea hcmes. whose light has gene out
IN defense Of cn- liberties. by the TERRIBLE wall
81 anguish that has arisen from the bursting
bleeding hearts az the hereaved AL ever eur
lana, BY the terrible horrors as every fed a.
carnsse, where the rich life current was poured
cut in torrents, and ty the uncofkned bones Of
cur ses Lowell ones. tha; are now mculiering
back 10 dust on souther. soil. that We will seek
70 know or dEty, aud that se viii, to the sx-
ten; OF eur ability nsrfarn u ths. We nav re
esive divine arr rOba,ieB, and ihalii may he said
of Us. "Wel done coed SD .ai,as sssEvani,
.hau hast been faithful over few things, viii
make thee ruler ever many .hings.'
IEysyr HAGvoop.