Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-01
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paTu ef tia State beiHg pressHt, gih
several whoss paass are iiiuslrlous ii
lhs walks Of scholarship.
0l. w. Bosom, OF k2thsrforG, tie
President, took the chair, and Rev. Fl. h
:, nnett was elected Secretary pro iemb.
Prayer was then offered hy Rev. Mg.
Edmondson, Of Franklin.
OG T~lotion, the following COMMITTEES
vas appointed to act a. the EE5eatiVg
Committee: Raw. II. II PearBe, Gen.
J0hu Eaton and NJ. j. n. RArnuU.
Col. ]. T.. Lesth, President OF the
Board OF Memphis City Schools, deiiv
cred an eloquent and appropriate I'D
drcss, which vas responded to by Prssi-
dent VIM. Bosom.
Plcf. a. G.. Brown, Principal Of the
Memphis High School, delivered r fOrci-
Die address upon the study OF the cias-
sics, and took decided ground that the
leading ancient languages should be
taught in our schools.
Most Of the evening session was oceu-
pied by the sble sad very elOqusnt sd
dress Of Rev. G.. 4. Bancroft, President
of Lookout Mountain institute, upon
'"The Work Of Common Schools IN Ell
ucati0nal Reform at the close Of which
DR.. Sears, Agent Of the Peabody FG1d,
delivered an address, upon the s1i jact Of
The advantages Of public schools In
place Of either private or charity schools
A vote of thanks was rendered DR..
Bancroft and DR.. Sears.
SECOND DAY.
The Convention re-asssmhed at $3.50
NJ, ard opened with addresses from
Eon. n. A. Patterson and Rev. II. s..
Bennett.
A discussion on "sehooI DIG
eipline" followed, suggested, perhaps,
BY the article " Supra Dorsum Nudum,"
rate, the gentleman who disputed ia the
in yesterday mornings APPEAL Atany
affirmative Of the proposition seemed to
have drawn most of the ammunition Of
his argument from that source. GalF
two gentlemen engaged il this discussion
Of the virtues OF birch, but they appeared
70 be masters OF the subject, and one CT
them, at least, is doubtless as prodcient
in lie application as the Iri5hman is il
h0urishing his sbilielagh. The gentle
man of the affirmative offered q resola-
ton that the iye-miuute rule 5s extended
TO ten, and 10 further extension be grant
ed in any case. Not agreed
to. he then proceeded 10 say
that he was opposed to corporal
punishment for esson which he would
mention. Those who favor it best an
swer themselves when they admit that
it is the last resort when other means
fail; they favor it, they say, TO curb the
bad temper and repress its evil
passions, but because corporal punish
mant produces directly the opposite re-
suit, the speaker Opposes It. Another
cEjection was the waste OF time the
teachers time was wasted the time OF
the pupils was wasted, and their studies
interrupted some OF them would take
sidGs With tbs tsRghsF and De deli shted
with tie punishment OF their sch0OlmatP,
while others syEipathiasd with the
pupil, and thus the basest pas
were aroused, permanent h2Lreds
against tins teacher excited, and thAse
hatreGs were not u~afreqIeutly carried
home ard shared in 10y the parents. An
other objection is that in the mind o. the
punished pupil 8 feeling OF bstrad agaj1S.
the Means OF acquiring knOWledge-
3ered, The school iq the place
snd he associates Il with the ru1-
shGient that has been inflicted upon Rim.
phe teacher, TO be thoroughly qualifei.
&c WILL q AGGLLGA : LIZ EAALh4.4 D[
qualified to govern By the tongue sa3 eye
20 nan Eas 81 ia Fuls a nation as = king
born a king, and no teacher
ft 70 govern 4 schnqi unless BORN 3
teacher. This seemed 20 he putting the
rather strong, but urgaestiona6iy a
Yankee educator knCEs more about it
man an auletterCd ne PAPER reporter.
TIE sseaEer whs gn advocate OF solitary
r. EapaGnf ~ EaapEgn fha0 nEranRgg~ -, Z
It recess and at the close OF schaoi hours.
md of c~Grtsiling ether privileges enc |
Dyed Dy their mates. As coeTeive meas
Tres he believed these far superior to the
lse Of the rod. Every school, he thcgght,
have 6 pIGcs set apart FOR The con-
ibement OF refractory pupils; len
% themselves in compulsory QUraRea !
'ehsctiQn aad ranAn.ggce were in
a case Whtre z p1pi. Lad been
nus shGt up for All hOur or two, who did
lot cOme out hunbled anG repeat2nt.
The geatleman's five minutes had been
5x-sEded to ten, which had now expired, |
md he resigned the hOcr.
The gentleman in the affirmative
tated that the question WAS ss cid az
chooIs themselves, bUt Wss grash az ever,
ll1 y az O4G u LhC Llg1A lAlHNa HAAAE AlAEL ]
,ould be brought before Ibis convention.
t IS absolutely necessary that the pupil
.bculd obey the requirements of JUS
ice, reason and hight, and if mild
fail to produce this
obedience, severer measures Gust be
aiken. It is the duty OF the teache for
many parents bring up their children to
ear and respect neither God, man nor
he devil, and the teacher who fails in
his duty is recreant to the trust rep0sed
II him by parents and to the State. It
3 folly to talk of m0sal sussioB It does
rot succeed, even with the older heads.
When Christian men and nations are
hrottlipg each other, can you expect that
.hiidren, whose whole beings are wrapped
ID Ia sensuousDess, will yield TO kind sd
noni,i0ns and advice All experience
.ontradicls the theory. Daring school
lcurs the teacher represents both the
and the parents in bis relations TO
be pupil, and if he fails to enforce obe-
Hence snd order iB his school be is de-
Ia duty to both. To talk about
be duty OF corporal punishment as a
likely to be abused, is absurd
coed thing is often abused ia it's
lse, but that is no reason for dispensing
With il altogether. II schools have
ometimes been well governed without
be rod, they are the exception and not
be rule, and afford no argument ia ia
rcr OF dispensing with is altogether
Is use has not only the support of hui
nan experience for all time, but is
snctioned by ~scrip:ursk authority.
The gentleman'5 ten minutes having
icZed out his argument in support o.
IaggeliRJion as IA Indispensable adjunct
q Lhs in~eaigstien of knoWlflse, came to
n abrupt termination. N. B.-This
eporter wouldn't like TO be a boy sgsin
nd have that Chap for bis scnoolmaster
lie is 8 healthy looking man for bis ap
aren't age, is " built from the ground
lp,n and doubtless, by virtue of long
and a vigorous constitution,
ould swing a birchen rod in q style cal-
uiated to lig5 8 bad boy out OF his boots
The further discussion Of the question
indefinitely postponed, and the ses
closed with an address delivered by
he Rev. Francis II. Bowman, pastor Of
he Memphis Presbyterian Church.
The evening session opened with rou-
Inc business, followed by an address
rom Rev. DR.. Pearne, on 1.-THE duty of
he State to provide the means Of popular
duostion,li & discussion Of the school
aw of Tennessee, upened by Gen. John
IT,, Superintendent OF Public In
truetion, The election of Officers fol-
owed, and the Convention then sd-
WALLACE, VAN PELT & GIBSON
EIRA-Rv reference 70 their ad-