Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-10

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III mute catalogue OF the dress and iments
worn bv a school fellow without missing . rib
bon or a tag. and all without text book or
formal memorIziug, while probably the less
pleasing scholastic exercise of the day has. IN
common aaridnce. gone in at one ear ana ont al
ths other.
Many seem TO teach the principle that
ednca ion should consist OF a number Of enig mss
or brain rae king puzzles, and that the more YET
bother pupil the more he will learn. This
take to be a vital error. ] am of an opinion tbs
every thing should be made as easy a. possible
"Jordan's hard road TO travel, Al the best
There 10 a mighty foolish spothegm OF Or. Bell 8
:" that II 10 not hat 10 done fer . boy that Is 81
Importance. but what he does for himself. .
THIS 10 Just wise to say. that, it is not the
suit Of clothes made for . boy which cover
his naksdne,s but the suit he makes for himself.
As an e 4 ample, let bow have TO make pair oil
shoes. lie will effect this object nuen better, il
you show him how 10 make the shoes than II you
merely give him the wax, thread and leather.
I'D leave him 10 find out all the ingenious con.
trivsnces for sbridging labor discovered BY
Oar object IL to give the boy IN education, and
The sooner and easier he gets II the better.
Locke, in his treatise On Education, sGvs, "foi
observed. that In cases whore they stick they arr
not to be further puzzled, BY putting them upol
hndiny IL out for themselves. This wastes time
only in disturbing them. For whilst they are
learning and apply themselves with attention,
they are 10 be kept In good humor and every
thing made easy TO them and as pleasant III
possible. Therefore, whenever they nre at I
stand and are willing TO go forwards, help them
presently ever the difficulty, without any rebuks
or chidlng. remembering that where harshei
methods are taken. they are the effect only OIL
pride and peevishness IN the teacher, who xpecti
| children should instantly Ds masters Of As much
| a. he knows whereas he should rather consider
that hls business is to settle in them habits and
not angril, TO inculcate rules.
At time when so many schemes are projected
for making ed ucAtion easy; so many hobby horse
proposals FOR teaching everything In no time
when all the arts and sciences served out II
catchpenny text books when every boy is to
be an admirable Crichton and every girl trans
late Homer Il 10 OF Importance to know not only
hsw bu, what to teach. There is too great
variety on the educational table asd We are in
danger Of scholastic dyspepsia; the ornamental
| useful. l think il OF the first importance u
appropriate the greater portion Of the scholar
time TO the humble purpose Of teaching to read
| speak, sum and write. or in the words
OF the schoolmastef's old tsast. "thethres B. .,
| rsadibg, 'ritng and 'rithmstic." Then should
there be leisure the pupil can take Up the less
| useful but more fascinating stu dies Of an I'd
vanced course. Every good houssksspsr first
furnishes the house with indispsrs sblss and
mere devotes her spare money to knicknaek-
cries and orn Amsnts.
These primary studies should be stimuli
taneous. the pen should 60 hand in hand with
the primer. and reading should accompany
| reckoning. II no uncommon thing to find Z
pupil who can tell you the boundar les Of con
| tinent who cannot write you the name Of his
! own city except in hisroglyphic charscters Of
semi PRINT a. undecipherabls AZ the pictured
| rocks 81 the Arabian desert.
would BY no means circumscribe the field Of
| knowledge. out would be sure Of tho neces
| saiy before l introduced the luxurious. This
| examining Of miscellaneous learning into the
| heads OF youth has been hit of 90 nimitsbiy by
Miss Jane Taylor. that cannot refrain from
quoting the stanzcs:
How 10 il III at masters. and science, and art,
One spark Of intelligence fail to lmpart,
Unless ia that chemical union combined,
| Or which the result in one wsrd, is . MIND
youth may have studied, and Travelled abroad
May ting like Apollo ard paint like Claude,
and speak all the languages under the pole,
And have every gift IN the world but a soul.
| That drapery wrought by the lei.urely fair.
Calrd patchwork may we'll TO such genius com
pare;
Where every tint of the rainbow appeas,
And stars TO adern II are forced from theiI
spheres.
There CLOVIS n bright pattern "a sprg or spot
Twixi clusters OF roses full blown and red ho,
He msgnlhed tulips divided in three,
Alternately = aied with sections Of tree
But when all is tinish'd, this labor Of years,
A mass unharmonious unm esning appears;
lis snowy. but void Of intelligent grace;
IL Is not IA landscape. ii Is not u face.
IT'S Thus education $50 called in our Schools
With costly materials and capital tools,
SITS down to her work. if you duly reward her
And sends 1t home finished according TO order
See French and Italian spread out on her lap;
The a dancing springs up and skips into gap;
Next drawing and all it's varieties come,
Sewed down in their place by her finger and
thumb.
Aud then Tor completing her fanciful robes,
| Geography. music, the use of the globes,
| &c &c, which, match as thev will.
| Are sewn into shape. and set down in the bill.
| Thus science distorted and torn into bits,
| Art tortured and fright en- half out OF her wti
Ia portions, and p.iches, sone light and some
Arc sticid up together, and make-a young
lady.
This educational OH polridI leads to another
fault winch has gained ground alarm lnglv, and
winch absurdity has had a word coined fer l,
WIN true Yant.. ,oaenuity. mean lie high
| t,I,,in stvle of conversation and writing
Taschers ,bint !, beneath heIr dignity 10 sneak
| Main English and the scholars catch the com
| ninin, Now as Shakesn.are saws .fhis is
| M, ,oler.hre and mi 10 IL endured How dr.
We sneak ; low do we w,,tes r. be sure va
ali n,etcnl 10 sneak Errlisb. but VII At sort Of
English Can our sentences be construed Dc
onr words really mean what we wish them TO
Oar great rule seems TO bs to call spade any
ting hut a snads. and our text books seem
com,,,lsd bv rams ling Webster for polvsylIs
hic n,orstrosi,,e, or as M,,rayatt calls them
three aeckers The pur.st English is to be-
found IN The Bible the Book Of Common PRAYER
D.to.,s Robinson Crusoe. and humans Phi.
I'm. p,orrcss That most wonderful work O,
n. ,,,,,rsa tinker il comnosed in the simnlssi
sSrle a. Envl;.h without slang and without had
| mmar. If Won we're TO trans.a,e il into tbs
b,rb.alutin language Won would AZ once
ass,ssx ths reality of the vision.
snv ofus vers now.a.dsvs 10 frame our
.,nrsrs.e,on an either of these medeIa nov
aw and xnio.r We should be considered. Al.
,houyh il III prebabilitv ve shoul q b better
,hs oh;sc, |. of our taking Al ali This sbripk.
me- fro,, III, Main honsst spsech ofour Ts..
tonic fo,eiethors Is ludicrsus beyopd sverv.
thing and has gained ground ever ali our tran
.ao,,sn. 0nr hubble docum.sts our esieisl
$500. orr sdr.ri;s. srts ana hand b;lIs-nc
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| .s.m 10 h.ve DECLARED vsr aen1nst svsrv traes
| =, Tho Anolss 4. yore and Jntes. r. he amrs
| ,hs,s arc few verde vhich viii etiek a. th.;,
| nI.css refu.ins te he bssished. charm W nevs,
=. vi.slv f-and-;n-eut-vou.i-
Eis-wa,-shall-seem TO have m de- nm thei,
minds not q nave. hut man. vomar' child