Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-10
DAVENPORT IOWA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1862


1 LEILAtbB lDW2, AoICu osos A0OS
According to previous notice, . large
number .! the electors Of the tswn Of Lee
Claire. irrespective Of Political opinions,
asssublsl at Dsvsnpoet Hall % Saturday
vanise, te nsuioats . ticket fss sshesl
s@esre, snd = ssteod ts such ssAse schosl
nastsrs % should come before the meet.
log.
The meeting sss called y order By Hes.
L. 0saasrs, On vhsss nssiee Hss. 7. H.
Lsasbsuom sas chosen chairman.
On msdsn Of NJ, 3. J. Appassass. 2.
Snyder wss elected secretary.
The secretary sad trsassrsr Of the Schssl
Bsasd read reports showing the eeodities
sfesr finances st psss.st. end that The dis
tsict will BE- able. in two years hsnee, y
build . schos, hsuss worth ell, go. II u
the intention Of the Board 70 commsses
wsrk On the ssw bsildisg duriog The con.
ing summer. The following persons were
seminated
For Prssideut-L. Summers.
Fer vics Prssidsnt-S. r. vaa SAINT.
Fss TseasuTer-L. Sehwasm.
Fer Ssssstary-A. n. Gsrdses.
For Oisseter-Thes. Jsmss.
Then arose an snimsted diseassiss si
sshsel matters in gessssl. Rsosrhs were
oads By Msssrs. Lsngbsstso, 0umnsss,
Apologize. Ssndsrson. Capt. Dswlsy, w.
Y. suitsr. Milton Psskhurst, A. n. Gard
Der. Dr.. Gamble. and the secretary.
Thee remarks called festA Ne lsllevins
suggestions How should truasts b
puaishsds Not BY leokisg then sut nss
bsstins their hands With the fsrsls. Nsilh-
q should the rod BY used 70 excess: ~,
y sss the bngssgs Of Chief Justiss Hslt,
n MISTER may justly che bsatise u bic
scholar, If the beating b in the nature Of
ssrressiea enly. and with . proper iassru.
mont" One ef our tsaehsrs was kkssed
TO pedssoess described BY the psst -
''Awful inhunan;
Fer he whipped Billy Saith
Till ~ eask was raw"
Deuisins the hands With the ieeule 10 .
barbarous praetice, and should net b tslss.
atsd In an enlightened community 81 u
shsrsd 10 used st sll Il shesld ssssr - sssd
Ia aaese. The teacher should 6see lsass
70 kesp school in his ssn hssrt. The tsashs
q shssld study the humsn nature sf bic
pupils, govern them 10 love, and tsseA them
BY exsmpls.
"Ys jolly old psdagsgas" whs sang
every night - be went 70 bsd, "lst - be
happy dawn here bslow," Understood this
matter.
he taught his schslars the rule sfthrss,
Writing, reading, and history, tee
He tsok the little oss upon his knee,
Fer kind cid heart N hlo breast ho1 he.
And the ssts of the lit,lest child he kpsW
To the stupidest boys he WAS ever eeol,
Spsakiug enly in gentlest tones;
The red was hardly knows il his eeheel-
whipping - hin was barbareus rule,
And toe hard work for b Q poer old bones
We should make life pisasant down here BE-
lev,
TIE living ssed charity mere thas the dead,
Said thsjolly old pedagogus long age
Hon. Ansen Smyth. fer several years
the popular School Co@uissisnsr for the
State Of Ohio, wrote to teachsr - fels
lows: "Your school 10 obstrepesous, %
the result Of your own rough snd vocifsr
Gus manner. l have observed that the
worst governed schools are those in which
the most whipping 10 dens. 1ts frequent
repetition tends 70 brutalse and dsprsvs."
A writer in the Ohio Educatienal Asath.
" says: "Cotporal pusishosDt should
30 administsrsd only 10 cases Of willful dis
obedience, o. obstinate refusal 70 comply
With . request. oil other mesns having
failed"
The New York Educational Mssthly
|eaye: .Rsaeen 10 - b used 70 it, utmost
capacity in dsvising way Of securing eer.
rsetiss without in6ieting bodily pain"
1t was foslly decided BY unanimous
vote that the School Board bs requested 70
abolsh the rule for locking out those pu
pills who do not reach school until after the
lsecond bell.
IL was alss pretty gsnsrally agreed that
the monitor system should b abellshsd ;
and that teachers sheuld attend to their L.
gitimats duties instead Of knitting and
sewing.
Gazette please copy.
F. SNrDss, Secretary.