, 1869-04-11
LITTLE IeHORAECEs
From the london Epect,i:,r.

I Nr Eor9ter IN his speech OF Mvn,l.v n, ~,
second reading OF the Endowed thaya,. ~
mentioned. g proof q the baIr<ss Of lnutv MI.
Bonc exam!natfou9 for defective spe.iat n.
quoted the evidence OF Dr. Gall T.: in..a, ~. ~
dents, nearly half Of whom fall Ia thu rt,.s.+. ~;
would not endorse Dr. Gul's renlarks. IL pnr
portion OF candidates for commissions r--t, i f1
great, and the Managers OF hanks, I,.tE,zss T -
onlcea, End other establishments requiring cni
es1ks can supply alnA'st inetdlble ilssare, Il
senceR TIE sa1Ile complaint Is made III .ar.-rrl
especially about seconst-rate schoolm15',rs: an.
Judged by tha test, n,kkale-class seho,ls IN ~
ctuntries grrasly need reform We hly. w.. w.
tioa5t, huE:evrr, whether :hc test Is 4 yr-s -I-
~ tkan in the school 1t woutl setm M r;.,:,r
thing In the world to touch s1aesile. A.t Il i.
rsally exceS,lluKiy t,l'nealt, 90 Jilllcus lat ",
cannot he taught ln the proper seas. or la.
wossl waleh must he Acquired rnaiul, hy thr cxss
tIons o. The P'.yil HIMSELF No s.nyd,: II pa t.
dictadon, howc,tr careful c:ln co-e7 t.. ARA II
ne English 'a1.g,s4re, and In English the <1ai !:
0'us + i not ea'y aiiys, 70 ii to shc sps III
+ + III: 5s!ssaS % .sss :eS Il 4. :asa' s!
and At lsa>t ha1i u MANKIND viii t,os yo:,Esar,,;
feaG- Even !russs. unes+ thts ,aS. 4oa.c met
e5s az u ss5m'og3 e z r.: haye hk .f ascaE
England, is fortunately on the stie Of corfc.st
spelifus. uni Hh:ea protects our r:ymology hcttsr
than ans Academy could uo-ii,l ,hs buftsn
Of SO many words too mitch 1oz t:sy,, mtmor1es-
lew tot5 anil kfls af1Nise the at hr s,fnc mn,
cess whtsa sselrz intIls.ve7 aal ssell pefiee:l1,
years befoEs they can hy possibility hsvr mai hai
The wordA t1ey ultimately r,.5re,i 10 us Tn.
! writer has Enown child OF eight to WHOM bun
would spA1, With INFANT reaaucsa words or ,;hlch
ne had never previously hcttE Lut tia. r. u faeGL
sn,iaIep 81 1e s1 lass yo.E iss tn4 to.
ealIt called "eaE.r The ,u.JGrtty have tn ir:.:u
a7elltnz Is saey leAzu arithmetic, and q minority
their teaehcrS and to the eaJ Of saety daEs maid
~ dictionaries Eor my lengthy con,rosslou. r4tater
Inst educasea i i, be sTustsi and We hya reasnn =.
70 bci!eec thai Y kn9Lsh journalists we.c ws.,deI
tr an examination ID which chronological accucscT
some seI5 eeretent MEMBER me- Une Tss oee1s5aai
cont!1busor 10 tais Journal raaa whose etlaca-
ton has BEEN Of s!nguIa.l pe1ecs Kind, and@ho
ttihn,ion without hait hozea genealogical e7.,.s
t1ss sna 'hsTs ,Ssn,yss .ss a""'erss who sn raasf
Without reeket l;.iora,y. .sS '8aa 1t fl;''sa I
curious p;cof q sLe accas4.s u iL.s view .i; las
eSmmeseA GO qdsen ss!.aos which i:pfes 10 1.. AMI
~. teacn spelliAs, ~ not t1Tn ut spc!trS s.I{ as
ase1nsc a. The pui,:.c schools, uhi:a profess 70
teach nols,!I.S u The k!nL AID sall n4nl-els Il
nIr oEf! In lnaEhoo,:, tsa. - wnta the attention
ha4 ~ lassf been srolse;l- Whether ihc extreme
esa.i no. e.ra 10 st,tu ever lLlppenel, We are M
cttt;An; Alt a!tuost all men uha hare 10 reaa.
n.tIt h'AIt.sttl..s believe IT, anil EnhtGd tuih-
iSS- tn$s 0f rrroltectnR dat. anu nsrTes certainly
does ast Ent 81 inability u snall. arising from
as.stau ia1lar. q interest In words Is dlssiact
.Ga1aste5!st.e VI EaE:ls Eainila AMI one which L.
featssrs c.trao7llnay c:furt eradicate uu=e cs
rtciatly AulouE women
Spelling. however. Il not the oa1y defccney Of
this Kind, though II Ii VI course III. oae most o:,
seTye.i, and owing 10 the curious CASTE tsellux
at ns1oned aoo's feeling ensi:elT absent hun.
ufcd years ago, II Il the cue Nest rr.rntr,l The
i9potance Ct mauy cultivated me1, OF arithmetic,
IS frequently astounding. We feel SUR. from our
well educated raen, AID thousands II accoluplIsh-
60 women coutt lot do ) rute-of-three sum II
,hrtr fortunes depended upon IT; while number,
presumably less but Sill ycsy llEge, Cannot 10
say ssc n:alor'1F at tnlile and uppe.-caa1 women
est and. to yc:y la5ye proportion tho
slinpse a,l.iineap Of household accounts Il xeaFL
son.s AavGE xGsy inaccura:sly Performed, while
4 tEc calculation ID III foreign Eouey they a1A
hoperssly hewtlc7ra They 10 not understand
compound zddi'tnu, whse as to coupounI dIvi-
t!ons, ihey FRANKLY Ire!lae u make the atiemot
W. w nave neIsoaall! lnrs5n LdE, n1ss7ss not
Rite up the effort to discover what the fourth of1
eeStnla Was - sarneihlng Wholly beyunL her ca-
haS,S; MI tsn minutes M sitcr .lseusa . foreign
eStset,e cascs The u.t'.t Stsrme we eFer kncw
WAY that of IN Oxford n. A., iiesl Mastes Uf y
ETn1ana1,scnocL and m almost un1valle1l master
u tsFcek !, rc.l poetry, who was honcstly uaan!e
MI eGnfesseti himself u1lsLl1 TO do tha slmulcst
..m ln IN simple hid.ston-who, to st aa &C ,oan.
SAtt49
aJs called boy 70 verify tbs weekly ata,lstIrx
Il The hchonL There must hage a-en some oiI
esesns ss te oa.hns .sa TapI haxs -
:asld; but We should lite to q the House Of Peers
A.! IN s1in BIT of Notation Not one IN si1 would
nen:eusd have. d ing time Or other, iearned
helr interest has never been excited. Ii Is tust
ne y same ..th geogzathy. OF "hEa edueated a.sd
H. thnr In
= stlnut learning them. They have to learn them
|A as ieuoEsnt a. medical students are Of soeIF-
W nR. We would Just hks to laaxs The Ea;ish
himself . skeleton map of ireland, aod see now
many OF the mAis bofe q falr Resemblance to tne
ruth, y t., Sss they, we're taught about Ireland
louL't, the English Hcthosl Of teaching geography,
ven ~ n ne sssy best schools, is adlcrtusly bAd
lfcas ought 10 enter tato their teacn.ng aas lca1-
nE 2 Eni!ls Gndsr happy belief that they Know III
hey DO not Know whether It is ~ bis as YORKSHIRE
y ~ Europe. but still, most educated men ones
:. ne ash ,as 9ssoD e ss 5st - % sn a
he sus:iest. To test them On It would not be fsiE
the .s1 ssh0o's msehsay baa as ths5 s5sse
Z, Z ,,s5 ~ moss s.T.. schools ''a ~ saesr
t.ssua:sd ~ mi interest, refuses 70 1esain iss
NJ The rea1 failure is not In these things, bat
t-S Net+4A u Aktel1pt 10 secure tho
lain END Of teaching which Il not the c1m14uui
ltinn oi lnoNiedSr, nnt the Development Vi he
oWefs OF me mind Half IN hours chat byA
1re~d good.eempered Afithmetclan with = lsd On
le falc Of three, It's principle and tta management
III R1vt the student more perfect control OF that
machine that years Of 'taums" done by
Iam fuies without the smallest notion whJ
lose rI'es y1eld accurate rrsulta We know
child Of eight 4 girl, whose acquaintance with
geography il far gIcster ,han tnas Of most men.
hcSe study Of the subjects w4s induced hJ thc'aa-
dental awakening Of an interest In the shapes or
- ~ rFJf ATRHt% n1tr
" fEDm some grotesquc remark about the Hke-
ess of Britain To A old lady uAndny Ireland eo
er lap Tie teachers eEen In commercial echoola
'e got such bad machines ~ they a-e described;
y inen the1 arc usually machines, and we need
teutEenf teachers instead Mere practice 1t1
" even enable boJR to spell, and Il Is practice on
which Is required OF them,