The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-08-23

men can be social beings only so
, long as they can believe each 9TH
cr; that by telling q fa!schood he
becomes his own enemy.
! Prove to them that truth has
no gralalions. Johnson has very
truly said, Nothing which admits
Of increase can be so mach what
it is, as truth is truth there may
be 4 strange thing and . thing
more strange, but if ! proposition
be true there can be none trunr."
! When accusing them of q fault
; be careful to frame your questions
; in such 4 manner that they will
rather serve to take from the Of
fender the wish to deceive. Sup
! posing q child were on the front
! pavement contrary to rule; You
may: by your stQncstion (know-
ing all about the affair.". "What
! were yon playing?" take from tie
offender the wish to deceive:
whereas the question. "Did you
leave the yard q would be . temp.
! tatiOn.
! do not think it always best to
; conceal from q child that you mis-
trust him-it is a matter requiring
the utmost delicacy and prHdcnce
If vou can con$cicnllonsly do so,
tell him you have ever found him
truthful. that you Go not mean to
wrong him, but you wish him to
clear up or explain those little
suspicious circumstance.
Tell him that you are lis judys,
! but still more his friend, and that
! his character will be all the better
for having stood the ordeal.
\ truthful boy will take pride
; in vindicating himself, and yon
will teach that truth can stand
/ the closest scrutiny-the scvercst
sitting.
Tcac;: q child the height and
; depth Of true love and friendship ;
! it outIivcs taa!ts triie will noJ
! change it-many 4 taIschood has
! been toId through fear Of losing a
! teachers love-. friend will bear
with friend so lovingly as to cover
4 multitude Of faults should our
friendship for our pupils be less
; sclt.forgctful. less powerful?
If we look into the hearts and
; homes Of children it will help Us
much. One Christmas week |
formed the Don Quixotic scheme
Of visiting every one Of the fifty
pupils in my room.
| started out wondering why
the children did not do better; !
! ended the visits wondering that
they did so wcll-but about one.
fOurt!. Of them had what ] call
homcs-truly homes.
! in many places where there
! was no want, there WAS want Of
! government: others talked clo-
Qucnt!y abont the need Of Moral
Education." "Cu!tnrc," &c; were
SO bus;Iy cnpinyrd that they hal
but little time to give to their
chiidrcn-too little.
Every body is doubtless every
! body rlsr'S brother, but the family
is very large and the differences
quite remarkable. The differences
OF tempe" and disposition III differ
cnt children are so great that, to
! pursue ,hc same course with each
! would be about rs absurd i plan
as that Of adopting onc remedy:
whatever the cause of sickness.
! II the notion of {. universal rem
edy for ell physical ills is laughed
at, should it not be thought as in
jndicions when applied 10 the
mind? "Teachcrs shall endcavor
! to impress upon the minds Of their
! pupil, sacred regard for truth"
! is 10 ncw rule, and even its fate
! has been like that Of q certain l}o
man decree in Catalinc's time, our
duty 10 God anl his little ones
: dcm&ndcd this.
We, Western teachers, are not
considered apt scholars in dealing
with the tntUft tsase-sha!l and
wi!I-so | will tell, not what |
| shah or will 90: but what [ have
done. The past Was once our iu-
! turc, anu its deeds or misdcedS:
Successes or failures, arc but so
many lessons 10 our future. Two
weeks ago: three or four children
were told TO rccitc after school
one Of them brought me q note
askiny that he might be excused
an hour before school closed. |
, felt all was not right. | had no
time just then to investigate the
matter; 1t were better TO wait 81
I said. Yes. yoDd-night." After
| school looked lgaiA at the note;
! the writing did not look SO badly.
! but the capitals were misplaced,
; great stress WIS placed on the
Excuse bad writings" which look
ed suspicious. But it was not
! this that first made ne fee! there
WAS something wrong; it was a
kind Of Intuition. 1t is fact Of
our consciousness that i person
may neither say nor do anything
wrong, and yet insenslbIy lower
the tone Of our spirits, Just as