The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-12

cause they do not receive proper paren
tai restraint they are unified to follow
any useful employment and will NOPE
through life monuments of folly, now
have called your attention to these fact
because they are wholly within the jul
risdiction of the parents and beyond thu
reach of teachers, and l think they art
worthy of careful consideration.
ATTENDANCE, PUNcTUALITY, ETC.
In the formation of habits which are
to build up the character of our future
men and women, we cannot be too care
full. The person who has reputation
for meeting every obligation in the very
niche of time is the one whom we adj
mire and trust : and We want our boys
and girls to become prompt, active, re-
sponsible and trustworthy men and wo,
men. Now is the time to teach them
how to become so. These are subjects
of education. Boys and girls who are
always prompt and faithful while in
school can always be trusted after they
leave the school room and 60 out into
the great school of life Believing this
we have endeavored to place before the
pupils Of our school every incentive
within our reach to lead them to be reg
ular in their attendance and punctual to
the very minute, and with your hearty
co.operatio2 we have succeeded even be-
yond our most sanguine expectations /;
and your exceeding kindness is appreci-
ated very greatly. 1t is really a pleas
ure for us to work among such people,
We have quite large number of pupils
who have never been absent a single
half day, or tardy once, during the time
that we have taught here. They are
proud of it and we are proud of it, and
l prophesy that they will make just as
prompt, energetic, faithful men and wo.
men as they have made true boys and
girls in their school days. AS far as
my observation extends | think we have
no reason to expect anything else. Ex-
cept in few isolated cases we are able
to report the school as standing perfect
in punctuality, and nearly so in attend.
ance, except for sickness, and thanks to
a kind Providence we have never had
enough sickness to bring our standing,
at any time, think, down to 80 per
cent. iu attendance. The classes stand
ing the lowest stand between 80 and
100 per cent, generally, even in the
worst of weather for hard colds and
sickness among the children. I want
the pupils to consider it disgrace to be
tardy and | think they do where they
have the right training at home, or are
old enough to realize the contempt with
which the pupils, generally, look upon
the tardy seat" We need no very
stringent rules, no closing of doors at 8
D CLOCK, as practiced in some schools
The pupils are "rule unto themselves
in this respect. As far as l have been
able to ascertain, our school stands first
n the State as to pnnctuality and at
tendance. Now, [ want to do away
With hardness entirely; and | earnestly
call upon those few who have been a
title careless, i'll the past, to join our
'anks and help us keep our record clear,
wen of the isolated cases spoken of be-
ore. Help your children to make our
MOTTO, ]amais arriere," practical
me.
REPORTS.
With considerable extra labor, and at
ONE expense, We issue monthly report
ards to the parents, showing them the
tanding of their children, in the stud
es which they pursue; together with
heir standing, department; etc, and !
lthoug h the children, and a great many
f the parents, tax, great interest
q them, have feared sometimes, in
act, have had reason to know, that
he very children who need such incen.
ives the most fail of being benefited |
y them, because their parents do not
AXE the trouble even to examine the
eports from month to month. A care.
IL examination of these reports and an
lterest thus shown in the standing and
rogress of the children would insure
reater excellence and we hope no pa
ant, who has interest enough to send
is children to school at all, will over,
,ok the task.
EXTBRSALs,
1t is we'll known by those who have
adc it subject of study and observa.
on, that the mind and heart partake
1rgely o! the qualities of the objects,
18th which they are habitually and
osely connected that beauty elevates
lille deformity degrades. 1t does then
axe vast difference whether the
hool buildings, and their surroundings,
dictate good taste, or not. The eye of
e child should never be allowed to fix
1t upon deformity; but it should seq
'auty on all sides. "A thing of beauty
a JOY forever" and especially does it
fiuence and educate the child. Exter-
Il beauty, by natural law, insinnates
self Into the character of childhood {
hildrcn continually associated with ug.
less will be ugly, as a general rule, t