Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-10-12

of the schools disciplinary work
have merely time to suggest few O
them.
Who that has for years been guided
by faithful teachers has not learned
promputude? Punctuality was requir
ed both in attendance and recitation
The existence of the scholar is the en-
forcement of regularity; nor is this
monotonous, in the spirit of forma
routine, but regularity as agreeable
as necessary, from the protection from
surprises which the boy felt was thus
assured him. He could anticipate steE
| by step the labor of the day his hours
| of study or recitation were distinctly
mapped before him, and he could gath
er up his mental strength for the hard
est task, knowing that when il was ac-
complished the rest was comparatively
easy. "a time and place for every
thing, and everything in its time and
place. may seem trite adage, because
it originated in days Of yore; but one
who has not thoroughly acquired the
habits of order and system as they are
imbued into the scholar, might well de-
sire to be young again, that he might
promptness and regularity, order is es
sential to success in every department
of life; and feel as though too much
encouragement cannot be given to the
teacher to insist upun it, even from the
first month of the boys elementary
training.
Nor must omit a passing allusion
to those forms of self respect in which
the scholar is necessarily indoctrinat-
ed. He is in public, SO to speak, from
the time he leaves the nursery before
nine O'Clock, till he returns to it's pri-
vacy in the evening a feeling is elicit
ed that one is thus observed and must
be in a presentable condition. His
hands and face must have made an ac-
quaintance with the wash bowl, his gar
ments must evidence some regard to
appearances, and his entrance into the
schoolroom must be such as not to
shock the neighborhood sense of pro
pr!ety Then, too, there are forms Of
courtesy and politeness that the child
almost instinctively learns. The ex
ample of those about him is sufficient
to develope his latent Gecorum. He
will enter the room recognizing the
fact that his teacher is there to expect
and to receive him. In short, the rough
corners of the selfish nature are worn
off by this friction with others, and the
pupil becomes convinced that there is
some one else in the world besides him
self, and that his teacher and mates
have rights that he is constrained to
recognize.
Nor must we neglect to mention the
benefits resulting from that spirit of
emulation excited in the schoolroom.
And when speak thus highly of it, I
am not unmindful that there have been
iealousies, rivalries, even family and
neighborhood quarrels springing out
of this very ambition. But let not
these evils be laid to the charge of a
thing that is in itself good, for bad
hearts will get bane out of every bless
ing. Properly guided and encouraged
the emulation of the schoolroom is
one of its best features !; and were this
it's only advantage over private in
struction, this should be estimated of
| sufficient Importance to decide every
parent in its favor Prosy studies can
thus be made interesting for the com
parison Of grades of capacity and de
velopement puts the scholars estimate
of himself just where it belongs, and
tie intense longing to rise higher and
higher, can only be cultivated by thus
displaying daily before him how much
is yet beyond her grasp.
But we hasten to direct your atten-
ton to the main theme of these re-
marks: