The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-25

PUPILS AND THEIR PROGRESS.

table. always has his geography lessoe
periaehy, aud naihtainrs i similar stand
Ing ,u bis other studies. fand, ,sbsve. al
appears TO be IN excellent ,.rder during
schr"l hours, no praise is TOO great to
be bestowed upon him by his teacher, no
appr"val too hearty t., be given him by
hi parents. AAd the child soon comes tn
understand what is required of him, as
we'll as what be may, slight, or perform
at leisure. @.~6 "a@ @+s# @aF
Now while it is al Important that the
young mind should become familiar with
the plies of science, and that the
chlti's eye should be trained to recog-
nize characters and words at a glance,
AMI hi> han 10 guide the pen il. traclug
lines of grace and beauty, in the mare oil
common sense is 1t not equally i'm pertant
that his lips be taught TIA utter the truth,
h. feet to tread in the pati'e.of NOR
aIty2 r-4 F@0
II has been sagely said that nothing.
tlr attpntinn Of the school, nor should it
b. the one question on which many
ditF,r *, IF What do school Cluties con
si<t The gOoh trustees often specify that,
among ether things to be ttught To the
popils.the principles of Truth and JUS
tirr shall ne in-tilled into their minds
aud rlght here, the matter too often
IT IT, For. white many tenchers never
b. state t. adopt the prescribed course
with reference To their pupils studies
vtry few, indeed, tr"uhl" them elves 1T
al about their pupils morals. &Ba.E
The reason at ihis neglect is owing
perhaps. to the deicient training that
th. teachers themselves received, and
perhaps it may Ia w'ngt@ lack Of in
t. st in the duties that frowning for
tune cnnlpels Them TO perform What
ever have been the causes look around
yon for the affects Of building up char,
acters with no cement to keep the state.
~ dome from crumbiing into shapele>s
civ, after Tie first few years o pump anai
parade and hnmage-paying are over
with 1t wound not be thus. if the train
fn4 that he child receives in the school,
r. IN were otener supplemented by the
moe essential home training. But this
MT heing the case, the child too often
grows up with no moral training at ALL
He may have acquired love of pleas.
ing the world, and, unfortunately, may
also have gained shrewdness ennught 10
enat,le him to satisfy his desires. !. Moth.
Ing, therefore, is too noble and magnani-
NOUS for him t. Go openly. nor, on the
ether hand, is there anything toe mean
OF iespicable for him to perpetrate pfi
vatcly, IN order to accomplish his ends.
He may he outwardly brave, strong
man, atrue type Of the self.made species,
who has Whitfield out his fortune with no
fey tools bestowed upon him by ances-
try, aud yet, under all, he may be .vhat
many "a man around us, or rather socSoIzy
above us, is to day, close.fstetl, stony.
htarted bigot 4
What parents then. but would wish to
see his child pure. of heart. what teacher
but would fam lend a hand in rowing his
pupil beyond the reach of the c,rrent
chat finally discharges its cargo in the
m@lstrom of sin. Faithless guides, do
you not fear that in padding thus list
lessly on you may, yourself, become en-
quilted in the same stream that receives
II 'se who have SO, hopefully entrusted
Shclr all 10 your guidance? t''#>t' z
In fire where is the one who can be so
imbecile as to doubt that a child's moral
progress should fully equal his mental
attainments, and that ut least sure way
to lay safe foundation is to combine, in
the School-room, the culture of the moral
with that of the mental faculties
2.E.7s}l1--L- -. ---4rFfE E I.
NoTIcE.-The next meeting of the " E.
DIT. A., will be held at the Union
Church, near Torreys corners, on Friday
evening of Feb. End. The followingis a
part Of the programme: - ~
Roll call, and response by sentiments
reading of minutes school reports
class exercise by. T. V. Mcguire dis.
cussion of methods of teaching arithe
metic; class exercise by s. NJ. Hart /;