The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04
lCommunication.1
S0MET LlIHn A nnHrn. SNfNIO

SOMETHING ABOUT SCHOOLS.
hduH FfecTndti-The schools of our county
gre an apout closing for a number of months
ok tnouSaho children will be turned loose TO
forget what they have learned during the past
nve months Near two hundred teachers will
oeo OUT OF employment for number OF months
without any visible means OF support How
should these teachers and these pupils be EN-
ployed during the vacation7
TEACHERS.
Ieachers who are able to afford the expense
t SnoulH go 10 Normal Schools Those who are
NOT should purchase standard works on the
orahcnes taught, and go to work in self-im-
provement. Something must be done To keep
Tue educational machiuery of the county from
is, nus'ilg, and teachers can do their part. They
the meaning of terms-memorize definitions
STUDY rules and apply them in practice.
Teachers should practice spelling, keep a
memorandum of new words and write down
their meaning. They should classify words,
euch as the names of trees, of animals, OF gro
ceres. OF dry goods, of rivers, of sciences, ETC.
nv men Iney should classify terms in these scien-
ceS, keep regular ummer diary OF their labor
IN study-a journal which would show daily
progress anu which could be reviewed at an y
time.
READING.
=, Ieachers should be good readers. To be such
ty shey should cotsl-it the dictionary daily, aud
should memorize both prose and poetry The
mort tney learn by heart the better they viii
they should learn terms. There is much in be-
ing aole TO give definitions of terms readily
Constant defining makes good takers. Teach
ers shouid be good takers.
HISTORY.
me summer vacation gives time for reading
ana reflection. Teachers should be historians.
Ihey shouic not only study the history of the
ChiIeI States, but all history, audespecially
tnat OF Eng land, which is SO Intimately connect
"a with our own. Then they should classify
history For instance, our own history can he
separated into epochs. such as one hundred
years oil discoveries, from l500 to 1000; one hum
ureu years OF settlements, from l6O0 to 100 /;
then near one hundred years of Colonial pro-
Eress-war and peace-prosperity and adversi-
ty and, finally, near enc hundred years of pro-
SiSoo dS a newly organized government, with
ns war ana peace-udversity and unbounded
OTHER BRANCHES
Othcr oTanches can be renewed In the same
or similar manner so that " hen examinat tion
tlme comes, the principles and facts in the
branches taught may be treasured up in the
mind, READY Tor use. 1t is too common for
.eachers TO throw down the book when they
hand over the key To their employers. This
should not be done. This is an age OF educa-
uohai progress, and those no will not keep u p
must fall behind Some are always signing for
Normal school, or some other sch0ol-some
down like the dew of Heaven. The best school
ever attended was the school of seIf-improve-
ment Books are needed, but when they are
furnished the great want is supplied. Still, let
those who can, attend school.
PUPILS.
What is said in regard to teachers will apply
with equal propriety to pupils. If l were in
sion could be made To yield the greatest benefit
the greatest amount of good should say.
ter" so that there would be no retrogade move
ment Let pupils make good use of their spare
If this be done, the next session of five months
Will be equal to n session of ten months where
ever active a. any rate. 1t will be thinking
about something, day and night, waking and
dreaming, and its efforts only need proper di
rection and control
PARENTS.
Parents should furnish their children with
books and particularly with a dictionary, a his
tory or two, work on bookkeeping, with
some blank books, an orator or speech book,
and book that would give instruction in wri-
ting or composition. Children take on very
rcadii y with these little helps. School direct
1rswho are furnished with copy of the School
journal can ascertain from the advertisements
contained therein W here such books can be pro-
cured anu parents can obtain the desired intor-
Ination in that way or many other ways. Chill
dren shOulc bc furnished with books. My faith
erS library was small, yet il was worth hun
dreds of dollars To me. 1t was there l got
taste for reading. Itwas the sight of books that
gave me thirst for knowledge. Books will
have a similar effect upon others.
FINALLY,
if next winter schools are TO be success, now
is the time to begin. Aud this is equally appli-
cable to teachers, pupils, and parents. The
sweets of the early spring for a supply for the
yet far-on winter. Let US initiate the example
and the industry of even an insect. knowledge
of drops. What we know is part-what can
know is the balance Let US be up and doing
ROB Roy.
HENRY WAED BEECHER AND CHRIsrr.y
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SOMBxrn's MoNTHLT Tho MAY number of
this Magazine is iull OF good Things. No ps>
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irons.
The number before us begins with an inter
esting illustrated article eBtitlPd IRA yelling
by TeleRTaph: Northward to Niagara wIiicn
closes with description of Cray ck clear
ingt he track we have often seen him at
HarIisburgh. Then We have poem, "My
Brother" Fanny Northrop's Treat" an il
lustrated story; another poem Work in Rest: