Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-01
school management.

Under this head, the Kansas Journal OF
Education discusses practically some i'm
portant questions:
Happiness and ~contcntment depend
largely on our relations with the external.
Our lives arc related to our environment
and whether We glide down the stream of
time scarcely conscious of the ebb and
flow, or whether there is a painful cOnsci-
ousness of adverse winds. depends chiefly
on the trim of our craft. 70 some, the
calm procession of events is like distant
music or the gentle r~ustling of autumn
leaves, inviting to holy meditation or to
grateful repose while to others, the hard
discipline of life is like the constant rasp-
ing of delicate nerves. Some men are the
victims of circumstance, passively yield
ing to the goads of adverse fortune while
others are the creators of circumstance,
placing the external under contribution to
their pleasure.
The quality of school life depends on
the adjustment of seeming trilcs. 1t is
POSSIBLE to SO arrange the surroundings of
pupils that they will almost unconsciously
conform to the polity of the little ommon
Sealth and, on the other hand, it costs
but little effort to expose them to iulu-
cnces which excite constant antagonisms.
The school room may be SO neat as to
predispose pupils to good order and de-
corous behavior; or it may be so ugly as
to loose the very spirits of mischief. \
clean, tidy room is the first requisite and
curtains, pictures, house plants, books and
music arc ncceSsaricS which the skillful
teacher will use to the extent of her abii-
ity.
TALKING TO ruin the discipline of
a school with the utmost certainty it is
necessary merely to talk, talk, talk. BE
sparing of words'if you would maintain
your authority mean a little more than
you say.
Speak with ~calrnness and deliberation
even under the pressure of vexation and
insult. BE a living example of the spirit
you want t. cultivate. Be kind. sympa-
thetic and forbearing: shun sarcasm, re-
proach and ridicule.
SIGNALS NO signal should be given
louder than the tap of a pencil to sum-
mon a class by the clangor of a bell is a
misdemeanor.
Inc tcacHcT. HCEsclI, IL ChuI Sdplc WIN
disorder. One signal should be obeyed
before another is given. otherwise signals
are of no use. Rightly employed they in
troduce order into a complex process.
FORMATION OF CLASSES A large
class should be arranged as compactly as
possible. For this purpose it should be
broken up into two or more lines and, if
pupils stand while reciting, place the shor-
ter in front, the taller next and the tallest
last. Every number of 2 class should be
within easy range of eye and ear.
ROUTINE The systematic division of
though necessary, is liable to de-
generate into a dull spiritless routine
which which is the enemy of healthy pro-
gress. Routine thus becomes a yeritable
a sort of dry rot. The ordinary
exercise Of the school should occasionally
give place to others which are ex%traordin-
airy. The reading or telling of a story,
the examination of some interesting ma
tural object. or the performing Of some
experiment will relieve the school
Of its tedium and will 60 far towards ex-
the mind to a natural activity.
REcEssEs I'm large schools the or
binary recess is the source of much evil.
In the first place, the hurried passing in
and aut creates great confusion and is at
by nervous excitement, which I'M
Its pupils for study for a considerable
: Again, one valid objection to large |