The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-01-13

fehSu sPoSe III your paper cannot De used
for q hefler purpose than to insert the fol
Io~irg, written By Prof Newell, for the
Pennsylvania School Journal
Idesire that the Teachers of Carroll coun.
ty will conform to this Programme as near
" as possible.
J. NJ. NEWsoS, Examiner.
II IS stated on page ais Of the last volume
OF this Journal, that the teacher of an nm.
graded school cannot, with advantage, hear
more than sixteen recitations dav. Sev.
eral intelligent and highly successful teach
ers have represented to me that Il is i'm.
possible to satisfy parents by adherns to
tins rule; and that for the younger classes,
two Rotations Of nine minutes each are far
better than one OF eighteen; and that for
tro more advanced classes, when they are
small las they necessarily are in s-ch a
school, It IS better to compress a recitation
within twenty minutes than to allow it TO
extend to thirty minutes or more. In def
erence to such vlews, have endeavored TO
gcunstr,iet u time-ta table which would admit
of o larger number Of daily recitation.
~ course, such programme will not be
likely TO suit exactly any school In the
world. II must be looked on as A typical
form, which admits of endless variations
in order to adopt itself to an endless variety
OF circumstances and one Of its prineiple
merits is the ease with which il can he
modified, while the general STR. eture is un.
changed
Let US suppose that We have school Of
40 scholars of whom are unable TO read
10 can read imperiecily in the First Read
eri are IN the Second Reader: 7 in the
third IN the Fourth; and 4 in the Fifth
Inc snpposihon is made merely for the sake
OF uehmteness the numbers might be in
creased or diminished twenty FIVE per cent
without altering the conditions.
! ask the following postulaies:
i lhe teacher should divide his time as
ee9nahy as practicable among the scholars.
Inc older scholars have no RICH, to mo.
nopohze teachers time to the disadvan
tage Of the younger.
y II Is the duty Of the teacher to pro.
Tide useful employment for every scholar
curing me whole time he is in school and
tnese empioyments should be often changed
dnflng the day, TO prevent WEAKNESS.
o. Inc younger scholars should make
short and frequent Rotations the older
ones longer and less frequent.
pencil. anu
o There should be black board surface
enough to accommodate at least one third
OF the scholars at one time.
.; There should be q uniformity Of text.
books In the school.
propose TO divide the school not into
eiasSes. but ihtosections, which we NAV cnIl
A. u, Q, d, =, L.: A being the lowest
ana TINS leads me TO ask a seventh and
most important postulate
I; hat the work Of each section sbould
be definitely prescribed by the County Sp
pefinlendent or some competent authority;
ana That no scholar should be promoted
IRON one SEXTON TO another, tin he is able
10 do wen all the work required in the low
er section.
for the sake of preciseness, let us set
DOWN what might reasonably be expected
from each section.
A,-To read and spell words Of four letter.,
To print the letters Of the alphabet. m m,
on TIE slate or blackboard any words mai
lucy can read 10 count FROM l to 100; 10 make
100 to add and subtract BIZ 2rs m mni,;,is
angles. 'iHes anu
hHls read and spell with psrfcc, accur0,v
IN me First and Second Reader; 10 COM n
print whai they can read to write on tho sl,te
niseN-onsfd aii the letters Of the alphabet
TO write and read any number from / ~ i0ne
10 add aud subtract By SIS, IS and 81 10 mi
= upiy by 2 ), and 8 TO draw the yariops 90.
ometticAl plane figures. ~
C.--To read and spell with perf.c+ a,,,r,o,
The iirst half Of the Third Reader Ia eony ~,
iess"n on the slate in current hand; 10 wr,ie
"nJ ,slu numbers from ! 50 1000, 600; 10 add
subtract ~
ply oy any number under 10; 10 draw On ,ba
STATE, irom charts or patterns placed on tbe
Dlaek.boBrd; to d-aw and describe man n
tine teacher to select the most anpronri.,a
n-Plt9 begin With to write gu, lie nopns
VIZ aslse'ycs IN every lesson read
10 hnish the Third Reader 10 com.
mehce Lessons from a spelling book and 90 a.
iar as page = to learn long and short divi.-
ron, and TO commence mental and wri,,cn
Hlthmenc from Textbooks. going "a a. a.
page =; to draw with lead pencil what Ihsy
nave leatned to draw on the slate 10 write
copy SOCKS Nos, and Il to write out ali the
VERBS and adrerbs in the reading lessons. -
commence geography from the text book co.
ing as far as page =.
10 read and spell the Fourth Reader
10 nnish the spelling book to writn any ia,
son IN the Fourth Reader, accurately. fro,n
quotation to study thoroughly fractional and
sompoahu numbers; to classify all the words
NQTDg.
20 write a letter in proper form To draw ma
ussefine maps 4, and o; To finish the reogra-
Pny IN tne Textbook TO write copv.book,
Nos. aud > fJ N''As
10 commence the study of grammar
nol1 me text book to pursue the studies al
~ e, ~. eoiniieheed as the teacher may direct;
70 take up history, and to commence algebrs
haaral philosophy or physiology, Il ia /,
inought proper, bat only one at \ time.
AS There Is, by hypothesis, no nromotio,
details. 70 give
a. some snch scheme were introduced in
Da county and faithfully pursued, the re-
suiling advantages would soon become mn.
parent. A few may be named.
L. ~ being impossible to obtain prouo
uQn without having done well all Tho wort
Of the lower section Post. ~ the scholars
Wouid be more uniform in their advance
nent, and we should not hear ola schol,r,s
being good in arithmetic, but bad IN smell.
ing, or nice rersa. 'fs''
z. A scholar would be stimulated In de
vote attention to the studies IN which he !.
deficient. Too eften the or .apizaiion ~
our schools lends the pupil TO study what
dislike. '"'9
8. lfscholars found that they cnnla not
be, promoted without accomplishing all tho
work Of their section, they would be more
pegular in their attendance.
". Parents you'd have more accurate
sest Han they nov GENERALLY eiaplny of the
advancement Of their children. Ii TOO az
Ten happens that parents judge OF their
chlldren's progress BY their going btroagh
the book !, and teachers are s5metimes
tempted to pat children into q book for