, 1872-02-24

opportunity of initiating the pupils in things e
which they otherwise wcu!d be totally .g&ass"
owing to the absence OF the above nensiooal
branches from the sch0Oi-s5udae Were those
introduced an alteration iuiGbt, il his opinion.
as far as we have been able IT, ascertain. Re
advantageously introduced,
RELIGION.
This is a very delicate matter ant ya8 great
est care ought 10 be aiken, go Is taken tat
least we have never heard any cor0pla!atj naa
to infringe on any conscience. 3era also. Hike
in History and Geography, TOO l4rg3 books ere
used.
P~gNMANsH!P AH0 DRaTjSG
The frs. Of thesa ass has been nos success
fully taught especially of late, and the results
attai cd are highly favo able. The same can
not be said Of Drawing, however, to which,
perhaps to little attention i, given.
Vocal Music.
Very little time is bestowed on this impor-
tant agent in forwarding the work Of education,
c~xolting, a. il does, SO powerful and salutary
al inauene; especially up Iu,those whose finer SEN
sibilities and more delicate organization render
them peculiarly liable to be swayed by it. But
not only Is music beneficial in Itself as an eleva-
ting, refining influence, soothing violent passion,
and e~xerting kind aud tender emotions, but it
is an important auxiliary in sustaining the dis
cipline Of the school room, refreshing the mind
after wearisome attention to the other exercises,
and filing up, in a pleasurable manner, all
tho, o vacant moments which must necessarily
exist in the ordinary intermissions of the school,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Examinations ought to be rigid and small re-
wards distributed to those who excel.
LANGUAGES, (besides English)
Of these only Danish is taught, and that has
always been done, and is still done, under the
greatest Disadvantages, one of which is that
both parents and children seem to look upon the
study Of it only as a waste of time The books
used are about as little adapted to the purpose
as possible, and for this reason, as we'll as for
the general one mentioned above, little prof
cheney is made. Other languages are entirely
excluded with what right or reason we are un-
able to see. Is there not at least as good rea-
son to have instruction given in Spanish, for
instance, as there can be in giving it in French
in a school for the same classes Chose who can
support the school to the amount of ! orr of
its actual cost at home,! If we were not afraid
of the cry of everlasting the little brains We
would recommend French and German too.
MANY children are taught these languages at
much greater cost and trouble by private teach
ers.)
We shall now leave this subject for a while, 1t
being only our intention to give our opinion on
those schools, whose reorganization are now on the
tapis as embodied in the Draft. Not that we con-
slider our task of examining this much of the one
of the wheels of our machinery terminated, for we
have only glanced at the one side there is anoth-
er which we shall not forget to look at in due time,
we allude to the duties of parents, guardians and
teachers, which are not less important than those
Of our Legislators and rulers. From remarks inter-
spersed in the foregoing it will have been noticed
that we have a very high opinion Of the effective
ness of the Common School proposed oy Govern
ment. These school-matters, and others on the
order of the day, have crowded out of our little
sheet for the present our promised 'Feuilleton."
From the Nev atlantic Monthly, March 1897
Owing to the wise liberalty Of the planters of An
tigua nearly one-tbird of the whole revenue OF the
island (E1O,OO0) has been appropriated to EDUCATIONAL
charitable, and religious purposes.
More as soon as we can find room)