Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-10-25
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.

In view Of the imperative demand
for information on the most effective
modes of discipline in school govern
ment by the young and inexperienced
teachers in the county, and in obedi.
eaee to promise made by me to far-
nish said information to thefull extent
of my feeble capacity, I have prepared
an outline of the most essential fea-
lures of school discipline, with the
hope that it may be instrumental in
awakening an interest in this indis-
pensable branch of study. 1t is not
intended by this digest of the opinions
of the best educators of the age to SUI
percede the careful study of works on
the Theory and Practice of Teaching
By no means. But simply to prepare
in condensed form, methods of dis
cipline that will meet the exigeneies of
the present. leaving the future to a
more extended study of such authori-
ties on this all important subject. as
will make the teachers of the county
complete masters of their delicate.
though responsible positions. ~
| will preface by stating that good
discipline and good instruction are in
separable. The one is the outgrowth
of the other. Hence the first duty of
the teacher is to bring the mental and
moral faculties of the pupil under such
a systematic processiof training as will
effectually curb their untamed impulses
and awaken the energies Of mind, soul
and body to course of right action,
and repulsive stunning of wrong;
thus fitting the future actor in life's
drama for his great work and high des-
tiny. esf-T , n
The school room is the place where
the drill of life is successfully begun.
All disciplinary agencies should there
fore be thorough, systematic and COM
prehensiye. Habits formed between
the ages of six and eighteen are rarely,
if ever, changed ''As the twig is bent
so the tree inclines." train up
child in the way he should go. and
when he is old he will not depart from
it" are proverbs true as wisdom itself.
The agencies that may be brought to
bear in securing good discipline are:
LIST. Organization, and by organiza-
ton we mean that systematic arrange
ment and uniformity which win secure
good order and promote studiousness.
les End. Classifcation-or the arrange
ment of the pupils into suitable classes,
so that they may work easily and sue
cessfully with their whole time fully
employed. sa1 'aal7 ~ $50
Ord. Discipline, embracing all its
sub-agencies in molding and control
ling power in and around the school
room, viz: order in the school room,
the teachers authority, the proper
mode of treating cases Of insubordina-
ton, industry as an aid to discipline,
recreation, exercise, kindness and firm
ness as aids to discipline, punishments,
study, recitation, method of imparting
instruction, and morals and manners.
l propose to lay before the young and
inexperienced instructors ofthe county,
brief outline of information on the
elements of discipline enumerated
above, with the sincere desire that it
may be instrumental in developing a
higher order of intelligence in the art
of teaching, and in directing the noble,
self-sacrifcing, patient efforts of this
devoted band of workers in a channel
that will be productive Of the greatest
amount of good. 1 would recommend
also to all teachers in the county, who
design teaching in the public schools
to procure at once Jewell on Theory
and Practice of Teaching" or some
other work on Theory and Practice,
and study to post themselves on School
government.
Very Respectfully,
n T, WHJTpIEID 20 Sun't