Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-26
Delaware State Journal.
wILmINGTON. DEL
Saturday, July %. 1873,
A canvass for the Journal.


. Mr.. Geo. W. Humphry will commence
on Monday canvasaing and collecting for
the STATE Journal. Mr.. Humphry is au.
thorized to receipt for monies now due us
for the JOURNAL to take new subscriptions,
and to act generally as our agent for the
paper He will also write sketches for the
paper from the various points he visits.
The Qualification OF Teachers
We think It was Aristotle who de-
elarei that "the one exclusive sign oil
Thorough knowledge is the power OF
teaching" and thoughtful considera-
ton of the statement will go far toward
convincing any one of Its truth. A per-
son who would teach another any thing
must not be merely able to present tn
matter as It appears to his own mind, but
be prepared by the answering of ques-
lions and the choice of illustrations, il
need be, to shape and adapt it to the pos
sibly wide y differing mind of the learner,
so that in the end the matter may be
equally clear to both. No partial kuowl.
edge will avail for this kind of teaching,
nor Will any partial Ut u''iueu S'''11 Nv
on 'ie part oi Tue puPL anS"e''
'saening may oe rear anu 'uo'ous"' '-~'
active curiosity which prompts eager
questioning must be excited in the pupils
iuiuu' anu ou'e eA'I'eu 'u0 'e'.u0' OusA'
10 oe aOie 10 s"'isiy " " a"9 "0isns' VI
pointing the way W tue answers vi e'e'y
possible question relevant 10 lne SUBJECT
ms is one OIL inc very reasons-iH iae'
Inc chlei reason-Why tne deiuslon tna'
any soit oil teachers WI. 10 ioi
PRIMARY senooA suuh ueiu'io" anu
snare II mere "'ecnan'eai 'e"'nins
Though why ehou'u NC c"lieu aouiuk
is u'incn'I 10 see "''e All 'ua' was
heeueu' iuen s'uip'e Auo"'eus9 y!
meuo'y d. 'u1 eou''u's % 'sA' OOoa'
"oala De az 'ha' Is required pus 'nere Is
DO perlou Oi sehuol '4ie uuIipg "ul0u .n"'
tnlfs' LOT Apo"leoge, "nich Is Tue e'''''
incentive 10 al real euuea''onai progress
Is SO easiiy excited Us ne ume spent oy
tb- pupil ~ tue primary schooi' II cai.
only oe eA-l'eu 'nere py encouraging 'ue
pupll 70 usA' CUT 'n's ul.po9'''ou "i.' SUI
DC los' Il Inc asking " barren ol al i'u'''
el'he' 'h'ouIu inao'ii'y OF iHuoisnVe o'
tne part OF tne leacher' ana o"l''eu uo
ask most strange ana se@ichlu z 4'es'iups'
ana II needs very Wide una OF gener'
information to be able to answer them
II sometimes requires more IMAM lnior-
NATION Ihe teaenei heeas reaoy
apil'ty ior comparison aud illusuaelou'
eaaolng am TO lead the pupil through Tue
exercise OF his IMAGINATION from the Know
ledge OF The things he has seen, TO the
realization Of tse things he has not seen.
Bat even THIS VIII not always avall, and
times Will come when the most skilled
teachers must utterly fail tolmpartthe idea
10 their own mind to the pupil. We once
saw an amusing Illustration oil TINS In
Sunday School in Sussex county, in thii
state \ bright little fellow turned u
his teacher aud asked, " What Is noun
tam his teacher with ready conn
dence began describing to him an exag
serated hil' oni he interrupted hef VIII
a query as to what q NIL was, and ther'
sue ialed despite earnest ana Pallen
euot' lie mad never been away rom III
natlVe sandy soil, as nat Tor miles as
moor, and II was impossible Tor MIN u
conceive OF land pelng plled up mountain
high' or even hill high, as 1t would be 10
us to conceive OF unirozen water belnI
similarly piled up. His teacher had tn
spirit OF teacher within her. however
and she was determined TO take the DO
over to LeWes, Where remarkable san
drltt has covered the pine tree tops an
gwen the county Its only HILL to enable
her to teach that BOY at least what III
was
such ignorance of common NATURE