The New York herald., 1873-12-06
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
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mlscuous class OF people who are bound to no
other law than that OF maintaining their positions.
Tho aD0iiClon OF corpora. punlshment III our
schools is another distinctive proof Of the un-
exampled civilization OF our people.
There is petty tyranny going on snn nov Ia our ~
public schools, and that too, against cnllaren vi
lender years-thst ought to be put stop 10 AZ
once l refer 10 tue detanng Of children rom nine
O'Clock until three without their having partaken
Of i0Od since breakfast and this perhaps LOT no
other offence than coming IN the morning lew
Now. Mr. Editor. is IL right that growing child
perhaps emerging from an ill-ventilated apartment
DIosel, is made to sit bolt upright and give und-
Vlded 8ttent tion to the instruction, It's mind
strained TO its utmost capacity, to deny this child
We all know that mental labor is the most exhaust
Ing kind OF labor, ana should growing child,
whose brain Is not In a condition, either by
age, strength or nourishment, be sub
mitted or subjected to this lnhImanitys
Are our teachers not well enough paid and have
they not holidays enough to rec0mpense them Tor
staying in an hour or SO after school 70 punish chill
dren little more humanely !,
When we consider this, why shall we not ask TOT
little more generosity on the part OF the teachers
80 whom we entrusL our chlldrenr
Let the Board vi Education spend little more
Tor rewards OF merit, and let these be distributed
not by the teacher, but by the committee who
Examine and the boy who gives best proof OF his
application and attention be rewarded by tlem.
fhen there will be no need OF the rod and no
dread oi the Partially OF teachers.
Good Example Better Than Spanking
Tho Lady With Government in Her
Eye.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
Reading the articles in your paper upon putting
the whip into the public schools again. reminds me
Of the struggle we had 25 (more or less) years ago
TO get It out OF the schools The only astounding
1hing about it is that it can have any advocate
rom refined, cultivated, educated gentlemen. The
disposition comes from a low, barbarous, uncuiti-
rated nature and rom one who has not yet learned
10 govern himself.
was . teacher myself in those days, and quite
near me was district schOOl-the principal gen
seman He had large BOYS, IL and is years olo.
lie kept rattan and used it freely; he also kept
Bble and this II he saw any boys across the school
room looking a little suspicious, he would sling
ht their heads. TINS, the boys called circulating
Bion." Hearing the reports from this school, !
made the remark that believed ! could put
yOung lady into that school, pupil of NINE, who
would govern II with one finger. one Oh the trus-
lees, hearing had made the remark, came TO see
me- He said the boys had taken the teacher up
bodily the day before and carried him out into the
street and sat him down there, and that he had no
boubt IL was the worst school III the city. said,
nevertheless, would like to try 1t. The young
lady had in my mind belonged TO one OF the lrst
Was further advanced In mathematics than
any other i could recommend. ! wrote
her oil the particulars she hesitated ut
pl natures nobemen," urged her to come. She
did, and never had the least trouble with one OF
those boys. She Kept no rattan or any other whip.
slplined schools in the city. The reason was she
could control herself, and she had government in
her eye. When she spoke she was obeyed. There
s no government in the whip; ii Is mere power
The stronger holds over the weaker. The man
that cannot govern school without a whip had
better be turned into the street to break stone;
Woulu pe more appropriate empios ni ,neni.
There are scores OF ladies VINO would better iii his
ylace. SEMEN.