The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-05-08

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SCHOOL faaT proper. But besides thit s
iaunh edition 81 tie ssme report; Co
efilff with . togrl II department also
fan abssHce, aud tardiincses, mas, be
sent % the superintendent once o
mouth
Here arc some Of tba items Of tae
maaihly report
ATTENDANCE.
Nh8le number belonging, pea cent at-
tendance. number ol lfuAuH, number Of
half DAYS sbseucesi average number be-
longing. average daily attendance, mum
her n pupils tardy, number Of tardiurss-
ts number Of half days truanry. number
~ abscuiecs, number Of dismlssais, uUm-
her 81 corporsl punishments, names 81
pupils who have been suspended, dates
reasons. uaues o. labiiBai trHaHts etc.
TEACHERS.
Number % iimes tardy aud cause,
number Of times absent aud cause, num-
Ier Of limcs when sou have not kept the
tail humber Of hours and cause AS tolls
last scsms 10 imply q disposition TO cheat
ON THE part Of Tee teacher further de
yslopement OF the system would natural
ly suggest As the next question, how
much Of the school property have you
stolen during the month, aud cause?
Bat, seriously, u It any wonder that
our methods OF teaching are common
place add mechanical, that the llie-biood
slowly oozing out Of our teaching crushed
under the remorseess wheels Of 50 much
machinery
or course all useful records are 10 be
kept but there Is class OF people IN
every community who have perfect
passion for statistics, whose eyes dance at
sight Of column Of figures, aud whose
estimate Of the worlds best work is
quickly given you after httle adding,
subtAcung, multiplying and dividing
such people are in clover when they get
hold u our schools; never was iairer
Geld IN which TO reycl never a finer
chance for computing per ecnlage, sum
totals and averages
Now, many 81 our teachers are cutbn-
siaslie lovers Of their true work, and de
light in il with all their heart. Nearly
all Of them have higher ideal Than they
ever expect to realize, and the perpetual
presence Of this ideal Is ever stimulating
them to better work. They know their
own faults better than any one else
knows them, and the pleasure Of past
success Is quickly hanishod by the pain
Of conscious imperleetion. But what can
they do about 1t? The ablcst Of them all
cannot pat more than twenty-iour hours
int0 the day, nor into one day more than
the work Of two. Any one who has cy-
CT tried II knows that five hours Of thor
ough teaching are enough to exhaust the
nervous energy OF any ordinary person.
Add 10 these the sixth which Is the last
straw; then add long evening OF labor,
pfolracted far into the night, labor, too,
most OF il, on the mere machinery Of the
school, continue this, week alter
week aud year alter year. until all
the vitality il sapped out Of the teach
e.: then take him some morning,
as ho Is about 10 enter school wearicd
with past labor and burdened with
sense of his uuiitness for the work that
ought to be done, aud tell him, out Of
some Teachers Manual, that cheerlulness
aud enthusiasm are essential 10 success,
aud he win recall, with 4 grim smilo the
famous advice to the dyspepIic TO eat his
food with hilanty, no matter what
happens.
lie may, by sheer strength OF viii,
galvanze himself into show Of life for a
while; but the laws Of nature will have
their way; be will surely fall back into
the lileless routine Of the tread mill, and
Ia time will verify the truth of the old adj.
age, Gan work aud no play makes Jack
a dull boy Nothing can keep him out
of the ruis except vigorous mental
growth, aud he cannot grow under such
conditions.
And ghc cannot grow, for though we
use the masculine pronoun out Of defer
ence to the grammar, yet we all know
that what has been said OF men applies
with more force 10 women, because their
pnwer of endurance is less, and because
they have most OF them lei, school with
au education far Inferior 10 mans and so
with Tar less fitness for their work mere
girls, who get have very strong a.pira.
lions for the highest excellence.
New where lies the remedy for al these
lrieclss We csu only hint at il. The
.ehool 3. but q reflection OF the commuui-
Is where Il exists: so long "a people likC
lhl. snowy mechanism ct our schools. SO
tbsE AHNk WIZ hafN itF A14 RtiE N'tiH8it iil
tHra, VIII foster 10 the community tbjs
love ct show and this strange contouud-
lag OF the sembauee and the reality Of
true progress.
The hbrcs that bind together school!
and family aud church and state, are llr-
ing tissues, aud the same lite-biood flows
lu ihcm All. Aud who shall say hoW
mueh ct the shameful corruption, 20
prevalent Ia high places, Is ou.y the uatHr-
II fruit Of that old preaching, $50 %
school. boys be diliRent and study hard
inr other BOYS who have been faithful and
Industrious arr now In Congress sind the