The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-02-06

upon their older brothers and sisters.
Does not little Nellie who is only twelve
years of age recte in the same class with
Thomas who is sixteen /? And what does
this prove? Why, it proves that your
children advance just so far and never
beyond that point. Tell me why it is
that children in our city schools study all
that is taught in our country schools, and
ia addition, take up History, Physical
Geography, Physiology. Philosophy, AL
gebra &C., Sc. Tell me why children
from 10 to 30 years of age in our country
schools are not beyond the GeCgraT by Of
their country,and the rudiments of Gram,
mar and Arithmetic. If you cannot tell
me why these things ara thus, I can tell
IYon. 1t is because there is no prescribed
course OF study in our schools. Each
teacher In measure c0unteracts the work
OF the former, ard in the end, little has
been accomplished. I tell you the cry
sent up oy children because they are eput
back" ought to be raised higher and sent
further, until it reaches the public ear.
There is no reason why country school
may have the OF portunity of obtaining an
insight into something beyond third
grade studies. There is moi hir g to pre-
vent their going beyond this, and feast
ing their minds upon things richer and
better, SO that when they go from the
school room they shall not feel that they
have had Grammar, Al ithmctic, and Ge-
0gra ply until they luathe the sight ana
name of them, but rather feel that thew
have at least caught a glimpse of the
great world of science around them, and
that they will delight to 20 on and on
with their Investigations until their minds
are rich in knowledge and they fully ap-
preciate that knowledge is power" Do
you say this is beyond the possibility of
district school? | think it is not You
can not accomplish it in one term, nor in
deed can you place our schools upon such
d basis IN one year, but you can make
beginning. Treat the school as you do
farm. Do what you can the first year,
keep improving 1t from year to year until
you have raised it to high state of cult.
walton, aud then hold it there No; not
by any means. Never hold it any where
Keep improving it just as long as you
AiNN' ANO OhG IudlNLOutk C&u pldhC L1dJ-
ters better in this direction No one this
side of the law itself has any power in
determining what shall be studied in
school, except the district board And
because Mr.. 4. or Mr. B. desires his chill
dren to pursue the higher branches there
ls not sufficient reason for organizing such
classes without the consent and advice of
the board. Finally: believe that dis
ltrict boards have much more power than
they generally se,and that the ao0rth (not
the succese) of the school depends more
upon them than upon all other forces com
bined. They hould be the head OF the
school directing the teacher, who is their
servant, in everything. They should be
capable when stranger is hired as teach.
er,of meeting him at the school room and
showing him what had been done aud
what is to be done in order to make the
lschool more along in advancement, and
not leave the teacher to look about for
few weeks or days and then commence
the putting back" process.