Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-05-01
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN,
Self Government.

There is nothing triler than this, that
he who is able to govern himself is able
TO govern a school.
1t is not altogether a question of can
trolling children. but partly of ~steadying
nerves. tidge;iDg, impatient tanning
with the pencil, furious jangling OF the
bell, irritable calls TO Tom 10 do this TO
Dick to do that, and to Harry not 10 do
The other thing, nervous n~lotioninr. vio-
lent gestures, snappishness, fault finding
lrrascibility, petulsnce,-thesa are some OF
the teachers most disorderly pupils
Warming up with the subject in hand
produces good scholarship; keeping cool
maintains good order. PURPOSE less
commands are equally injurious. When
a teacher says, ~ must have less noise -
she had better see to it that there is less
noise before proceeding with the exercise.
IL she would have her word regarded by
Aer pupils. Ne once knew an OK driver
who had the habit OF saying "haw! Buck"
~unmeanlngly. But Buck knew his mas
tero Weakness, aud KEEP on the even ten
or OF his way, without having, or geeing.
NOW children are sLa per than oxen
hence ii DehoOyes Ihe teacher 10 say only
what She means and Then to see that her
mandates are obey cd.
A letter from Peaant viii appear in our
next issue.
We see by the Mirror that the Bour
bon SCHOOLS have opened Tor the Spring
term, under the charge Of Prot. ". +.
Bailey.
Mr.. b. has done a good work in Bour-
bon, and Ii lail d chance is given ann,
alll MAKE i nrst class school. lie seems
To have the confidence ot The children,
ana We should judge Of lie patents also.
and this last l. naiI the baltic.
The public schools of Warsaw have
for The past year been under the super
Intendence OF Prof. Hodge. The new
buildings were first used IN November
last. IL was necessary to grade and le-
organize the school Throughout, ana diff
cult and nneruuS task rrUf ii. seems 10
nave accomplished with much success.
ne People q y arsaw have r~ecsgoized
the tact That a yoed thing must Ue pald
for, and tave incurred great expense n
building and furnishing their sclool-
rooms. We doubt not the returns Tor
their investment Will Ue ample a ii sails
factory.
The Chicago Teacher insists upon il
that The legs are faculties; tiat the prop
CT government thereon IS an evidence ot
civilization. Since Tie chief Cisu. der N
school COMES from The improper man
agement OF the ieetdud legs, ills time tnat
their right use and government we're . il
eidered.
The brain OF the pupil is somewhat
within u control; We mould ii at Will
but their legs bewilder US. The great
trouble is that in proportion to the
strength OF our pupils, their boots are too
large, and, consequently, u~nmanaseable.
How shall the children be taught to en-
gineer the weight Of cowhiQu iudict-
ed upon them?
Young teachers are apt to talk too
much. This fault is injurious 20 the
success OF their work, both in discipline
and instruction. Ii school, talk Is silver,
put silence is gold.
Bodily pain forms a large proportion
Of the amount Of human misery. 1t is
therefore OF the highest Importance that
IA child should grow up sound and health
tai III body, and wilh the utmost IL gree
OF muscular stren5 III that education can
communicate.
II is said that a professor Of natural
science IN one OF our colleges used anna
ally TO astonish the students in natural
philosophy by remarking, when the time
came Tor assigning "a c~rItliIl portion 81
the text book: In class nay 50 10
Thunder"