The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-17

shade OF the beech has been merged into
The shades OF evening, and It Is time tc
HE away. In my next l will write o.
things as they appeared TO me after escap
Ing from Saratoga and fleeing to the
Hoosac Mountains. HIT,
Home.-Sch0ol-.C Church.
Synopsis from three lectures on Education By
DR.. Mayer, Jewish Rabbi In Wheeling-Pre.
pared for the lntelliHencer)
II. SCHOOL.
Thus, promising that the initiatory
work on the part Of the parent has been
well and thoroughly performed, there yet
remains another important preliminary
to be arranged before the pupil Is trans
ferred from the Home 10 the School from
the guidance Of the parent TO the control
Of the teacher. There must be establish.
ed reciprocal degree OF confidence be-
tween parents and teacher, and likewise
between the teacher and the pupil. To
this end parents, where they cannot com.
municate personally with the Principal,
because Of distant residence or from other
causes, should transmit with the pupil A
confidential letter, detailing in plain
language with as much minuteness a.
possible, the traits Of character inherent
in him, with suggestions Al, to what should
be iostered and encouraged and what 70.
pressed. This interchange affords the
teacher rule for his guidance which will
assist him very materially in the often
times difficult task Of engaging the affec-
lions Of the pupil, and enlisting his SYM
pathy and corporation In the routine OF
studies TO be pursued.
II Isl formula very generally neglected.
by principals Of schools, and parents who
commit to them the care Of their children;
but ii Is the duty Of Principal OF the school
tolimpress 1t upon his patrons as all.impoI.
tant and eminently conducive 10 the ad-
Vancement Of the pupil.
Children are keen observers; they soon
gusge the qualifications of a teacher, and
Il unfortunately he fall below their esti-
mate Of what an instructor should be, his
mission will be almost sure to result in
failure. They make q study of his &C
tons, and draw deductions and con-
illusions therefrom, either favorable
or unfaYorable to himself and hiH
method OF teaching. They anAlyze
his manner and method Of instruction,
and are swift TO detect in them beauties
or blemishes, as the case may be.
Therefore should the teacher be Der.
son Of extraordinary stability of dispo.
sition, without change or variableness in
all his actions; earnest at all times and
under all circumstances. Above all,
should the teacher of youth be ingenious
and aboye-boaId In his actions; NOT
given to deceit; for let him be assured
that one such error will undo tho great.
est good he may have accomplished.
1t Is 10 be regretted that teachers,
otherwise accomplished in every re.
spect, fail because lacking the essentials
Of stability and 6rmness Of character
necessary qualities in q teacher II he
would win the love, honor, and respect
Of those who sit under his instruction
daily. ..
To the teacher Ia delegated the exercise
Of aggregated power, previously exercised
individually BY the parent, and II he
possesses the ability and tact TO take up
and ingralt into his method the home
principles, inculcated from the first
dawn.ngs Of the intellect, then all will
be well, and II will be the high and holy
task OF that teacher to "Finish the work
90 nobly begun" and build, in symmet.
rical beauty, the immortal fabric Of the
mind.
That there are persons who, having
taken upon themselves the Office OF teach,
er, find, when too late, the lack Of some
necessary quallfcation-that magnetism
Of manner so captivating 10 the young
Is shown by the fact that It often happens
when parents, dissatisfied with the prog
ress Of their children, have removed them
to new school and fresh influences, ex-
erciSed by q true teacher, the improve
ment progress and proficiency in the
same study or studies, manifested by such
slow pupils becomes at once marked and
rapid.
That teacher Is most successful who de.
sends most efectually to the the intel
lect level Of the pupil; takes, as It were,
the tender faculties by the hand, and
leads them up the steps Of knowledge
Proverbs SolomHn, %, o. What beau.
tiiul missionl How ennobliDg, and vet,
what vast amount Of responsibility does
that mission involve u.s., ~,
The inquiring mind Of the young Is ever
putting forth new inquiries after the
truth; reaching after something 1t cannot
comprehend in the natural, scientific or
social world. There Is tho opportunity
Of the teacher, and II he himself be in
itiated into the mysteries OF knowledge,
he can satisfy the approaching mind, and
guide the student into new fields OF en-
chantment and beauty.
Education Q philosopher has said
"begins at the cradle and ends at the
grave" but home and the school are the
intermediate institutions, the frat
primary to the second, and the second
preparatory to the last, which Ia the
Church.
The three sweetest words in the Eng
lish Language are described as Home,
Mother, Heaven; but no less sweet and
important are the syllable combination OF
Home, School and Church. Home Ia the
divine type-the counterpart OF heaven
upon eafth-the halfway house between
the earth aud skies. The School is the
College Of Discipline, into which open the
solemnities Of tho Church, the highest
range which mortal can expect TO reach
on earth. Home ID q sacred institution,
the dominion Of the parent, the kingdom
Of the hottest and best affections Of our
nature. 8 ~ '.i
Where the influences Of home aud the
parent end, there begins the confines OIL
the school and the Influence ofthe godly
teacher.
A wise and dutiful child'is q crown TO
the parent even 90 Is an industrious and
intelligent pupil crown 10 the teacher