Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-23
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Edited and Conducted by
j. f. LANGENBA UGH.
Higher Studies.


reader. But this is not enough. lie
must also write. An excellent method
upon which to- practice tn form a good
style and obtain command of language is ::
To take some essay from a good author,
make short limits of the sense Of each
sentence. and lay them aside until you
have almost forgotten the language in
which they are written. Then, without
looking at the book, try to- complete the
paper, ty writing out each limited sen.
tence at length in the best words that
may occur to you, then improve your own
writing by comparing ii with the origi-
nal and correct the faults. Another meth
od which may be still more eflectual, and
which may give "A greater choice of words,
is the turning OF some tales of authors in
to verse, and when you have nearly for
COTTON the prose, turn them back again.
Careful composition of any kind, on
any subject, i'm prose or poetry, will have
the effect of giving copiousness expires
sion and exactness of thought. To this
must be added the habit OF speaking upon
any subjects on which pupils are 10 be
addressed. This should be practiseG dai
ly Stories should be told. historical
events related, curious facts stated, and
advice given, upon subjects o.. conduct,
study and character ifyou lind thai YOU
forgot what you intended to say, il may
be well To make short notes. the sight OF
hieh will recall what you have thought.
While engaged in improving the power
of expression, we must also enleavOr to
gain an acquaintance with the best wri
ters in the English language. Every teach
er should spend several boufs each das
in reading. Immediately connected with
this department, and essential 10 lis com-
pleieness, is the study of Rhetoric and
Logic. Something OF bo h THESE i, es-
sential to ena5-e the teacher To explain
the words that occur in the common read
ing books. But more than this, Rhetoric
is the art of persuaeling. Logic the art OF
convincing. Every le..s.hcr who has, or
can create, an opportunity ought io bs-
comc acquainted with some other Ian
guase besides the English. If possible.
he should learn something Of the Latin
and German languages. Several advan-
tages may be obtained of studying these
| languages. Books 0f great value, on all
| subjects, are continually making their APP
pearance In those languages. That he
may the more fully understand Arithmc-
tic. he should study Algebra Some parts
of the former. the extraction Of roots, for
example, cannot be easily understood with
out, and it throws light upon every part
He should by all means study Geometry
THIS is an excellent discipline to the rea-
soning powers, and is, moreover, essen
tial To- an understanding of the best
treatises in Natural Philosophy and As
tronomy Ii is the foundation of Trgo-
nomelry, Surveying, and the other modes
of measuring which he may be called to
teach. Another accomplishment which
il highly qualified teacher should have, is
the art OF Drawing. To all persons who
are to nave anything to do with machine
ry. this is of great importance. 1t would,
indeed, be highly useful for every mechan
ic to be able to draw well enough to rep
resent all the articles which he may be
called upon 10 make. Every good teach
er must use the black board; and the
more readily and skifully he can draw
upon il, the more frequently and success
fully will he employ it.
Drawing should be taught to females
as resource. There are a thousand soil
tary hours in :he life of almost every fe.
male, which may be made pleasant by
this art, and which would be monotonous
or sad without. Another study i; the
Art of Teaching. On this subject he
should be well read. There are sever
/ al valuable books written in this country
from which he may obtain very impor.
tant aids. Still more is to I've done by re-
flcction. Every school is somewhat diff
ferent from every other, and il is only by
thinking much upon the peculiar circum
stances of school, and the individuals o
which it is composed, that the best modes
for its government and instruction can bt
devised. Still teacher may be prepared
for its duties by previous knowledge O
the regulations observed in other schools
and necessary in all. In connection will
the study of the Art OF Teaching, fhs
study OF the Philosophy of the Human
Mind should command the attention o
!. : the teacher. This great subject has occu
: pied some of the profoundest thinker
that have lived, men who have been tn,
pioneers of human Improvement, who's
far-reaching eye has penetrated int
filturity, and detected in its germ wha
e would lead to the advancement of th'
race. They more than any other class o
men, have at all times drawn public at
tention to education in its various aspects