Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-24

hAue niSu cCuOOlS may t3kc up Cuc
work just wherew We lclt of, and cone,
tinue the web without having 70 stop
and undo what was wrongly donc or
do what should have been done in
the common school courscs BY tho
time the pupil has complefed the
common arithemetic, if the work has
been thoroughly done, he has laid the
foundation for the whole mathemati-
cal science; he is now master of the
logic Of the whole science, and, to
. great extent, the language also.
Any defect here, any incolnplctencss
in the presentation Of the subject ON
the part of the teacher will be q de-
fect,a mental lamencss that will cause
the pupil to 60 hating through the
higher brances, if indeed he has left
mental vigor enough to desire further
| progress. So of other branches. In
our common schools, thorough work
must be done. The high schools are
not doing the work they wish, they
must wait and prepare the material
that should have been prepared in the
common schools; the colleges, in
turQ, must wait for the high schools,
and all this loss of time and money,
for the want of right methods and
thoroughness in the common schools.
But the great majority go no further
than the common school; right meth
DDS and thoroughness then are imper-
atiycly demanded.
Do these Institutes benefit par
ents? In critical case, would you
wish to employ pretended physic-
ian who merely reud of disease?
1.-The intellectual condition of
every school is in proportion to the
capacity and skill Of the teacher.
His ability to teach assigns the limit
in most cases to the intellectual i'm
provements of his pupils. A teacher
Of moderate qualification, will leave
the greater part Of his pupils at that
point at which his own progress
ceased; while one who possesses the
requisite ability, rarely fails Of in
spring them with his own love Of
knowledge. He gives them thor
ough insight into the branches which
are taught, not only in his own, but
in the higher places of learning, and
thereby lays the foundation for ex-
tensive future improvement. He
points out to them the sources from
which they can derive materials for
higher excellence and usefulness, and
prepares them for entering into com
petition with those whose intellectual
advancement has been superior to
their own. Such a teacher will rem
der school what it ought to be, and
what Justice demands"
"Will Directors object to arranging
vacations that teachers may attend?'
/ never knew of but one instance of
the kind where a director objected
to such an arrangement. l heard
this person preach once, he was
speaking philosophically of light;
the more he talked of light the dark
er it grew; one of Pharaoh's plaques.
The time of holding the Institute
could not be in other than the busy
season. All over Illinois and other
states Institutes are called, lasting
from four to eight weeks, commenc-
ing in July and August. =
1t is not proposed to do all this
great work of training in the short
space Of four weeks, but a commence
mcnt may be made. He who teaches
will learn as long as he teaches; as
soon as he ceases to improve, he
should consider his mission finished.
"Thcre is nothing, save Religion
and the worship of God, that more
nearly concerns us, as a people than
education. 1t is the noblest upstay
of our social, civil and political com
pact, the tirmest support Of our pros
pcrity and happiness. Is such SUBJ
ject to be neglected, or paralyzcd by
Indifference or apathy? Oh no, no!
Then let us not be remiss or en-
strangcd, let us labor conformity to
diffuse its blessings far and wide"
QUAs.