The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-02-10

ldlencss with all that follow in their train
deserve it but in this as in everything.
a rarity will prove the more effectual,
and then only when il falls upon the
guilty one. II without much inGuiring
the verdict ''.gssjIty" and consequences, |
are passed upon IL boy who really is
innocent, & certain hardening process
is the result. What is The cause OF the
angry scowland flashing eye Of that boy,
who by his carelessness' or Iawlessness
is constant source Of anxiety TO YOU?
Something wrong has happend, and you
at once alight on him as the perpetrator,
and follow mp your accusation with a
stern reprimaid. He feels that he has
been a0r0l3geG by his unjust teacher.
The rebuko was lost, wasted on him.
Injustice is apt to be done in requiring
of these boys and girls, what We do not
or cannot, do ourselves. II you would
| never have book or pencil dropped. never
have door slammed, never have loud
talk or laughter at intermisSions never
have blot of ink mar the penmanship,
| never have careless work done III o7ey
way, be quite careful to refrain yoatr-
! SELF, but be a good example for your
scholars to follow, 4 CAREFUL distinc-s
ton, should here be made between care
lessness and accident, that the former
may ba relneaied and the latter excused.
Variety is the very spice" OF school
life older persons tire Of continued re-
petition OF one thing, whaS ever Is may
lie. We VIII notice some of the many
ways III which we may vary the Instruc-
ton in reading, the cultivation OF
| thought and the art OF expressing it or
| SI2c0&i23g, and writing. In reading
e3ding Ge Gl0T0t &c sentences, reading
paragraphs or stanzas, reading until
some one else is called upon. reading
until & mistake is made, reading the
whole lesson. before the class, read in
concert In speaking, = answers always
| complete sentences; answering ques-
tions on the lesson. reciting portions OF
whole OF the lesson committed TO mem
cry, concart recitation of the SAME, using
| certain words i'll sentences, answering
questions on each part of tomorrow
| lesson, after having been read by The
teacher. In writing-wriiing lists OF
words, writing sentences containing GER
tain words, writing paragraphs using
Synonyms for certain words. writing
parts dictated, writing parts from mem
DRY. Other means will suggest them
selves TO yon, for making your instruc-
ton in this and other studies attractive:
curiosity aroused and good results VIII
follow. Then let us endeavor to have
something 2aeic, III every recitation. 4
glance at what comes into the grade
work Of our oity-schools and ought to be
are IN fact IN every school, "marals
| and manners as occasion may suggest or
necessity require" Not that volume
bearing this title is to be purchased and
studied nor that the teacher IS TO give g
course OF lectures on the subject. But,
''as occasion may suggest, a plain talk
70 the boys and girls on what constitutes
ti'it9 p0iitenaSS, - desire TO defend, IA
Tier than attack those younger than
| themselves, real respect for their elders,
and a careful regard for the feelings and
opinions Of others. Or i'Gs necessity
| may require" observation and punish
! mont CT Z breach of the same. And be-
sides this, the less important matters OF
form, too often considered all there are
| OF good manners. In SIS inoifen3ive q
manner as possible, We may teach the
boy who knows not that lie ought to,
to say ''thank you and 'texcuse me-" at
the right time and place; to know when
his hat should be III his hand and when
or lis head 30 show his respect for his
| elders and s1per;or5 by his eyes sir
ana no Slt, ana 10 SCItSH what by
'fwhat sir OF 81 don't understand"
Now let rs draw aside the curtain which
. ohscJires the f.lt:Ira, and we,-a half-dO-
zen, or eight or ten, who have each in
turn worked with the same class, behold
what has been accomplished by US. Are
we satisfied Could we have done more?
| Surely our kindness to the waySaId our
| patience and perseverance with the dull
and careless, our eUorh, our watchfulness
over ourselves and the work and wants
Of pupils, 2aOso men and women, have at
the appointed time met their reward.
AIrcE ?. CANRIGur