, 1876-06-01

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Wiling in @ A. public sehgol.. she;s II !:
ere 5cate after learning TO read. IN forming tlla
written characterH In the cory. book, Tic Swedish
puptl IL aided at first by atrafght lines having tho
slant Of writing, anu plaeal closely together aeross
! the page.
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The Primary School ia Tho common school Of thn
country. Its1ncA not correspond With ous EchnO ~
s.aee. tho whols q our public school y a'l ta
sna iieh The qnaiIeat!ons Of teacher in ths
Primary schoo' ntu rird. liz Is obliged ly Inv u
havc :, previously attended Normal School
acscnt examination. Only within thc pa*t
few years have women been admitted 10 tcnch in
sy ts,ss. ss ss a e psx S{snee, s aaSF a
ssosphy. ssssap ss h:ior nat.ai 's Es'oty pSgsss
a zig 2e sx # eSpSso1y syyd sdacasen % /
child 10 tho Primary School at.cr It's 9TH ycar. 1ha
course Of instruction usually laata until tho Eth
ifom xhieh 10 veaItkis! sss e s1siudea: n t6sy
,f1ssfea s9Tsa 70 st e f. With aeve4s f S2th, 1m
They cat alpo arrange to nttond scilool
only one tay In the weck.-SaturdAy. --oF to a.
forner PIN Is vefy generally noptcd by the poor.
est since saturday is tlc dny on which thc stlitcs
Of he week asr scsewsa , and BY appl'snson . "n
his clar4, aud relrarso with tho regular pupils thu
lcas0ns Of the week.
| llcratc people, Children are not allowed to 60 to
the Lords Supper Without passing an esanlnatton
| in railing aud writing; and young nlen and women
| being allowed to 3nAtry.
Y.
Religious Instruction il mn in1rortant feature Of
the SWeJsi schooi. .yystcm. II has ts fsiends anil
Gonfn;I he Esss Fst ss ssntfa, M En-
viii ~. whether or not ths Hbe shout! bo reid In
the sehooi it j. ylsihcr tl.e teuehvr should give
astual instruction n e ns!e and tho casehIsn, ,;
trainias should BE- relcgated e1cfns!yciy to ths
iea3S:s inst IL" '' ufoyaiIng sect in
Sweden is tho Lutheran. and, 81 course, the
religious teaching in thu schools Is Oh the Lutheran
uxr1fui. uther slcnom,ostIons arc SLOWED fall
thcFty, and in The CHIEF cities my b. found
h t. a% no.,ou. as 'W~ ss s
] nsp1lpIon IN tts scbost lsw With tases t,r non
isithofnns from Inc awkward, necessity OF having
thr narcnf is DAntI4t, for Instuicc, no sI,nply
sends wslttcn 1errct{ TO The lend .tcncher tnt
hks child nr fr0r3 TINT the CouFNH.
A Wcifrious tnstTuctioti courriscs p;,,c. reading,
IibIe History, irstr,,ctlon In hc CateciIsm pny-
M ntsy as ta openis of seooi, and generally iasts
nv the prs.Iicns az tbc iInarS n inrtruetion ars
nearly aiwnys clorrymcn. md naturally {uyor ~
much religious trai1iing ns possible The Liberals
arn constantly complanIng hat too much Of thc
pns e s !. = e. otfapf@ thav Savc ~'n h. @ II ~
| a chanro.
ao,,. u.-v ,,.o,,,r, p,.thoas n, tooch,,o .ho
comnop braanches urs show1 in the Swedish suhoui.
hoMse F9s hSSnness IN geogsanay' tor anstanee,
nm,i,nn ~, S,vsnn* .s.,mmv In" ron,t.ias mn tha
rxnrs bclnr cnicted N ,tacn n lawn. ,nra nro
an,v i,t. ,'n I,rs t,saa inio i,e r.sr,T vi hc
nn oiy e ,re, l.gh t soT tp b te saad ~ Ae
ro,,nvin thc huaT H. 1,Ie hnp comtnInlo~
srs nGmst d ~ "hims hiocks rscE haf an Kch
II H. length gu om Pns Pn sue ~ H., ,o n1nhu,te p;f "
tnu h"rG e. t. an,siI III tttfnss cynttiy Inn ns
"n rt',,Ia ie oca h 'u ton W rint M ~
Toc" ns ,si s.s 'h1 hnw tcalv tSis sn
npRaTsss ,seyes The ssa sh on, Of 't tab ht
Interesting recrcss,on mi, anuso,,en. '''''
roiartnus, sj,nsyrd thr iucatinn " Of hich and INV
ianJ. ~ swcTcn WV Thn scc"n'l i shf,wei by III"
ts oas OF IT,
s~etHms d" Ia nf, ts r.,mnaratye fsr,iiitY Of
tTsr.nt n.Tts .v ~ r., crrntrv thc svth ths nns.
| Mv ~ ,,nmniati"n. - tn ssy:,th ths tniftir.i di
vis,onus tba ssohth tho ,,nst rnnds nnH rntlro,ds
rhsn s, ~ ~ t"rr,tarh IL r. v"sS acha,t 81 Iiov
sn,rnt ss rnnr,'ss ~u 0'''As1 ~ e'''' '~"'8' ~
| Amnnse aim fo,.urn. that T oh.ervcd unx n
.ceic. ~ cointe nqns nstratyp ot ibe n,n.
sr ~ y IL n III ai,ercnt yirs ~ 1 ban
norvnr w 'e , ~ rth,. n.n ~ nbn,un,,,t. fnr ~,
ma1iS inv ~ snnria, stndS y" .rr"nr"rnn+ fnr
n'tifrInv tl,a IL In ia srbm.i ron,n wns n H.
| s.nr IT, ttn Inv .h.rc " ~ - h.nss hnY .hn"r Tn"t
scna,r ~ cnnta;niuI, ,jnei srcmrm ~ H..
sfnxs h .srnrai az ~ srht,,tc1 II s;an,iu ~
Sn.s ,;s .nt rmtasns @ss th1ra f%r,rt. fhe hcaf
nns,,n in nms down .nothrr ani T"s,1s IN ~ thr
Fiji - ~ t,rto VII iAii H." "''~'' @''" .1' ~ ~
"r H. = ~ Mntnti,sry pr,rctnu ~ ,hc et,rtho,m
1,rt,.s ~ u cnh1,!l ~, s.Ha,s;, t.,m",xsinnnr
many of TIC tacts suited in this letter me
that in his thirty Hive years Of oxpcrencp in teach.
Ing, te had found that the urdsst part Df uritMu-
, Tic for c!d TO understand wis the cuuBtlns ffuM
une to ten. Ut cnlrAc, the pupil can muster the
1lcchanica, prncess In short time; but tu under
star, lhu relations Of one number With another
why nix should be greater thAE three, ur Why nlne
/ should follow u!glL that VIA whit lie waa truul.
led worst 10 cxplafn1 In order to facilitate the
! matter he had made q cDntriyapce which IL bore
on exhibition 1t ronsista OF board uu edge with
ruws Of tocs running acruaa Beginning At lid right
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