The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-13
Neglected. SiUtiie.

n person cannot have taught a hal
dozen terms without being surprised b,
the small amount of knowledge in IN,
land; the simplest facts in natural sci
ence are unknown. As far rs ~,
parents are concerned. this cannot b,
helped. tie only hope is in e,luca,ius
Alright the children: and here there i:
danger of giving them too little. of con
timing their time "a certain studies I,
the utter neglect of others of equal i'm
P%Ortance. \ few studies should be obi.
gatory on every pupil; others should
be LETT IL the d~lsCernmrnt of the teacher
III a scholar shows Il decide taste for
a particular Observation-Disclosures for
lnstance-and there Is a pr, liability for
his continued dtteudu ce al school. then
by all mean urge him onward. hut If.
~ III a majority of CaStS. he will leave
school III "A year or two and Or. = study
altogether. don't give II too much time.
Last year there was a Young girl of
sixteen III MY school: she had beer
through with "Ruhinsou's Practice
Arithmetic" and for two Years Ia,
been studying the higher: this. with :
little knowledge of geography. and still
less of grammar, comprised all she haC
acquired. She was 10 leave school a,
The close of that tern, thtncrfurth Il
assist her mother in household matters
Of do the same in "a house of her OWN
| would not seem t. undrrrale the
mental discipline of the study. but as
iar IA this pupil WAS concerned, I would
have been rs great IN ON other branch
and Of what practical benefit was II .
Ii she had spent her time on some other
study. botany, history. drawing.-Or she
might have been led u acquire a taste
for literature becoming Interested
in any II of these, she could easily.
with her chosen work. still have kept
up the study; and what a source If
pleasure and profit il would have proved.
Ii is not expected tina. these should
form a branch of study in Common
schools, but there are occasionally cases
where this would be- communicable. and
IN general. summer schools are not
crowded. ST. want of time would moi ID.
an excuse
There are so many of the pupils
whose school days are over when they
leave district school. II seem "A pity that
their whole time should be devoted -
elementary branches. II ~ "A question
whether the time most scholars spend
on grammar in common schools is prof
ltably spent. One whose ear Is sensi-
tive would he constantly irritated b,
the conversation of the pupils. or oil
their parents who studied grammar
in the old school house. One root II the
difficulty may BE- in IN. fact that those
scholars who do take W. the stu " gen
are able ~ romrreh"nd ANYTHING % the
science. ami consequently Gopn tire Of
~ "o' o'ns "' "i''R "l''i'''S
o''ls "'o'' ""' many u INV '"S'i''cl"G'
ihco'ipe'eht'
'oh''h"td iepe'i-ioh III d'hiy ne or
'choo i'piS 10 one "i TWO Things: We
o+cohie ie''ieSs afl iote Ihiei"5'-or
~ io''o"ihH TIE S"ih' c'uIS" c"htlHu'
any "P ire ~H'IeeN'l'ioh We jog dl'hg
III d iiS'iess Way Win 40 f"fi NE. II"
'Ltdii'y. 10 Keep c!raf oil lh's. q" Keep
up an Interest hi'I'feS aV"T'ety- h'en
when n teacher e~iidedv"Is {" max" rec
itations a. interesting a. possible. they
must necessarily he very much alike.
one little thing. IL Is astonishing what
A magnetic power a teacher may have
by simply being interested herself; II
she Is anxious To get through her work.
Or only g"+s on WIN ~ b"cdpse she
DuDilg. 4 teacher c0u7I e~-urlov 'su ar