The Hartford herald., 1878-03-27
EDUCATIONAL.

One Of the most remarkable features
Of cO-edncatIon is the fact that in the
ordinary American bigh school, boys
from fourteen to eighteen are partly
taught by educated and refined wnren.
As one consequence OF this fact. corporal
punishment in American high schools
has become a thing of the past l-Amer-
lean Journal Of Education.
! Rerari- in schools are Of great brlp
where judiciOu~ly issue,I. have ala.
found it beneficial. in some places. to
read before the school. once a week,
record Of the department. scholarship
and attendance Of each pupil
am. as a rule. no advocate Of corpo-
raj punishment in schools, but some
times it seems impossible to conduct
school without its help. Ii il is used at
all it should be sparinsly. and only as a
dernier resort
The teacher who encourages a child |
in the disposition to he a tale bearer, in |
this one thing. does the child more harm
THAI all his other teachings can do il
good.
j. H.-When your pupils 10 wrong
you say that you promptly correct them.
but you never praise for fear OF spelling.
No wonder you are so much annoyed
by their mischievous tricks when your
back is turned &" They think, doubtless,
that you have no sympathy in common
with them; their experience is that ,oa
never speak to them except to find fault
Try TOR while the plan to let them
know. BY kind words and pleasant looks.
when they DO right, ard, my word for it,
you "ill have better times in your school
II the school houses and churches are
u type OF our civilization, are We enlght
ened or half civilizedl
II our teachers generate aod germI-
nate the mind power in their eommuni-
ties. is it not a matter Of great wonder
that some communities have any mind
power at all
The service Of women on the Boston
School Board 10 stated to be excellent
and thoroughly efficient
Credit is hereby rendered the American
Journal OF Education for much of this
weeks interest
Those teachers who. in the absence OF
any well-regulated and well>sustained
system of public school, have the ener
gy, patience and s-lf,denisI to step in and
establish school Nv which tens of thous-
ards OF boys and girls are put in the
way OF acquiring an ednc:tion. are wor>
thy Of all praise and Of liberal patron
aye. There should be no antagonism.
but only a generous rivalry to do tie
hest -Ameriean Journal Of Education. |
JonS B.-Nsrve is pronounced, a.
near as can Indicate it. Naheye, with
the accent on the first syllable.
No telling where lightning may strike;
the author OF the silver bill now occupy .
ing so much of the attention Of the
American people, once lived in OHIO
county aud was a school teacher
Arithmetic may be defined TO be meas
urement Of numbers; and Geometry.
by dimensions.
knowledge will ever rule ignorance,
says Addison, and il is true However
the ignorant may scott aud ridicule. they -
are ever ready aud TO bow to the edu-
Gated. and to give place to such as have
knowledge. Therefore. if our govern
ment, where the masses rule, ia to be per-
petuated. it must educate the masses.
There are three ways in which the
State can suppnrt the cause OF educated
FIRST. by the endowment and manage
ment of -choo by the State itself; .ec-
ond. by grants % schools established by
individuals and private corporation; and
third, 10y authorized and requiring the
leople to support schools by general and
EQUAL education American Journal Of
+ lucatiOn.
One useful fact day. How easily &C
Iuired! Yet in ten years three thous- o
and six hundred and fifty facts, which 10 =,
not n small thing.[-ib.
IL is better to keep the pathway Of o
children tree from temptation. than to
punish them for yielding to it.
Suppose that nine tenths OF those who
AXE the Murphy pledge return to the
flesh pots of Esy pt. the children. the fu-
:ure hope of the country, are receiving |
hat kind OF education which will tell
upon the HABITS OF the next gen.
traIion.