The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-03-06
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~. l. HAWKINS, - EaITGR.

J. C-Never condemn a man ill yor
hear his side. l think we have a good
and efficient commissioner. one who la:
the interests Of the county "a much al
heart az any one Relistricting the
county is no small thing; nor can it b,
done in a day. No man living can dis
trict county 50 that everybody will bt
satisfied Some body Is bound to be in
conyenienced to the school house Some
men are never happy unless they are
miserable
Scholars advance best in classes
Whether your school be large or small
put them n classes. Let them look
upon advancement to higher class a
an honor. and Upon heing degraded TO a
lower As disgrace, and they have an
incentive to study.
Common sense in the management Of
cliiircn at home or in schonl is a very
uncommon thing. You dor't need to be
of a giant intellect TO raise a child Alright
hot a BIT Of it, COmmon sense ami
tact does it all.
There is a great deal said abont con
qGering children. You have no right to
force a child into condition in which il
needs to be conquered.
NJ. F-Yes. have known some fr-
male teachers who taught algebra and
geometry n successfully rs anybody
Why not? Do YOU think females have
brains Of an interior quality? Perhaps.
like the Turks. you think they have no
souls.
WILLIE-Iou must study to please
yOrr teacher; II you tell him what YOU
have told me, and # you show him by
your conduct that Won are in earnest; he
will not only love } GU, but he will honor
you.
Carefully consider the word you are
about to utter. Would you say it to your
mother? Would you utter il before your
sister? IL not, don't say il now. Neve
let it cross your lips.
don't like to hear man say, 81 pay
taxes Tor schools that 10 me no good.
because | don't think he takes the prop
er view of the matter. Does it do him
no good to associate with educated, well
informed persons? Does he no, feel
safer-Is he not happier in a community
that he knows to be educated above vice?
|. b don't like to hear teacher
talk OF co~Yterisy child, that is not to
lead o,t, but To drirc ont The teacher that
needs to conquer "A child, needs more TO be
subjugaIed himselL
| regret exceedingly that I was unable
to attend the ONO County Teachers Assoc
CITATION on the 23rd of last month (Feb-
ruary) but between me and Hartford was
mu', and mud again, and only mud, and
| had no other means OF reaching there
than walking Think OF my being stuck
fast IN the mud in the public road Why,
it would prove an impossible obslruc-
ton.
Ny correspondents will please bear in
mind that my 2. D. address is now Beda,
Ohio county, Ky.
Words ending in eh, with the
sound OF K, form their plurals by adding
:; thus monarch | scarcely /
ever teach the rules for spelling found in .
grammarS, iUr the reason that the excep-
tons are 50 numerous, and spelling must
be learned 10y practice. The more rules
the worse for the learner.
Miss Alice Sutton's school at No Creek
was out on the 22i February. So far a.
| have heard, she has given pretty geu-
eral satisfaction to her patrons She
wound up her school without an exhiLi>
tion which | have head spoken Of very
highly. am sorry that could nos at
tend
Keep it before your pupils that, as
they quit school, just 50 will they, in
nearly every instance, go throu.h the
world.
The Green River Teachers Associa-
ton is composed OF the counties Of la
Siess, Hancock, Ohio, Breckenridge, |
Mclean, Muhiehburs, Hopkins, Hem
drrson. Webster and Union. | .ei the /
above from the Superintendent Report
Can anybody tell me if there has ever
been meeting, or whether meeting is
in contemplation.
The Superintendent recommends that
the school month be changed to twenty
days Will cur legislators quit lesisla>
ting about money, (the school fund).
which they cannot appropriate, ami at
tend to this small matter?
lnjudieiOus chasing is one of the mos
fruitful sources OF failure in schools. Bet
ter no CLASSES at all.
The teacher who thought that chalk
could not be too freely used in school.
when he found that the hack of his coat
had been used as blackboard, changed
his mid
1t is so seldom that one Of my articles
finds its way into the columns OF another
paper, that cant afford TO have them
credited to the wrong source. am led
to this remark ty Nr Arnold's having
credited one To the editorial column OF the
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