Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-26

genius That Will AWAY make uouple.
Il reminds ono Of the comments Of the
old farmer upon the action Of the grocer
Who charged up ten gallons Of molasses
a having been put into . key which the
farmer knew held only eight gallons.
The rustic gentleman complained. saying
that he did not mind paying for ten gal.
Iona, but that he ''hated the strain on the
blamed old keg." Its
n STRAIN on THE MARI w MIND
That hurts. and the thing teachers need to
learn 10 never to attempt to put ten gal
Ions Of learning into an sightgsllon head.
There Is no nsed Of any such thing.
Something near 70 10 usually established
- tho passing grade; and between the
barely possible and the excellent there's
room for all. The grade established should
be such that the poorer pupils. II diligent'
should be able to make . grade OF ".
What makes trouble and worry. 10 the a.
tempt 70 compel every pupil to do Just
the same work. Grading should DO ser
want, not master. and the cardinal prin'
ciple IL thls-tho
RApIS Is ron u rrPiLs,
And not pupils for the grading. Grading
should not DO an idol before which teach.
ers bow In supreme reverence. IL there
arc cases In which the ordinary rates OF
promotion should be set aside. and . pupil
ADVANCED BEYOND his grade. by al mean
advance the pupil. Nothing should stand
in the way Of the hest interests 81 the
scholar. do not believe In "lron Sys.
tem.'' but I Ito believe In . gentle yield
Ing here, and there. M everywhere. In
order that the grand object In education
may 10 attained. And II I hal In my
school pupils who were mentally deficient
and unable 10 make the passing grade af.
ter q certain time, l would pass them
along with the next class. They may be
able 10 do something In the succeeding
grades, whereas II they hal forever been
kept In one. they would have been dis
courzgsd and eventually would have been
Withdrawn from school. Better half
a,.loaf than NO bread. But to those who arc
able TO accomplish the work,
GRADING MOULD Ran SOMETHING.
II should mean hard. honest work, or
another year In the same room. Let 1t
thoroueniy W "nues'"" "s' ~
n or the other. aud You will have your
we'll coveted work. Pupils are quick TO
detect shams. and where they ind that q
teacher will pass pupils without solid
seouirements q a basis, they are ever
ready TO drop work and be pushed through.
Honest grading may infuse life into .
scholar. II means 90 much to-day and 30
much work 10 morrow. II is also meas.
uring what il done. Youth loves 10 stop
and measure. and see how far he has gone.
The boy plants = seed. aud next day tears
III, III 40 ~. So,. mnch has besn done NAV
be- Of grea, use in tho training Of the
minds. Fosterei by examination At short
intervals 10 may be the means Oh mos'
rhk ur'L'r' o' "AApiS"
Is seen In this. A certain amount of work
IL laid out 10 be done, ia q certain time.
A .,,,, 4. ,,,. ..c,.,om.i IN r~evul.r and
-, -.
methodicai Ways 'o ieA'hs o'oA "'o'
what he has 10 do, and then he lays Ills
plans for doing II. A years work dloes not
seem unsurmountable when lie looks al u
through the spectaclss OF his everyday
work. lie learns how TO get hold Of his
work. The most valuable things q child
learns are not laid down In his text books,
u these very habits oil method nj lore.
sight. taught unconsclonsly In every well
graded school. are % more worth to n
child than u would casually be willing
To acknowledge. Again. . well graded
school IL . thorough democracy. Every.
body 10 on . common level. Tho rich and
the poor, the high and the low. tbs proud
and the humble. meet on equal terms In
the common school. Nobody In II can he
o'th As'sue" W. .n.",o, s.h"oi
=" WV way
rHrnr Is NIT M A~hisroch'ci'
Aud that Is The arisioeraey from y" '" io''
Nothing else Will ommah 'e'Pee' !" 'hs
school Kingdom. There are more reasons
that one Tor the common schools being one
Of the safeguards OF Republican institu'
tons. aud perhaps the strongest 10 that II
strips children oi tho adventitious circum.
stances u wealth and high birth. and
throws them at once upon their qualities
Of mind for recognition and position.
Our Republic need not fear 20 long as the
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