The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-03-12
EDUCATIONAL
iEoITED BY ". l.. HAWKINS.


Have them to hear recitations-ques-
ton the schOlars-sOlve Problems
read tO..and with the PuPiis-leeture.
anything to interest them in the work
of the school room, and that is calcala-
ted to awaken and keep a live inter-
est among the scholars. With judg-
ment and tact. every visit may be rem
dered profitable and pleasant to all
concerned.
IT is in education as in every other
department Of business.
In the long run. skill, preparation.
and brains will tell.
The professional teacher will, after
awhile, furnish the only standard, and
the make shift teacher will be valued
and remunerated ike the make-shift
shoemaker or mechanic, lawyer, or
doctor.
And 1t r. we'll to say just here, per-
haps. that the educational labOrers
have this matter and all in their own
hands.
Nay, more than this. each individ-
ual teacher has the matter in his own
hands. so far as he Is Interested
American Journal of Education.
THE habit of grumbling is one that
grows rapidly unless it is sternly re-
pressed and the best way TO overcome
it is to try to look on the bright side
of things-by cultivating a cheerful
dispOsitiOn-by imagining yourself the
eulprit and another the judge.
IMPATIENcE and fretting are eonta-
gious. Guard against them, then. in
presence Of your scholars.
As the teacher, so is the school, IS
a saying too often repeated to be With
out foundation. But can We get good
teachers? Ii is very easily answered
Pay a respectable salary for the work
you demand. All, there's the rub.
Any State in the Union has the mon
ey if it were properly reached. IL
would be a gross mistake for the State
TO provide all the funds necessary To
have frst-class teachers. To have
such we must have local taxation.
Shall We wait for the people to provide
ii? No. What then? Grant the ben
fit of the State bonus on condition, and
the best one that occurs to our mind
is that each school district shall raise
a supplement annually equivalent To
the amount received from the State.
Simply short unpretenIiOus act OF
the Legislature would DO this, and in
less than ten years every school would
be taught by teachers far superior to
the present incumbents. Nearly all
the older States grant the State fund
ON condition. Why not the States of
the Southwest now struggling 50 hard
for system of free schools do tie
same thing? Let it be dcRe.-Eelec-
tic Teacher.
The newspaper is constantly ex-
tending the intelligence of the few to
the many. 1t is scattering abroad cur
intellectual wealth-it is fast raising
all classes to an intellectual level, sad
as necessary result it Is awakening
new interests and sympathies among
all classes, and uniting them together
in efferot and in results.
If we do not educate the people 80
as to enable them to lsgisIate wisely.
and to act justly, and to plan nobly,
and to build broadly-must we noe
suffer from Hn,rise legislation-frons
injustice and from ignorance, and liz
tleness, and rleanness a.?
AVOID disputes and antagonisms.
You will need 20 devote all yOIr time
aud effort to the work Of building up
the school interests of the neishbOr-
hood. Have cordial. friendly word
not only with all the ehil.lrea. but
with the parents-with those who do
not send their children to school, a.
well as with those who do.
j If the school directors and trustees,
10 not have tie money to furnish you
with blaek-bOards, maps AMI globes.
get up-an exhibition or two aud you
can easily secure ,ae requisite sum tu
furnish these things. DOn't try tn
make brick without straw. AMI don't
trv to work without tools to wa9S
with"
WHAT reading have cur teachers
done this winter, What have yu,,
! got to reads Are you SO fully Poste.l
as to be able to illustrate to each pupil
in some practical way the value of the
study he is pursuing--sO clearly and
so plainly as to set his mind At work
: to secure all the knowledge possible =
An apparently adverse destiny BE-
D gins the culture Of those who are Ia
: encounter and master grea. ia-e...,-.
,ual or spiritual experiences,