The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-02-12

1t Is "A mistake to try 10 make pre-
mature men out of boys, for it Is not
natural for them 10 be so staid, re-
served. nor always well hammered, and
the discipline that makes them so be-
fore their time will pru0ably di>tort or
cripple some of their finest qualities.
fhe root of a young tree must have
room to spread, and if they are mex
orably eranmed into a hole big enough
for only half of them, some are sure to
be previously hurt, and the tree pre-
maturely damaged. As for education,
it must always be remembered that
what boy learns from books is but
small portion of his education That
which he gathers from books mis- sur
rOundings and from his home, pleas
ant or repulsive. from his associations.
from nature, from everything he sees
and hears, goes equally to form his
mind and character.
A very ingenious instrument called
the "cosmOscope," am invention of
Prof C. B. BOYLE. of New York City.
was recently exhibited to prominent
members Of the American Geographic
cal Society, by whom it was inspected
with much intereresi. II i designed
to show the procession Of the equinox
*, the portions of the globe which are
Illuminated by the sun at all seasons
of the year, and. of course, in every
point of lis orbit. 1t also shows the
graduIl variation of the inclination of
the earths'axis to the ecliptic. and the cir
Gle which it would make in the heavens
in the course of a grand cycle Of time
$1,000 Years. This instrument, or
some modification of it, bids fair to be
of service in the schools, in giving OBJ
ject lessons, as well as in the formal
study Of astronomy. and mathemali-
cal geography Educational Week
ly.
Ii is fact. long since adopted BY
all good husbandmen. that no hand
can be successful In cultivating the
soil, without the proper implements to
do it with. besides, bis labor does not !
yield so large a per cent of profit |
Hence good tools are essential to large
gains. But in the school room the !
same principle is not 50 generally APP
piled. Strange to say, men ale hired |
and placed in charge of school with !
out any Of the many appliances for
successful teaching, and expected to
do good work.
A mistake. Just as well expect a
plowman to turn over his three acres
of fertile soil in day with a spade, as |
to expect a teacher to toll successfully /
in the school room, with his pupils,
without the all of black board, maps,
charts, globes, &c. to facilitate and to
expedite his labOrs. When these in
auxiliaries shall have been
provided our teachers then, and not
until then, may be expected to teach
successfully. i American Journal Ed
ucatiOn.
All teachers that amount to any,
thing owe duty to their profession.
This duty includes more than a mere
faithful discharge of schoOLroom work.
The true teacher has an interest in the
general advancement of education,
apart from self.interest. 1t is an AK
ION of duty to the profession that ev-
cry teacher not fOssilized should sub
scribe for at least one educational jour
al f; and that teachers really alive will
subscribe for, and read, two or three
journals. There are teachers, it Is
true, who say they never find any,
thing worth reading in any school
journal. They belong to that class of
persons who are too ignorant 10 dis
cover their own deficiencies. There
is no selfconeeit more insuferable than
that of fOsailized teacher. 1t is a
clear duty We all owe to our profess
ION to encourage our own home Jour
nal OF education. As general rule,
your cOnceited teacher who looks down
upon school journals never in his life
wrote two consecutive pages worthy
of being printed.-John Sweet, in
Educational Weekly.
The Sunny South has aided to its
many other attractions, an Educational
Department, under the able editorial
of b. w. Bonneil. We
the Georgia, teachers on
having such an organ. and those in
the South who arc interested in the
subject of education. on the possession
of such friend and ally.
We have received the initial num-
Der of the Welcome Guest, a monthly
journal devoted to education publish
ed at Island Station, Mclean county.
UeleOme Guest is eertaily 10 miSno-
mer, for it is fresh, newsy, Iacy. One