Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-07

zfs 5assuo 80 10y Sssa1sa.r sssh A.,
~ sbIidf-cwi hca-@~~~sE@xIs taE asas
TsTOuR schools IRE bun3enea wish too
.msng studissg pIegieA, isms, end esoseGi-
eia1oGd deeonmARie examimepe.s Who exact
81 0fheeB wAse they eOald newer 10
themselvessY lnAnly said aa &xpef;eaceA
tsaeheg aiaHOae of tie puolie scA66ls of
the city; ana 4hsrs was ampls lataif /.
ti0n foR the Resanrk. .guilsobFh fstfe -stT
II An paFents are awarS SlthaV ghesf ekils,
dren nowadays are stuffed with o. RVanau
81 and qua@aisy-of information which
itias ielPolsiSle 6sea lheh 60 81 sst, md
IL q ~. a. ) IT, a pszslEs y shslE
faculties ars Dsmeaisoa .usder tlSs siFaias
IasAaa1 Il heing lszha afsW vel sthey
get q! smatteking -ol ah sorts % knowl-
edge. passang IRON oss study 20 another
without shaViag thoroughly mustered
any, A sch0olboyis arms ere hardly
long enough 20 stFetcA around TIE text
books with which The city provides him,
and 10 which he mast addFess his dszed
iaiellect. The, people who can aford
10 send their ChildFen 60 private schools
mast look out for themselves 90 zee tbat
The instruction the boys and giFls get 10
such an 60 develop and strengthen their
inielleets, not 10 clog snd exhaust them;
but Il is the business Of the public 70
make sure that the training IN the free
schools, where q vast majority Of The
children Of the city receive theft tut
ton, 10 so fegulsled % 90 pfodaee only
the best results, and iSsimPle, thorough
and practical. sdI .s0nsasi.a11 m
;. OF late years all sorts II lshtastic the.
cries and notions have 'eFepl into the
profession OF tesehing. and in eonse-
ouence there has been bFed o Tot Of ped
agogues who are not satisfied wiah lfsinI
ing young people in'thei ordinary 'e:e-
meniary brsnckes Ofdreadiug, writing
and arithmetic The result isi thut in
our public schools the force 0f instFue-
tors d swelIed bya great crowd oG fam
,cy teachers who divert the attention Of
the pupils from substantial studies and
load their minds with smass OtiactF
and theories they are unable TO digest.
For instance, we end IN the course Of
instruction laid down by the Board OF
EdncatiOn 1Or the grammar schools, that
"tlse inesniag aaal Use Of q lest tWea-
sty Latin nOOlsY pHe Fequised; valuable
sEnOwledGe, doubtless. for boys who exI
,peei 20 get complete and eiegsat eduA
eaAian before they ere dose wsth their
sehe0ling, batnot no use % nia~ty%nine
out ola humdreAn Of theeyOutk VITO at
tend thel llacbo0ls fos Whiehlthe people
paw. AZ Drawing alSo-ssf0Wef forms.
Edsigiual aessgnisg. hiStoFics osuameat,
pottery forms, anbg bgeOmetfieal 6guees"
-eonsumes cOnsIdeFabIe part Of the
time Of the pupils, and sHsOng The obli-
gatory studies are astronomy, the struc-
iafe af the human body, natural Phi.
losophy, music and the analysis Of sen-
tences. 81
l These ere. things about which il is
highly desirable that men Of liberal ed
ucalion should know, bot nobody can
get more than a mere surface view Of
them except by long And special study.
They fogm no such essential part Of an
.educakion for the ordihsry purposes Of
life as those elementary branches 10
which the sschOolmasteF iofOld gave hia
attention, aud ia wAich the boys and
.girls cd the public schools can barely
spare the time 10 gain any proficiency.
Instead OF extending the range Ofthe
valuzble ihEoEmSaion OF the scholars, the
hours spent upon these faaey stadies
withAEaw them from proper diligence
in he pursuit Of those homely BAT es-
sential parts Of q pgsetical edoeAtion,
reading, wTifing and asithMetic. .
- A boy or giTl who has only few
,yeauuto spepd iasehOol, and who mast
,lsasa q tousssn StVvtng, has no time 10
waste imlearuing thiHg necessary,
and hardly tImeA0PuFsue those brancheB
40 shieh aEgstlIe prime co iectS o. tudt
lmemlafy araiainks OR ssiAtelligebit
and faithfal FsineipAlS - EFamssIar
sehools nse eJwelI swaFe OF thls faet, and
woald gsaAly simplify the course Of in-
aisuctioD, bwa they ate poweFsess TO do
Il. CfOtcbety TTassees and Commits
aioners have fine theories Of edacation,
which. thesl are bound % tEy at the exc
peDbe lsf both tssebsrs amd'phplls.'iS
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