Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-04

but we do believe that laws should Dc
passed denying the ballot to young mer
who shall hereafter come Of age until thes
are able to read and write.
THE QUINCY SYSTEM OF EDUCA'
TION.
The Quincy system Of teaching children
as explained by James H.. Slade, a
Of the Quincy School Committee, is at
tracing q great deal Of attention IN the
East, and more recently has been publish
ed at length in several papers in Califor'
mia. The first work in the Quincy b
room is to quicken the senses, to stimulate
the perceptions, or in other words, to en-
large the ability to receive information
This is done in various ways for instance,
a hundred marbles, all sizes and ~variously
colored and striped, are shown the chill
dren, one is selected and given to a child
he is allowed to play with it for a time,
and then it is put with the others, the
whole lot is put in a box, and the hild
asked to find the one he had. II the home
training Of the child has been such that
his sense OF sight is alert, his little fist will
60 into the box, and he quickly brushes
aside the ninety-nine and finds his own,
and no other will satisfy him. If he has
had no training he reaches for the marble
nearest at hand, and is just as well
contented. When a pupil enters a
Quincy school, says the writer, we first
undertake to make him feel a I home. to
overcome his natural shyness and timidity,
and let him get acquainted with his school
mates. The obvious way to do this is to
let him play with them. Put two children
who have never seen each other before into
q room and they stand in opposite corners
and eye each other curiously. But, left to
themselves, in fifteen minutes they become
old and intimate acquaintance. Then fol-
Iowa a description Of the school room and
the further plan Of instruction:
Our school rooms are equipped with toys,
blocks and tables, arranged to afford IA
Ill " pay anu tho Win 'tty cHS~aAJ
becomes accustomed to the new surround
ings, gets acquainted with teacher and
schoolmates, and loses its diffidence. The
next step is to begin the training OF his
senses. This is done at the outset by
stimulating him to use them in onnec
ton with objects with which he is already
familiar. The teacher, for instance, takes
. picture, Q alls the class about her, and
the exercise proceeds somewhat in this
fashion:
Now look at this picture and tell me
what you see."
"a little girl" ga kitten;'' "a ~tree;"
.'some grass" answer the little ones.
what is the little girl doing? 7"
Holding the kitten in her arms"
Have any Of you a kittena"
II have"
How many eyes has q kitten ?"
Two"
How many legsf"
-Four"
"How many hands have you got?"
.Two."
"Hold up ons;'' ''hold up two"
(Which is your right handf" "All
hold up your right hands" "Now your
left"
"What does the kitten drink 7"
mix"
do you like milk 2" why
Because it's sweet" replies one.
How do you know I"
taste It,"
"Tell me something that isn't sweet"
Lemon"
What do you call thatr"
"Sour."
vwhat is the kitten covered with 2"
Fur"
"what is fur?" What other animals
have fur r.
Rabbits has fur"
rabbits have fur" says the teacher.
CAN say rabbits have fur"
This exercise is continued until each ono
Of the elements Of the picture is talked
about, the teacher calling into play the
knowledge. imagination and perception Of
the child, making suggestions as rarely as
possible, and those in the form Of ques-
tons, v~igilantly watching to detect and
correct errors ; allowing the answers to be
made now in concert. then individually,
giving the greatest attention to the duller
pupils, and by the frequent Interpolation
OF anecdote and illustration, holding the
interest OF the child as in a game of hide
and-seek, An infinite variety Of changes
may be rung upon an ordinary picture, and
with . skillful and fertile teacher an exer-
else like this becomes, uneonsciously to the
child, . lesson in number, in expression,
IN perception, in language and in natural
history.
The Reveille, Austin, has entered upon
its thirtv-fourth volume. Next to the En-
terprise, 1t is the Oldest paper published in
Nevada. Il is a sprightly, industrious lit
tie daily, an, always a welcome visitor to
the SENTINEL sanctum. Relying for its
support upon q town Of Austin's preten-
sions, the Reveille exhibits much pluck and
enterprise. 1t deserves generous treat
ment from the hands of the community
whose interests and existence it so ably adj
The SENTINEL tenders congratu-
lations and hopes the Reveille and its in
dustrious proprietor may each score their
anniversary.
We are in receipt Of the prospectus OF
the Nevada Monthly. a magazine shortly
to be issued in Virginia City. There is
hardly a field here for such a publication,
but we nevertheless hope it may prove a
A large edition will be scattered
the State free at an early day. All
sagebrushers are requested to con-
to its columns.
THE st. Domingo revolution having been
'uccessful. it will now proceed to get itself
'urned upside down by a counter revolu-
ion. They always keep the ball rolling in