The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-02-14

Many persons aTo OF the opinion any one can
leach child Ia the primary department. How fall
laeious! Is II not highly important In the erection
OF an edllce, that the Foundation should be- a mass
oiNrength, in arrangement and malerialf What
eseseI me distinction q The gtaindePo at Han
ton OF It's foundation Did you ever hear OF a ar.
ner selecting Indifferent seed from which to grow
hne quality Of grain Does the careful nurseryman
suner the tender twigs 10 become halEgr0wn ere he
pays any attention y their tmininEG Who has not
admired the expanding ofA delicate flowers How
perfect In It's parts Doe, Nature form the bud hi a
disconnected manner, letting the unfolding Of the
coiollA 70 complete IL symmetry1 Alb no tiny as
v may De IN an embryo state. the microscope dis
plays The beautiful proportion that exists IN It's
mihuteness. IL nature and art make perfect begin
hngSl u u css important that the germ OF Intellect
btet boom 10 mortala given, should be tut0red BY
ihoee VINO are careless and tiehcentl Youth In II
purity aud Innocence, grRsis at frst perceptions and
ey are most lasting then is II not essential that the
character OF the earliest instruction should be Of The
very best on one occasion, heard -four, year old
ehlld ask her Pa, who had been teacher land 1
had every reason 10 believe a good oneJ which Is
correct tomatos OF lomaIol Her young mind had
already awakened 10 the fact that pronunciation Of
Tue word Is at variance. II has been well observed
that The character OF is language determines the
lnenthl igur Of nation. Again, IN speech Is the
second In importance only 10 that OF accuracy Of
thought Aud again II Language is the bridge that
spans the chasm between the intellectual word aud
INC physlchl, then the study Of language should
claim the earliest attention OF children.
A child that has been carefully instructed in the
ectnentaIles will stamp improvement on The wing,
Of time lie will not meet With dlseourheerents n
common 10 children who are taught by ME Nor
does q require sage ~ discover the training a
ehild has received NJ hOge and At school on being
promoted % higher grade. Experience teaches
me t Is preferable teach child his letters to one
OF higher grade that has been badly Taught II a
man undertakes TO practice medicine without pro.
fesaional study, be u called quAck; but Anylody
eau teach % little children. Al any nate sueh an
peafs To be a common opinion. Because A youth
has learned the three Rs he Is supposed 10 DC ready
70 teach those three principles 70 the nsOphytes.
How Ilong will IL take the world to ind out thai
burning 10 one thing and that Touching Is another
learning is subjective; teaching, objective Whilst
whilst communicating knowl ledge the action tertni
mates ON others How different the mental states n
studying and teaching And Yet they arr ofteu
eOntounded, even by teachers.
teacher who eonsnlb simply his own eum6,r,
should study his profession Ia order 10 keen IN bfs
interest," IN the noble work Routine work i Rcnrr.
ally hull aud teaching routine fashion the tinllcst
OF All work and when II worries the mind Il Is The
most dsagrceable pursuit hut 20 the teacher WIN
makes study Of his work Il Is neither dull nor
worrying. IL becomes a. fascinating To himself A.
- uselni ~ other AMI teachers OF the ist grade
by accepting primary departments. viii eventually
overcome the opluiou. that anyone can teach lttle
children BY the progress and thOroughness Of Inc
pupils when children INT enter school, leach
lhein 70 thk, aud unfold gradually the beauties OF
the scientific lore that Is In stnre for them Keen
their little hngcu employed printing and later
writing, until love fQr Il is acquired and a thor.
ough foundation viii have been made Little chill.
dren require smulAnts and their amt tIon 4 easily
aroused. What can be more inteFestlpg than a
school olearncst little ehildncnl The exercises must
we're % make good beginning ia the education Of a
child, and that child will improve later even nndeT
the supervision of weaker teacher but II the weak
sr y 81 lhe starting point, the best assistance n
higher grade viii rarely succeed In eradieatng the
eNil that has been engcndered, Idle aud careless
habits oilen formed In the inst school day that
blast the most brilliant talents
"a long Ia broad