The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-06
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Notice.

Notice.
In reply to numerous inquiries i
reference to the teachers editing con
mittee, we would say that we are still
alive, yet We think the teachers of ALLIE
county are all asleep. Many promises
to furnish Us articles for publication
yet have failed to do so. Fellow teach
ers, let US hear from you. What are yo'
doing in your schools this winter,
County Superintendent, can you no
furnish US with some items of import
ance, which you have CLEANED in you
annual visits to the schools of the county
VIOLA V. PRICE, Editress.
Notes Oh School Management
The quality of school life depends Oh
the adjustment of seeming trifes. 1t j,
possible to so arrange the surrounding
of pupils that they will almost unconsci
ously conform to the policy of the little
commonwealth; and on the other hand
it costs but little effort to expose them
to influences which excite constant an
tagonism. The school room may be SO
neat as to predispose pupils to good
order and decorous behavior; or it may
be so ugly as to loose the very spirits of
mischief. A clean, tidy room is the first
requirement.; and curtains, pictures,
house'plants, books and music are nec-
essaries which the skillful teacher will
use to the extent of her ability.
TALKESG.-To ruin the discipline of a
school with the utmost certainty it is
necessary merely to talk. Be sparing of
words if you would maintain your au-
thority mean a little more than you
say. Speak with calmness and deliber-
alton even under the pressure of vex-
alton and insult. Be living example
of the spirit you want to cultivate. Be
kind, sympathetic and forbearing; shun
sarcasm, reproach and ridicule.
SIGNALs.-No signal should be given
louder than the tap of lead pencil to
summon a class by the clangor of bell
is misdemeanor. The teacher, herself,
is chargeable with disorder. One sig
nal should be obeyed before another is
given, otherwise signals are of no use.
Rightly employed they introduce order
into a complex process.
RoUTINE.-The systematic division
of labor, though necessary is liable to
degenerate into dull, spiritless routine
which is the enemy of healthy progress.
Routine thus becomes a veritable dis
ease, sort of dry rot. The ordinary
exercises of the school should occasional.
ly give place to others which are extra
ordinary. The reading or telling of
story, the examination of some interest.
ing natural object, or the performing of
some simple experiment will relieve the
school of its tedium and will 20 far to-
wards exciting the mind to a natural
activity.
PURE AIR AND PROPER TEMpERA-
TURE--Teachers are prone to neglect
these two prime conditions of health.
The inmates of room in which the air
is gradually becoming more and more
impure are not conscious of the growing
foulness, but breath ofpure air from an
open door enables the senses to judge by
contrast. By some means, provision
must be made for tho exit of foul air and {
for steady supply Of pure air. In do
ing this children must not be exposed to
q draft of cold air. 1t is not possible for {
teacher to judge of temperature of her
school room by her feelings. The only S
test is good thermometer,
which should hang in the centre of the
room, suspended just above the heads off
the pupils, from wire attached to the
ceiling. The proper temperature is from
IS to 20 degrees Farenheit. 5
W. 81. P. U