The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-04

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st""t~..Whn Mns MM ~ Uru~at,e,, II, It..
N""w'rasN N"d MNMN,, rt,.
Rc$$'w, E3'ioNS; The SCHOLARLY and
eloquent aNsrrh Parker, M l,oui,n,
IN illustrating am Important truth ~.
Gently, SALTS ~ could hMaAtnc n. lsulr
hoy with hts aWthhrttr, saving tina,
n'l things that could hr mrkoncd NY III
space w ~ quantity were NvkNnahlc
Mr'" th" basis nt his book w NamvS.
II" hrAsnS and rndS with the mutt.
WNrattNn table, Ito SAWS tho mn),inls.
cation cn1S at twelve times twelve,
n"d hr>""d that he viii nrvcr nv. a,
Is not going ~ hc wise above what Is
wHt'rM lrany man should vrutu,~
~ ask MN how many arc thirteen
times thirteen, he would shuidcr with
Mttm"rti'Al aversion, and wrly that
thirteen times thirteen WAS not to W.
mnnd ~ the multiplication ,aNlr.
W""la hr (@ sS1h'f tie would hc a>
Tar SrsTa9 Ms possible. Thirteen times
thirteen IS rs >efain(y iM the mn>,i,,i,
@t'N" tAhlr as twice Nnc, W i've times
1--WE. lM viii tnA tina, nW NN~anAoh>,
III shsnkS he is Keeping MmScltwithn
doe LIMITS. and mus, not trAnss,<>ss
tTNA'n boundaries. When he SAWS
tho table cnds At twelve times twelve,
he Is giving ~ @ swthmc,i>alN ort, y,
dox, O'hrr people may dNAm s,>>u,
tmr,rrn times thirteen il they please,
II" thinks that inquiry Involves a >rrv
grave t~s,>,nsthilitN, he ShrinS< Nvm
thrW S,>'tetN, snd he hetakcs himsc(J
With rrMewS>,i aNsor tn the t;>nr ,>>.>
nrrS Nt the table thai lNsins with
twice one and e,>d> with twelve times
twelve Is he ari,hmc,icalN ri,uS
AMI MSthmetrS>y orthodox? Tie Is
automatically naw>>w, and arS,hmc.
'i"alN htsnt>a> and arithmcticslN S>,,.
iSh, M-ama-hy he viii advance tar,h.
rN twin SAY II him, Whs, is tho
sa"a'~ N,,N " Hv~ and twcnaNH and
h will SAY AaySnly Knows that the
square w>>N nt Ave and twcnty Is Syr, ,
What Is the square NM nt ,a;naS ne'
Ah' LIDO not 81 into that snr, nf
thing Al an lsot there is a sc;eu,e
which tackles questions nf fha} kioS. ,
The boy HplicS, I Know motMnp,
ah""t Il, I i" not want 10 Ne wise
above that which Is Written. | nan
give \,>u the square r<>tt 81 one INN.
d'Sa IN a moment, Dat the sana,p roo,
Nt msn"S H--~he mUs, be a Very Nnc.
s"mpta""s And arrogant scrs,n 70
discuss sa>h a question: he lives
within his arithmetic, Ne aoes no,
kmow thai thc,w is another science ms,
n\'rr 4 Which undertakes 10 Sn,S ,rnt
ga ~ hS signs, and IT, aiscMs$ Aecn
laVblcas by letters and symbols, thst
Spp$ar 10 be Foolish to those Nh,
have never entesea their HIGHER <,;sos,.
sSeN. y" NoW, MsSs,s
Eds~ss this boy, though the tsS,sym,S =,
~ Mn farktrS fancy, Is, Sn some NJ.
sf,ccts, FAir representative 81 YaXsel,
~ my rNpericnre as a teacher lSora.
sncacf1 teaching Sn sS4a, and abnot
The close OF aS45 when / had fsnc:hi
only shoai siN years, I reafS thSush,
Ind Feached the maNinSnin in INV
meaisod of te&cMng, Abaaa 1890
saw ncctssSIy for SmplN,yemcns
And now in 1880 am 6e2S)AeNra,
10 haasly confsictif,g views and ss,se.
sfces, 70 many l"wS OF mental pbSlnss
ply have hcen 9.0ftela 70 boar a,,ns
the teacher work. 50 mach Of staSc,
disSSpfne on the one hand and slmns,
@nFesasctea GberN on The othe,>
Then to make munitions Sx.h,~sn s,.sa -,