Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-10-26

For the News.
English Gram mar-Muthod of
HSaCAing, &c.

TeaCNing, Sc.
The students should become familiar
With each branch. First as an art. That
is, the fundamental principles, without
| the reasons or rules governing them -
SO that when it Is taken up as a science.
the students know exactly w'at they are
doing, and consequently they do not go
for years, disheartened, before they can
see what they are doing.
The student then should be made "a
miliar with the fundamental principles
Of English Grammar.
!. Orthography, all the elementary
sounds, tonics, subtonts and atonics.
should be made familiar to the student,
because it i not the name Of the letters
that constitutes the language; but the
sound which the letter represents. TO
| Illustrate, Doc. The name of
these letters does not constitute the
word. Take the Greek letters, Delta
Omricon, Gamma, represents precisely
the same sounds as DOC docs.-
Then Delta Omricoa, Gamma is as much
dog as D-O--G is Hence It is clear
that it is the sounds which the letters
represent that constitutes the word, and
not the names of the letters.
?. The students should be made IA
miliar with The class Of sodnds. Labials
DeRtais, PdlatdlS Guiiar0iS dad NdSdis.
To illustrate. i is q sub-t0nic (or part
ly yoca) and LoLidl tor formed by the
lips.) But as il cannot be sounded with
out the aid Of tonic, it is very necesa-
ry that We know what organs form the
II 10 A k,s . TO-,
pulsion Of the breath) and gWturdl (or
formed in HE throat.) Hence when the
student is familiar with the elementary
sounds, with their classes, 1t goes off TO
reading AT once, without the labored eff
fort Of spelling through the spelling
book; and the beauty is they cannot
pronounce incorrectly.
II. Etymelogy. The student should
be made familiar with all the parts Of
speech, with all that belongs to each.
III, SyntaX. The student should be
made familiar with the twelve rules Of
analySys.
~. Prosody. The student should be
made familiar with five rules for writing
sentences.
With Il correct method of teaching,
all The above Fundamental principles can
be made perfectly familiar TO 4 small
child, in a very short time; aud then
when 1t takes mp the study as Il science
1t knows exactly what IL Is doing.
As blinded big0try has made unpro-
yokcd and unspalrlng thrusts at my
method Of teaching, ! will let my meth
od stand or fail on the scriptural basis. |
viz; "l'he tree is known by its fruit
The closing exercises Of a school in |
Ta2ewell county, Va, came of before !
The following committee: Rev. Il. Il. |
Wilhurn, Geo. w. Deskns, Sem, Slime
on Gmybcal, John YOst, Sen, j. NJ
Daley, VIM. J.. Hubble, Mai. II. Brcm-
ster, VIM. a, Epperson, and Augustus
Daily. The Chairman says In his report |
"I'he examination of the Grammar
class was as thorough us any ever
heard"
The closing exercises Of u school in |
Russell county, Va, came OF before the |
following committees: Col II. Smith, |
o. G. Dun, Il. x, Steel j, G.. Baylor,
John Baylor, aud Morgan furguson.
The Chairman IN his report says: "rhc
school was arranged into eight CLASSES,
and seycrally examined an hour. In
tcrmedialc Geography; >, Advanced |
Geography; 3, Arithmetic; I, English |
Grammar; ., History; @, Philosophy; |
7, Chemistry; 8, Algebra, have at
tended the close Of n great many schools,
of all grades, bul have never seen set
Of pupils arquit themselves moro honor
ably, or reflect more credit ON the cap1c-
tiles Of the teachers, than those of this
school, high, or low
This Is only an item OF the testimony |
which can ho given IN behalf Of my
method Of teaching, aud set it vs. suili-
rIenl for my friends but 0s q low flung
attack has been made on my reputation
ag scholar ana teacher through thc
Central star, by some one, too da.laMly
low In cowardce TO give his name, aud
~ II may mlslcud some, Who ARE not
acquainted with me, personally or hr
repuntion | will make the following |
proposition, 20 amy who have opposed
my method privately or publlclyi
have class IN my school IA GoOdaun.
OF Children and Z years Of age, thai
have been going 10 my school n little
over I've months, and that commenced
In the alphabet | will put them against
any one Of twice their age, and thHl
have gone 10 school to Any Of my uppo.-
crs twice ~ long, IN English Grammar
and Arithmetic. And RS ! will have
nothing 10 90 with The anonymous
writer OF the Central Stdi Cor one who
will undcmlndcdly, and stcalthily seek
tu take reputation and character, would
not scruplc TO stick u match g. ouc'a
house, or plot ones life; Yet viii put
this class against amy one Who viii ally |
with this Central Sir "llcrculps'
againt my method IA y teacher. The
class ls ready No amy time Designate
Your day, and come ahead, or forever
hush your concealed little pop gun bat.
lrrics
Here IL what an intelligent committee
says about the classi "rhc first class
called up WIS n primary class. We were
Informed That eve monlhs ago this class
commenced IN ihc alphabet The class
read lesson; We were told 10 note the
which would now bc me-
counted for They were then examined
on OHhogtaphy, going through the for-
~ elementary sounds 10 pericc'lon.---
They were then tested on lliymoluyv,
Syntax aud PfosOdy They pfovpd n
scnrccly cqunlrd IN ANY
class ~ school. They then gave twelve
rules for nualysis, and then h1ulhe
and parsed n sentence which thcy never
had parsed before 1'hey wort ihc1 ts- !
amlned and passed good rtilrW IN ntl.