Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-25
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Guardian presented so@e praesssar -.
upon schools for the couslAsest3e> - =.
people In and arosnd Hoose. - -.
Il acted upon with industry ~ 60
would bear fruit pleasant to an sao.unS
Bot point Of greatest impsssaao -
to be ooosidefrd. Will . eaesaA -.
walton Of the history a sdasassseal -
for the last qnsrter of . ssatne, \.
taught 10 that tho peopls viii psaupk.
any kind Of school II th~ss y . s>Daa1,s
amount VI display about Il, aud that -
very lately IL has not bsen their haAa& !.
rpquir~ carefully into the inner wssAs..
Of their institutions Of learning. Il A.
selfspparent Reasons necessary tAss r.
schools whose sucoso will bring o -
Of prosperity to the town should b seA.sI.
of practical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eooa,s1,s
by oficisls Of marked ability, whs ~,
posted themselves thoroughly In u.
changes that our civilization has ensr>0,s
upon every school. from the primarv
for the instruction Of infants M = m.
university for young men and vsnea
Will. there are many who ssp oonNe.S
with old methods there are otAsep -
feel that y great change has taken ~
and they want their children to partisi.
pat. in all the advantages offered By ~
change.
The truth Is, there 10 large element -
humbng in the Southern village &c.,
or college for either males or femaies =
they exist in a large majority Of loeaNfis.
now. The permanent prosperity Of ~
ipstitution IL s,ught to be secured bvE
incorrect method Of instruction whici 4
attended by present displsy, bet b. .
valuable practical resulis hesprA1
shrrwd us- is made Of par~n,sl sGss1iso
and pride. Pupils arc crammed for an q.
and gladden. the heart Of the fathSr =
mother ny display Of superficial aaasis-
m-nts.
In the branch known a. compositiou ~
rhetoric, for instance, = largo suiissoe
will, on commencement day, sit aod e.
plsc-ntly listen to . series Of eessys ~
with airy grace hy young ladies Whse,
appear Ance aud sctual sdvanceusnt u -
by any means commensurate With u
words, idrss, comparisons aud illsstrs,
tions which go 10 make up the vuioss
compositions. The truth 10, that ~ a.
sire for display 10 made saperinr y "a
other things. The lady principal o. -
trusted friend writes the composites. -
although a. original, no ono 10 deoslvd.
The custom il common and contemp11nk
We all feel that these things src q
yet no public mention 10 made Of tho -
cause from . mistaken idea Of riRht ~
would spare the feelings Of our young
friends
We propose to make the charge bold ana
sweeping. aud therefore declare thas IL
above state Of things exists iu . majority
Of the s-c0nd-class colirges. We declare
also, that all who take part In this deesp-
ton participate in system Of wholesah
fslsrbood.
will be accomplished If each pupil \
made to write bis or her own speech q
composition, il it I've no more than den
lines. True, teachers do not have ~
amour propre tickled by the prsias givss
by mistake to tho pupils, bat the pspd
stands on his or her own merit, and q ~
made to take part in a lie. The fsc,s an
~ We state th-m and can't he evaded b 3
declaration from the teacher that thsy
only elaborate and put in shape the -
d-avor Of the pupl.
Now. to show still further the down.
right hypocrasy Of the whole system, ~
find in many instances that the pupib
who are thus made 70 lie before the pshaia
in order that they may appear 70 IL
gr-atet advantage, are examined v0y
likely In Moral Philosophy. or Scieoes, e
in Evidences IF Christianity. R<maska-
bile combination. The pnpil who can giik
~ rattle I'd the the beauties Of moral lsv
will stand o. living lie before hia q ~
friends and neighbnrs.
Nathemafics IN q branch of study evse
which msny Teachers go wild and sPao1
the labor Of months teaching boys ~
girls. who d'~ire training Of use to Npaa1
like parrot geometrical demopstrssieoA
| frigonomefrical formuls that they -
never need unless they teach. The eosss
| NJ stndy In many, very many schoeh.
strsngely consists of those thing ~
pnpils will never require 10 after III. y
s~enis that o careful aeiectiou Of stsdto
III no practical value have been ma1s b
one capable Of discriminating End bsvs
been adopted by the schools, rsthss ~
stndi-e Of actual USE.
The trnth If the matter il Just TIL,
that alsoht f'nr-fitths Of those who attsod
onr male and female Nc hools do not rsquiss
the conr-e Of rfndy pursued by the boy g
Rirl whose parents have the means - "
their h~s,i. with all that Is in the bostA
The four-hfths propose TO adopt eeos
trade or profession which will enable ttso
tn live and they desirs 10 be Informed .
th"ae branches Of mat general ne, q y
they have chosen their calling Of neosdV
IN that calling. A knowledge Of thia -
has led Colleges aud Universities - -
optional Courses If stndy.
Teachrrs In the Souih hsvs mech =
learn before they can hope TO receive 81!
Encouragement from the people srsene
them. We throw ont these tdr0 By ~