Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-06
MISS lYHcA's BABIES.
0pening Buds OF Thought and
spscuiatieas On 0kjscs Lssssns
In 8chOola.

Babies are always objects Of interest.
A volume Of very entertaining reading
has been written on "Helen's Babies"
and much might b said OF Miss Lynch's
babies. Lest the title Of this item
and the above sentence, however.
should sound singularly to people
abroad. 1t may DO we'll to state that Miss
Lynch is Q teacher in one Of Gold Hills
primary schools, and Miss Lynch's
babies are the babies OF the good people
Of Gold Hill parsntslly. and Of Miss
Lynch p~edagogically. She has o room
full Of them aged from Ave to seven
years, but babes for all that.
These children's minds are beginning
to expand beneath the influence OF Miss
Lyneh's teachings, just as rosebuds
open to the eye OF day; every one per.
feet. though very little, and a. beautiful
a. perfect. These little n know A
words-exactly n and no more-and
they can tell them all when written on
the blackboard. and combine them into
little sentences. yet they know nothing
OF books. Their instruction 10 all from
object lessons, and every eye 10 either
IN interrogation or an exclamation point,
and expresses all sorts Of curiosity,
wonder and surprise at once.
Miss Lynch's babies are smart. too.
She has two classes Of them, each at
tending one-half OF the day. An hour
with them II better than Q circus and
moro interesting than "a Celebrated
Case" They have made . clean sweep
Of knowledge As far as they have gone,
and that IL more than can DO said OF
many older persons. Aud then the airs
some Of them put on and the assurance
with which they take the floor and say
their little say 10 most amusing. They
are very like some ''Children OF an older
growth" wa wot Of. and seem to think
that when they are done there's moth.
ingmore to be said" 49,.
They have learned some pretty little
stories, too. and yesterday, when the
writer was there. they told about little
Bright Eyes," whose mother vas very
poor aud went out to work. and how the
little girl tried In every way to help her
mother. They told II very touchingly.
and evidently understood the entire
lesson. And then 1t was interesting to
take them into the hsld OF speculation.
The mother Of .Bright eyes" was gone
from the house much Of the time; where
did they think she went and what did
she dof Each had Q probable answer
and the speculations Of no two OF these
little minds were exactly alike.
The infant mind has. by some one,
been likened to Q blank page ready to
receive any and every impression ; and,
while listening to the little ones ysstsr-
day, the question arose az to how many
of tho lines written on the blank leaves
OF these youthful tablets were to DO
autographs. We're those unsullisd pages
to be written over and crossed and 70.
crossed and blotted and blurred by every
hsud2 And what would become OF little
bright Eyes, one OF these days when
the children would be grown up and the
cares and duties and responsibilities OF
life pressed heavily upon themp
That the story had made a deep and last
ing impression upon these little minds.
one that time with all its changes would
never effacs, there could DO no doubt
II may be forgotten, a. men say. The
object lesson. having done its work, will
no doubt pass from thought; yet. when
time and tear have done dimming the
memory and bright eyes around shall
turn to sad eyes, that little story will
rise, having suffered no change Into
something strange. but with its train OF
Influences behind II, perhaps again open
new buds OF thought, ~blossoming into
eternity. Such and 30 great is the infiu-
snos Of the primary teacher.