Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-08-31

use vi tek, DOCKS, (o) py breaking the hour divis
ions in'o TWO paris by change OF work with
younger PUPILS liJ by so driving the work oil
'ne nour mat 'nere Is httie chance OF d.
version, Io) Dya severe treatment OF inattentive
puphs' 10 Illustrate some oil these points let me
'aho you WIN me 10 schooi IN Bonn and to q
CLASS Oh Sixty boys Oh Ten years OF age whose work
'or 'ne hour II reading Inc hrst exercise is
pase anu NAH Oh prose description OF the winter
nie Vi iy'o'ese woou-cut'ers' ihis hau peen once
oeiote reau ana every new term ana habit oil the
peopie eAp't'heu' now followed re-reading
ana sort OF examination. Inc reading was nat
urai' Everything otherwise was corrected. Ques-
lions covering geography ethnology, habits oil
aniinais mentioned new thick and last and IN
."o"'s-nEo minutes 'n's part oi inc lesson was
oone' NO" inc poetry, cried the teacher-a
NC" eAeicise anu he turned 10 selection OF hVe
,oui-"neu s.An~as' III h'e minutes IL was READ
'"i0e No" ie. us commit 10 memory IN
twenty minutes ihey began together hrst read
ins '"o nhes tnen repeating TWO or three times
without the DOOR, then TWO more times, then the
who'e soanza was repeated IN concert aloud
ihen SIX or eight oil the pupils were called on to
repeat IL singly' sometimes half minute was
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n'''eu IN IKE manner ana the Two reclted by the
o'ass anu ny sing'e pupis' tnen the third and so
on I'LL at tne END OF twenty minutes most OF the
0i'ss oo"'u repeat petiecty' one OF Two IN the
i'oa"''h,e ""o7e eyes hao wandered from the
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eu 'n,o ''io ops" "oor "uu 'norougnly shaken
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"a'', "ppe'r onano~er .nah 1t really 49,
Voc s"o '9pns' "nen s"ouiu 'na' MAKE you
D"'n'ns' '",",ni"s' was 'ne answer
VI. .."."e' eH"''"eu ."e 'i'ss oh 'he ieiiao-
''O' VI anu It's p'"o''0ai appi'c"'on ior hail
GU "ou'' in,' was a 'e'ie"' linen he returned
''e p'''Nn W 'he ''oie anu 'ooA up oohNeA lens
"nu gave .neih niore auNanceu iesson ON the
eneV' vi Tue lens on the hgut' drawing inquire
himself to illustrate, and showing partly by ques-
lions put to the class the more common uses OF the
lens. This last half hours work must be repro
duced by the pupil by the next exercise. In the
class OF forty never saw for the hour the least flag
gng oil attention, and 1t seemed to me that never
heard an exercise In physics which equaed this
Tor clearness, thoroughness and practicalness At
another hour was lesson in natural history.
stued river otter, or fish otter was on the teach
ers table before class OF eleven or twelve years.
Every pupil had notebook. No textbook was
used, none seen in the ROOM The teacher takes
the animal, exhibits its peculiarities, and makes
the pupil give an accurately scientific description
from MS hrst examination The points are noted.
Ihen 1t Is classified and assigned its Latin name.
lhen some inquiry is made into the habits OF the
animal, and the subject il finally postponed for
three days, when certain questions now doubt
iuliy or contradictory answered are to be settled
AFTER the Class has made, II possible, personal
observation. SO are sharpened the pupils per-
ceptlve faculties, and lie is taught to do his own
work SO botany is studied without textbook
but with plants in hand, and yet with most rigid
scientific classification Note that this was not
mere object work, not mere talk by the teacher.
Inc teacher did the least possible talking, but his
"oi'' "e's"eu pounus anu must All DC remem-
oe'eu anu suos ''h'ia'y reproduced An exercise
III lnen"'i a'i'h'neec' where uiihcuit impromptu
p'oo'e''S aie put W poys Oh eieVeh or Twelve
years Is 81 enthusiastic that while the class is
oApoo'eo " ST. NAH .ne tine score oil lads are
u.ons'ousiy vi up-'oe WIN 'heif hngers AT the
oe'A'
was pa.''o''aiiy Interested IN inc way IN
"n'Cu Wiling 50 poorly managed Win us-S
s'ush' III THESE SCHOOLS IL is mainly done In the
'''. '"o years Vi scnool' Inc chilu Is Taught TO
,o'u scrip, text, oo'n herman ana Latih iorms'
nun 'le o'aohooaru-the WORD method being
. n'i"Ay emp'oyea-and 10 copy .he words from
'"o worry n's' in'o poohs. Inns Is considerably
uon' III o'noei'' Every form Oh stroke curve or
l"e useu '''o "pn"oe' HAS ''s nauie ana Is maze
40 'no 'eaoner cai's IL ye' continuously as any
JUG "ou'u write 'nousi 'n's ihetnod Oh wiring Is
p.".u.eu ioi '"oy YEARS Slowly Inc result Is that
os "'oe' .'o,s ue'inah GNU writes
.ou"u ""'u' anu AZ h'ne can JAKE u'castoh
'es WIN eon'''e'aoie i"p'u''y' "eography-
-. p"ou WIN map ui"",ns- gen
~ ~ 'A nea's p"pe'-pes'ns WIN the nome
' ", y, wy anu is surroundings ana extends
va ~ eiioi"eo' 'ho "orlu' oihBins hfst oy rote