Iron County register., 1882-03-23

Il full ms n, conference a ready man,
AMI writing an exact man; and, there
fore, if man write little, he had need
have a great memory; if he confer lit
i tie, he had need have present wit;
and If he read little, he had need have
much cunning to seem to know that he
doth not"
There are some teachers who never
allow themselves to become entirely
exhausted, but by constant application
are ever producing some new histori-
cal fact, scientific discovery, or iife-like
illustration to keep the ears of their
pupils always on the alert to catch the
truths which they might otherwise he
years in learning. There are others
whose "lives are as dry as summer
dust,' who turn the school room into
stage of constant mOnOtOnOns repeti-
ton, and cause their pupils to lose at
tention, and thereby destroy order,
government, and all those elements
that raise the profession of teaching
school above that of keeping it.
AS men of different avocations read
mostly such works AS pertain to their
particular profession, so should the
teacher pay most attention to those
writings which are peculiarly adapted
10 insure the progress of knowledge in
WIG az VA tVhCl1iitSs out titC tCdCuCI -
the instructor of young men and wnm-
Ell who may follow any of the various
avOcatiOns tu which the human family
are promiscuously called, and therefore
his know ledge should he general and
miscellaneous, or else he will prove a
better instructor in one branch than
another and thereby do injustice to his
pupils and the different branches of
knowledge.
Too many of our teachers are not such
by profession, but only making teach
ing stepping stone t" some other pro-
fession, and sutservi,'nt to il. This
cannot be prohibited only by raising,
and ennobling the profession to such an
extent that it will be an honorable aud
an tnviable one.
Let no book of inferior worth be
placed upon a teachers shelves of
whatever origin or nOsoriety; for, as he
would not desire that his pupils should
be trained with literary trash, he must
not allDw his miud saturated with it.
New productions should never be
grasped and swallowed without care
ful examination, and not at all until
the old are thoroughly understood and
their deepest meaning brought to light
by earnest thought; tor
The simplest songs sound sweetest and most good:
The simplest loves are the most loving ones;
Happier were songs from fathers than their sons;
And Homer sung as Byron never could.
1t is not best to real too much poetry,
lest the mind become dreamy when il,
the school room,-where 1t should bp
centered upon the methods of explana-
tion,-and be following the images of
its day-dream, listening 10 the waling
of some "discOnsOlate Peri" waiting
for the opening of Heavens gates; not
too much novel reading. lest the mind
become more interested in it's own cas-
than the plain and rigid
duty of the school room. Such novels
as ScOtt's. Dickens's, Thackeray's, and
Trollope's may be read with
out leading the Iancy beyond the linn
its of natural things and transforming
the plain. honest man into Il creature
of imagination, revelling with the he
rnes and angels of his ideality, but
rather serve to give him deeper in |
sight into the dark lahyrinths of human
nobility, waywardness,
and infamy.
History and biography cannot be un-
lerstOod too well, as students should |
he acquainted with what has been done |
in the past, in order to put the most |
plausible estimate upon the future of |
their own ambition. Mental and NOR
al philosophy snould receive no small |
portion OF the leisure reading of teach
erS, as upon them is based the whole
fabric of succe SIS, let it take Whatsoever
shape it may. Without good morals
90 pupil can grow to he truly great.
and without mental culture he is not |
able to attain eminence in any profess
sion, and without either man is not
even equal to the brute that he, in his
vanity, accuses of having neither mind
nor soul.
Care thould be taken not to fall into
he habit of reading anything but
standard works; as re ,,ling is consider
IDLY habit, and when u taste for a
certain class of literature Is once en-
,endered, it becomes a difficult task to
eradicate it. AS much care should be
Okt n in the selection of book as i'm
he selection of a friend, for they are
he only friends some men have ever
,nOwn, and on thenl--Ciod be praised
we can rely.
Him who has never litiva:ed taste
or reading of any sort, these words can
lever reacn, for he has never felt its
lealing value and knows not the music
II its voice. Herchel says: "If were
o pray for IA taste which should stand .
ne instead under every variety of cir
ana De Il source of haDDi- /.
less and cheerfulness to me through ,
ife, and shield against its ills how
yer things might go amiss, and the
World frown upon me, it would be a I
aste for reading. Give man this t
aste, aud the means for gratifying it. Il
nd You can hardly fail of making a 4
'appy man, unless. indeed, you put /
lto his hands a most pprverse seiec- T
ion of books. You place him in con-
act with the best society in every pc !.
Iod of histOry-with the wisest. The l
the tenderest, the brav- n
st, and the purest characters that h
ave adorned humanity. You make l
i'm Il deniZen of all nations-a con- n
emporary of all ages. 1t is hardly n
Ossible but the character should take =
higher and better tone from the con =
tant habit of associating in thought -
18th class of thinkers, to say the least
it, above the average of humanity. u
is morally impossible but That the lt
tanners should take tinge of good a
reesiihg and civilization from having a
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