The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-11-09
Education.
BY LUCY B. JONES.

Education is an art, viz. of drawing
out or developing the faculties Of
training human beings for the func-
tions for which they are destined.
Now in order to the perfection of an
art it must be founded on cores
ponding science, and of nothing is
this more true than of education.
Before we can hope to mould the
mind of pupil the nature Of the
pupil must be well known.
In the first place the teacher must
become acquainted with the nature or
constitution Of the body.
We can get information with regard
to this by the study Of Physiology.
The constitution of the mind by the
study of Phisiognomy. What is most
desirable to implant and foster, or, in
other words, what is the end or aim
that the educator ought to pursue.
A thorough acquaintance with the
disposition Of our pupils, aid us in
imparting knowledge.
1 often find myself searching for
that hidden potency concealed within
the breast.o of my pupils, and it both
pains and charms me.
And / silently ask, what will they
accomplish in the after time Of life?
Will they take rank with the bene-
factors, or scourges Of our race?
The responsibility Of the teacher is
heavy, but the glory Of the successful
one is great.
And we must be not slothful, but
diligent in business, ever trying to
instill into the young mind that in
tegrity that no motive is sufficiently
powerful to move them from a
straight line of duty. The mind is
the glory of the man, the power o1
the countenance to attract, depends
more on the thoughtfulness Of the
soul, than upon it's conformity to the
laws Of beauty. The utmost elegance
Of physical formation, the most lovely
chiseled features, unless accompanied
by high intellectual expression, ceas'
to please after they become familiar
5 while the mind that is filled will
lofty thought, is robed with dignit.
notwithstanding the symmetry O.
' features be imperfect, and the proper
] tions of the form unequal.
e Next to moral worth, no possession
e is so productive of real influence as
i highly cultivated intellect. Wealth
birth, official station, may and do Sc
cure to their possessors an externa
: courtesy, but they never did and neve
$ can command the reverence Of tn
r heart 1t was the cultivation of tn
mind that caused Benjamin Franklin
. although a very plain man, to com
d mand such worldwide admiration
e Although we are teachers, yet we ar
n pupils. There is much for us to learn
: We must place high price ON ou
2 leisure moments. They are sands o
t precious gold. Properly expended
t they will procure for US stock o
o great thoughts-thoughts that vii
+ fill, invigorate and expand the soul
We should seize the unparalleled al
t furnished by steam and type. In thi
!, unequaled age we can easily collect
;. library of choice authors. but abov
all we should learn to reflect eve1
q more than we read.
Reading is to the mind what eatin,
is to the body. To cram the min,
e with reading without due reflection i
e to we ken and paralyze the intellect
They who read thus have their per
t ceptions dazzled and confused by tn
: multitude Of images presented to them
e And this because they have not tn
. faculty of pausing at every point o
interest, to weigh, search, and if nee
r be arbritrating between truth and tn
Author. Of improving hints AM
e verifying conclusions.
t Without thought, books are tn
$ sepulchers of the soul. But lie
e thought and reading go hand in hand
: and the intellect will increase il
$ strength. And if we do our duty a
: God gives US the ability, we will rise t.
: It usefulness and enjoyment on earth
It and to place in that moral firmamen
y where the wise and good shall shin
e as the stars for ever and ever.
The heights by great men reached, kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight;
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