The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

eE TIE uHlC6 nor tlle CnufCl SOCIAL are
wrong in themselves, but people get Il
good deal of evil out of them.
EDUCATIONAL Department.
NJ. A. DoANE, Editor.
SOME CRITICISMS
EDITOR ADVANCE: In compliance
| with your published request we come
modestly to the front; as we have bat
few suggestions to offer We shall ask
but little space. We have read arti-
| cles in the education department., and
do not agree, in all points. with the
| writer's thereof. In ono article we find
the writer pitching into the people on
the condition Of the school houses-or
much depends on the school house and
surroundings AS on any other one
thing, III making the school interest
! ing. In this we claim he is wrong.
| We would advise him to make his
school SO Interesting that his pupils
| will forget their surroundings, and he
will have no cause to complain of this
difficulty. It has been our fortune dur
! ing our time us u teacher, to work in
| houses Of several descriptions. and we
had just as good (. school in tho old log
! house as in the better ones. Then
| again he should think OF the disadvan-
! tages under which our people labor;
we claim they are doing all in this line
| that they arc able to do. {lappily we
are not acquainted with any who have,
~ he says, fooled away money for
| which their districts were bonded. \
In'all cases we have known, it has been
we'll applied We think our friend is
probably one Of the newly arrived, and
is unacnuaintel with the dillictlties
| encountered here in the early days Of
school house building, and we have
charity for him, but we advise him to
make himself SO necessary to tho pcn-
pie and create such II demand for his
services, that he may have choice of
houses, and thus obviatc the difficulties
he now labors under.
Our native modesty forbids all but Il
brief mention Of the platitu.ies, the TN
deniable facts we notice III another ~
ticlc. "Don't classiIy' TIC Says. If he
meant the lesson, we agree, hnt ii he
no time in our school for any "nt;c lit
one drops in 1--WE are always glad 70 sec
bim) who really has anything to say,
we try to find time to give him :: hear
ing.
Now, Mr.. Editor, If it may not be
accredited to us as egotislN. we will try
and give you something Of an outline
of our system and our views as to the
demands of Our school. rs to tkeo,y
and practice, we think much more Of
the practice than OF the theory. When
study OF the pupils, and Try to adapt
ticulariZing everything to suit the one
on every point, and giving due respect
to all opinion, encourage respectful de-
bate on all questions. thus encourage
ing self respect. BY expatiat,ng and
widening out, by encOurag ing right and
correcting wrong impressions, and by
avoiding the old plan of rega:,iiig::, pu-
pills as so many vessels to be stuffed
with the opinions Of the teacher. we
think we enlarge the views Of pupils.
And now as to the demands o. oit;
schools, one Of the first we will notice
is that OF more hearty cooperative
work. We would SUGGEST 70 our Coun-
ty Supt. that he initiate some move.
mcnt-a county teachers association
or something Of the sort, by which
teachers may become acquainted with
each other and have an opportunity Of
exchanging views for mutual improve.
ment. We know CT teachers working
within three miles Of each other. who
arc unacquainted. We lose much by
| this style Of affairs.
Now, we will notice, last bnt not
least, the demand for teachers with iii i.
eral views. The day has passed in
which our people will be satisfied with
! the old. dull routine.
The demand of the present is for live.
| earnest men and women WHO dare be
| liberal enough to depart fron, the old.
! dull program of book lore, :snd take W
| practical, common sense views. Dc
part, we beseech you, from your old
and musty volumes, anH; take up the
ever fresh and open book of Nature
and of common seH1e. and make your
pupils acquainted with it's inner and
deep workings. Shrinl, not though
the task may appear hard and the ex-
pertinent hazardous; It's but the COW,
ard who shrinls from danger CT toll.
Come ont and be liberal if you would
win for yourself q place and & name
among the bcnefactors Of the rAca.
! We will conclude with one last ap-
peal-Dare to be liberal. Come ~ to
the help OF the right against Tie nigh
ty. PEDAGNGJE.
| "Thou art more happy than "o."-En.
Mr. Horace Sevill, Of Altoona, Pa..
| SAYS: my wife and i are inward of
seventy years Of age. OF late we both
have begun to feel the infrmiticS of
| old age. Nothing seems to revive. eN-
hilerate, and strengthen us. as does
Browns Iron Bitters. We would rot
do without it for ten times it's cost.''
The Wo1thington Journal has beer!
discontinued, aud tue material Of tie
office taken possession Of by some pay
ties who held obligations against. it
The two factionS in the town who
have been fighting each other fo: so
many years have hU1i%! the hatc;!et,
and resolved to live and work together
III harmony. These small l,ickerirgs
have been the curse Of the place, aud
detracted much from its worth as (,
town in which to live. It is well that
a reform has been ;nargirat:d, and we
trust it will be perpetual. .-Sil,!ey Ga.
! Zette.
Annoyance Ayoi'lod.--Gray hairs
are honorable but their premature
appearance is annoying. Par|>e, s Hal,
h.lsam prevents the annoyance hl
promptly restoring the youthful color
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