The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-06-15
DISAPPEARANCE OF fHE SCHOOL
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It is the excessive amount of system
in our wholesale methods of teaching
that prevents the best results in any de-
partment. The pressure of quantity
does not give the teacher time to mold
character. DR.. Arnold himself could
not have been DR.. Arnold If he had been
required by Board Of Education to
teach the greatest possible amount Of
arithmetic and geography within given
time. It is probable that DR.. Arnold
would have been considered wanting in
the requirements of an Americanschool-
teacher Of the present day. It is certain
he would have found himself hopelessly
.trammeled, as many an aspiring teacher
finds himself trammeled, by the expecta-
tions of his employers. The teacher who
would fain be less Of machine who
would like to take time to do some
thorough training, and to develop the
men and women of the future gets no
opportunity. He must bring the largest
possible crop Of arithmetic and geogra-
ply at the end of the year; all his better
work in building character will count
for nothing with the "board." Then
there are hobby-riders, seeking to drive
into the already over-crowded cos,rse
some special study. The arts of design
are often useful in business way, there
fore drawing shall be universally e1-
acted of the pupils. Music is charming
at home, therefore the vocal teacher
must have place. In one considerable
city. wealthy merchant in the Board
of Education, who found telegraphy val
liable in his own Office, has succeeded in
putting every boy and girl in the town
to clicking telegraph keys.
But, no matter what is put into the
course, it is rare that anything is taken
out. The school-master finds no place
on which to stand. His individuality
is utterly repressed. He is mere cog
wheel in a great machine. He sinks
down at last to the level mediocrity
which machines always produce; he be-
comes hearer of lessons, maker of
registers, worker for examination
week. 1t is not chiefly his fault that he
does not do higher work. There is
hardly space for it, and there is no
market for it.-Centu7y Magazine.
TYPOGRAPHICAL REFORM NEC-
ESSARY.
Mr.. Brodie, of Pittsburgh, Pa, is the
possessor Of pet monkey, purchased OF
an old sea Captain some years ago, and
the animal has got good deal of sense,
as the following little incident will show !:
Mr.. Brodie gets the Times of this city,
and also the Boomerang. When the
pet from the tropics is told to bring
either of these papers to Mr.. Brodie's
mother, he knows which is which and
brings the one desired. When he gets
the Times for the old lady, however, he
very thoughtfully brings her:spectalces
also. This shows that even the brute
creation can distinguish between clear,
legible print and that which is the re-
verse. We do not make any comment
on this little incident, but simply give
the bare facts. When paper gets SO
dim geographically and editorially that
| bobtail baboon from heathen land
begins to notice it, there ought to be q
reform. Boomerang.
Language Cannot Describe It.
Mr.. Robert Gould, book-keeper for
| Walker & Maxcy, who are lumber deal
ers, recently said to our representative
ssAbout one year ago was taken with
the genuine sciatica. 1 employed the
best physicians, but they could only
relieve me for the moment. Finally ]
| used St. Jacobs Oil and it effected a
complete cure. "-Kense6ec Reporter,
Gardiner, Me. .tr- f.......e
IN EXTENSIVE RANCHE.
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