The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-05-26


THURSDAY EVENING, MAY II.
Upon the subject Of Education Rev.
Il w. Il. Noursc said:
me success IN schools depends main !
'Ily npon the home training. the trustee
land the teacher. lilo laid great stress
|upon the idea that the most Of the diff
Iiculty In the school discipline was theI
Tout growth Of home training.
FRIDAY, MAY -, 1852.
! The Association having under consid-|
|eratIon the subject. do the Publicl
schools accomplish their purposeS' Mr.
Pleasant said /:
We do not think the common schools
accomplish their purpose, that being the|
lproduction Of good citizens from thel
, masses. which we see. has so far, 70 al
, lccrtain extent failed. Too many teach
Iers are addicted to bad habits, such as|
drinking, profanity and especially using
, tobacco.
Mr.. Clark said; In as much a. no hu-
Imam institutions were perfect. perfect re-
sults could not be expect-d from them
:. The public schools DO NJ. perfectly ac-l
complish their purpose and probably
never will The school has tn take such
= material as Il sent 10 II, and the results
q attained In every instance will not be
2 entirely satisfactory. Statistics show,
y however, thnt the tendency Of the schools
Ills to lessen crime and make better cit
y liens.
4 MI. Sweeney said The child becomes
|amenable to the law for his conduct In
Y latter life. and the state has duty TO per-
4 form in placing the means Of mental i'm
I Irroyemcnt in his reach. II the teachers.
lbs negligence. defeat the main intent Of
1.-THE system, then the schools do not &C.
'eI complish their purpose.
Isl Mr. Wolfe said We think they dc
u partially, but that only where there are
r good teachers. The ideal school and
IA teacher has yet to be reached.
ID In speaking on the subject, sWha
v may be fairly expected Of onr Common
III Schools"
M. Sweeney said; We expect thu
schools to prepare tho children for th'
= Iactive duties Of life that Is soon g tn
s-l young lady or gentleman left the moor
~ ings OF home, the schools should have DC
y veloped the whole faculties so far tina
the difficulties on the turbid sea Of lif'
y emight be met and conquered.
=, Mr.. Wolfe said; The public school
W ought to be fairly expected TO make bet
= ter sons, brothers, fathers, daughters
= wives and mothers.
~ On the Education necessary for th
4 Farmer"
" y, Ne Wolfe said; Farmers are the key
~, stone, what affects him affects all. Ihs
~ he should bring intelligence in his work
land that he should be educated IN fore'
ayitry.
RAlPublic Schools was wrong. ID commo
schools ell pupils should be educate
TOT alike whether for . farmer, doctor
bic attorney.
ms Mr.. Sweeney said The education
III farmers was great necessity. The
H. should read more Agricultural Journal
idc md that there should be more agricn
lie, Itural institutions, rs this nation has b
by. one 70 each million inhabitants.
thcl On the subject OF Indnctive and p
les Iductive nc hods in teaching Mr.. Plea
M ant said: The Inductivc method Is pr
ferablc, 8 being natural, objective, i
tcresting and certain: N.
lid Miss Nohr said: We would use q
Nv Tnductivc method In teaching sma
cs!lpupiIs and both methods In instructir
larger ones.
les Mr.. Sweeney said: Both methods q
er|used. Inductivo method is preferred.
in| Mr.. Clark said: Commence with q
known and 60 TO the unknown. Nh
both methods were good in their prop
for places.
Oh. public schools, Mr. Wolfe said III
seclit was hard to separate the two, q
lust THAT be was opposed 10 reading b
toIliterature, such as dime novels; ccrta
(. class Of story papers. etc.
On the subject Of tcxt-books-tht
el|uses and abuses, Mr.. Pleasant sal
ned IThe.use Of tho textbook Is well know
the The abuse Of the Same consists in Its q
lby the teacher, as Q memory cxcrcil
They should not usc the textbook
Test recitation, Or require answers 70 confo'
'out strictly 10 it.
mi MI. Sweeney said That the tcxt-bo
'ncolwa for the pupils and not the teach
etc, and that the teacher should cmancipI
lght himself from their use while teaching
class.
that On awhispering.v 8. r. Wilson re
per-la paper opposed TO whispering duri
;. q school hours. Messrs. Pleasant q
Wolfe were IN favor OF whispering, q
4 i Messrs. Clarke, Sweeney and Daniel I
In posed Il.
,un- EVENING SESSION.
Prof. j. w. Wyttenbach IN his addr
Adm on sour Free Schools said: Our 3
'u!e tenn Of education was far IN advance
ely the ancient customs Of education, q
per- compared our condition with the pr
80. lent condition OF Greece and Rome, sho
SEM Ing the vast superiority Of our syst