The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-02-09
EDUCATIONAL.
ALL TRUE.

Ex-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, in an ad-
dress to the National Asslciation, held AT
Atlanta, made use of the following lan-
guage:
| "Nothing so much interests US as the de-
| velopment of the school system. Look at
indifference between educated and unedu-
Gated people, and YOU have reason why
you should hold this convention. Look at
the results achieved by the people OF Mas
sachusetts. What have they done? While
like all other people, they have their faults
| they are
A woNT'ERECL PEOPLE.
They have established system that has
produced wonderful results.
| They established the church, and they
established the achool-house by its side, and
! they have stood up to it; they have mode
| long and deep The foundation Of their uni
versities, they have educated large proper
tion of the young men Of the country. They
have sent cut
EDUCATED MINDS.
who mold the intitutions Of the Nation, and
educate its SONS. In this country tho men
who neglected their educations have been
obliged to sit III the background.
He who gives knowledge to the human
minds bcncfactor, but far greater is he
who by giving knowledge quiekens into ac-
tivity and productiveness the mind upon
which he works The true teaching process
involve the power Of intellectual quickening
which is that process by which the teacher
excites the intellectual powers of his pupils
to selfactivityin the line of his teaching !;
and To be really effective il must also lead
| 40 the courses Of thought, feeling; purpose
and action, which the proser product of
the truth taught.
1t iscertainly true that the proportions Of
libcraliy educated and trained teachers is
continually growing. II would afford us
great qualification To be a. crt4in that the
ratio oil qualified school dire etors a al nlenr-
bers oi boards OF education il increasing
with -.lnal rApiIily. How Is i9
Is it too much to insist upon the necessity
of making boys and girls do what Is right
till the tendency for well-doing prevails?
Thus, the h .bit OF doing good becomes Sc
condarily automatic, and being the doiDi-
nant power with a permanent basis, it main
tains will whose deeds proclaim its great
ness.
Reading is the most important and COM
prchensive subject taught, and it has
strong claim to more attention that il has
ever received generally III our school.
Reading is for two purposes: |. To get
the sence of the piece read. 2. To expaess
thesense of piecO so as to impress it on
the mind Of the hearer.
l. it not fact that the absent pupil be-
comes interested i'm objects outside 0f school /
and losing his familiarity with school work,
the incentive for study is lost? Ills efforts /
become weak his desire to excel diminisiI-
es, to be absent increases; aad the transition
to trnancy is easy.
Can you afford to let your child be alb
SAINT single session?
The moment man ceases to Ese systc- /
matte student, he ceases to be an effective
teacher
Always keep your school room neat and
clean ornament it if possible, with pictures
notices, maps, charts, weather and fow-
era.
This can be done easily. Let the pupilf |
pictures, and get mp an exhibition to pro-
cure your maps and charts If there is no
money in the treasury, you can easily raise
the amount necessary.
Agreeable manners must be encouraged /
in the school room. The seIf-respcct of
child rises or falls with the tones of the /
teachers voice. Gsntlness ia seemingly |
weak, but is really very strong. 1t can pull /
down and ii can also build up. 1t subdues
stubborn dispositions and it encourages the
efforts or the timid.
Be gentle!
Why not endeavor to make your school
the centre of civility, politenesS and good
manner? If they learn good breeding at all,
many pupils must learn it at school; There |
il no limit to the civilizing influence of a
gentle woman or gentlemanly man in al
country school. Send out your pupils with
the seal of honor and truthfulness.
From the hour the teacher becomes con-
scious of acting not on tic memories OF his
pupils only, or even on their mind, but on
their whole character and condition, intel
lectual, moral and physical, bis occupation