The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-03-14

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Il WIZ CIV you y ttttto Ut ny vAPsfa
encs aS aschool teacher BefSFs Icom
msnced teaching, I had pursosded my
self that, as q teacher. / would pleas,
everybody, aud consequently couli
make life a success in that department
Bat'to my great snrpriss, after com
mencing, I soon found that all uei
were NOT Of tho same mind With me, O
among themselves. ! soon discovers
that q large part Of my patrons wer,
edpcAtsd under the old systsm, fall,
| indoctrinatsd y itk old time views, .anC
bad never been convinced that any
school books, school teachers, or scheo
sysfemr, were AZ good as those Of thsA
early days. Indeed they regarded any
improvements or changes, as innova'
tiOns, unwarranted by Law, or Gospel
and only intended to aniearn the world
of the wisdom that had accumulated
aud been impaired all the way down q
themselves, who, in their own estina-
tion would be the last survivors Of al
that was good. In their day, parents
controlled the children, and whipped
the boys. and girls for every oEeOcs,
even up TO mature years, and teachers
Il ~ =
did the same whipping for every otienss
and for no offence. They even whipped
for want Of intellect. This class sdvis.
cd me 70, do as the teachers OF their day,
SO concluded TO DO an old time teach
sS, and went to work on that line,
then discovered, that another part Of
my patrons had been educated under tbs
new system, had never been governed
sithsT at home, or at school, or whipped
ct either place, in fact left to do as they
pleased. had they governed their homes
and run all the schools they had gone
70, believed themselves 10 be the em.
bodiment Of right raising, re6nemen
and thorough discipline. and ,eally th,
/ first generation. since the food, thai
bad been raised, aud educated Alright
they were bringing up their children
the same way at hsme, and wiAhed then
30 treated At school, Some Of this cIas'
interviewed ne.trprimanded me severe
| iy for want Of ability to teach, declares
belonged 10 the age in which thsi
grand parents had lived. said Solomon
who bad seea tho salutary effects Of ia
rod, npon children, was an old fosy and
. b4rbaEi.a, ~sA .A.t skipping va
savage and barbarouA Not Wishing @ b
regarded . barbarian,I d~isted fogginE
But, ! sOen discovsrsd, that thsrs 90
| another class, between these two. Tht
class thoagbt children ahoula be whiP-
Eped when .Asy needed IL and at n
other time, This view appeared reason
able, and was at once endorsed By 70.
better judgment, so l began wAiPpipI
the Toys and girls when they needed u
und not whipping shsA they did no
need it. Some Who yers whipped yer
children Of this third class, they cAlls
on me, approved nv course, but state
in emphatic terms that i had eorrscts
the wrong boys, that / ought TO hAy
Hoggs4 the other boys. Lthsa resolves
tho next time correction was neOssaar.
70 fsg the other boys / nov foun
+ |that this third class was much largs
than i had at first supposed, 10 sai
10 myself, vhs. shall ! dol | win 4
this, the next time, will inysstigai
the case, leave the dsCisioa 70 Ii
school, and act accordingly. Soon W.
Jones aud TEN Smith bad flight, Ii
case WAS Investigated, the scholars, q
j testified, no two made similar state
ments, no two saw the fight alike,exer
enc told o different story only two fac
were established-=frst, there had bee
fight, second, Joues on his own testi
mony admitted, that he struck the Ia
lick first ; then left tito the soho
which BOY should be whipped, they .
Z decided .uaanimousiy, that the boy WI
should be whipped Twas not ct sh'
school. The case was taken under sd
visement, and pending the final dsci
lon, I reasoned thus, have tnken Il
advice Of every class of ny patrons, an
of my school. and have not pleased
single class, my school, or myself m
/ l am more dissatisfied than anyone,p
have served or sndeavored TO pleas
Now this viii I do, I will never tai
the advice Of anyone, unless he kao'
more about my business than | do, tn
III viii attempt TO please no one but m
leself, that l will, with - pure intenti'
Il in every instance epdeayor to do pssi
. to all parties, dealing with each as
deserves, that Twill be chief in q
sehool-room and govern all who seek
education at my hands. that the peoI
may call me hereafter heatheu, barbs
ian, or anything they ehOose,i or eve
4 kill me if they choose, but they sh
tkill me for doing right, since then
Q have had much success, and great sat
81 faction in teaching, feeling more thar
thousand times, Isrdid for the childr
of many of my patrons, mere tbaa th
parents, and in many instances in o