Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-19

ueCiue WINCH ~ Lne ucotj HlOSt eleSdIL,
and most convenient residence" The
preface of one of the best treatises on
English grammar that ever saw, did
not extend over quite one.fourth of a
page in a duodecimo volume. The
author Of that book did not spend time
and space in extolling his work, but he
used his talents to make a work that
would aid pupils to speak and write
correctly.
Many parents complain that their
children are not taught practical things
in school, that is, they are not instruct.
ed in such way as to make them
self'reliant, and capable of doing their
own business. To some extent, this
complaint is well founded 1t is truly
surprising to see how ignorant, many
graduates, especially Of our female
schools. are of the ordinary affairs of
the world. In almost every paper
which is paper of any literary merit,
there are many brief articles which our
graduates do not understand.
AS many shoots have just COM
menced, or will soon commence to con.
tinue five months, l suggest that teach
ers try plan that has been used with
great success in many northern schools.
The plan is follows:
The teacher selects short article
from some periodical, writes it On the
board, and the pupils write it in their
copy books, Or scratch-books, and, just
before noon, ten minutes are spent in
talking about the article, and the more
advanced pupils are asked to explain
it. A few examples will now be given.
An article in Boston paper reads
as follows:
SPOKEN.
Dec. 16, lat. "a 28N, lon. 1874 25 w,
ship Invermald, Dood, from San Fran
cisco for Queenstown.
The pupils are required to tell wbat
is ment by spoken" what was the
captains name, and over what water.
the ship had sailed, or intended to sail
About month ago, the following
article appeared in a Nashville paper
During six weeks of the year, thu
sun does not set in Alaska until i
rises in Maine"
The pupils are required to show tina
this is true by an illustration on tn,
board and on the wall maps.
In some editions of King James
translation Of the Bible, there is
comma after degeneration" in Mat
1928. Other editions have no comma
Which editions are correct?
In Mat. 1924, it is said that a ser
want owed the king ten thousand tai
ents. One Commentator says that tel
thousand talents are equal to SIS, $780,
600. Is that commentator correct
If prove it on the bOord,
Previous to the late war, it was
custom among stock>traders to buy
crib full of corn from a farmer, and i
measuring the corn, they were accu
toned to count seven cubic feet for
barrel of corn. Let the pupil illu
trate on the board, whether the pul
chaser or the seller gained by tn
mode Of measuring.
In the STANDARD of January /:
l there are two rules for measuring corr
r The first is founded on the suppositiO
| that it takes two bushels of shucke
: corn to make one of shelled corn. TIL
other supposes that it takes three busl
els of corn in the shuck, to make one
e shelled corn. Neither supposition
) always correct. Some men, in gathe
ing corn, will throw into the Wagon
n shucks, stems, and stalks, to such a
d extent, that it will require four bushe
. of corn in the shuck to make one {
e shelled corn.
t A certain book informs us that, 80
d Sunday morning, Oct, y, 1856, ii
n Island of Rhodes was visited by a
It earthquake" Prove that Oct. !.
d 1856 was Sunday.
g In which of the thirty-eight Stat
of this government, must a man bu
y goods at shilling a yard, and Sc
II thono of o Shillinr, n ,.or1 and IN n