Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-04-16

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Promote as an object OF primary importan,
institutions for the general diffusion of kno,
edge. In proportion as the structure of a G,
ernment gives force to public opinion, il is nee
sarv that public opinion should be enlighten,
--Washlngton's Farewell Address.
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The distant mountains, that uprear
Their solid bastions to the skies,
Are crossed by pathways that appear
AS we TO higher levels rise.-Longfetto
lis the mind that makes the bo
rich. shakespeare.
Policy" said Thomas Fuller, ..cc
sists in serving God in such mann
as not to offend the devil.n
The teachers appreciate the care IL
was taken to prevent the operetta
terfering with school work.
Supt. Harper had 435 applicants
the spring examinations, IL of who
were for FIRST grade certificates.
Parents, do you really think IL
children ought to be sent to school |
fore they are five or six years of age (?
'Some books are to be tasted, 9th,
to be swallowed, and some few to
chewed and digested. " Francis Bacc
1861.
Miss Anna Potter. teacher of /
intermediate department of the Plat
vile Normal School, visited our Sch,
last Friday.
Did you ever notice that most fal
is found with q school by those W
never visit it, or otherwise obtain
liable Information about itP
The harsh, strident school tones mt
give place to sympathetic, gentle ton
before reading can be we'll taught
our schools. r G. Robertson.
Luxuries? Why, they come from {
Latin word tar, meaning light. Al
what do your luxuries lightenp Yo
pocket-book, boy; your pocket-book.
EG.
Soma conotarpotinn oone;J 40 l.
annoyance, and not little amuseme
were caused at school on Friday by &
piteous cries of little four-year-o
who was-honieSick.
Professor IN Psychology: Can '
conceive of anything as being out
time and still occupying spacea" NJ
steal Student (thoughtfully): .'Yes, 81
a poor singer in a chorus. ''-Er.
Is it not presumption for pupil wi
has never studied certain branch,
assume to know better than his teach
and the whole profession of educator
whether it is best for him to take tn
study?
The enrolment of a high school
always less in the spring than
other times. But it is encouraging
note that the decrease in ours this ter
is less than before for good mar
years.
Modern life is too complex, too tee
meal or artificial, too highly specialize
it seems to me, to render the succe
generally possible of any except of We
remarkable gifts, without the best a
ademical or formal scholastic traiuin
Hon d. H. Chamberlain.
There are classes in our High Scho
this term in Arithmetic (two), Graz
mar, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Coz
position, Book Keeping, Botany (two
Latin Lessons, Algreba, Phys. Geos
Outlines of History, Nat Philosoph
Cicero, German, Chemistry and En-
Literature. On account of the pressu
of work in other departments, it h
been necessary to discontinue one ella
each in Reading and Drawing.
us yer larnn' ennything at skuI
Thomas Jefle' son?'' Yes fader
slow many am two times two doz
aigs?" "Four dozen. . ''All good 'uns
eyes, fader." mo dey isn't. Y
nebber seed four dozen al good aigs
in this town. Yer pergrcss back arc
sab. Yer knowed more'n dat afor Y
went to skule, sab. Two times t,
dozen aigs amt more'n about fl
dozen and half, sab. Dye hcah, sab
--Er.
The Educational Reporter says IT
school textbook of our fathers may ST
be found on the dusty shelves of the {
bookshops, and it is a strange thing
look upon. To examine it, is to real
that it belongs to another, and an
most forgotten age. The crude metho
and cruder arts of early days have 90
to the limbo, and no one cares to rec
them to sight again. After residen
at Lancaster the Reporter would pre-
ably revise its opinion.
An earnest effort has been made ii
year to reduce the number of grades
the First Primary department to t
proper number (two). 1t seems, no
ever, that this intention must be {