The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-08-26

tN1t tttal ~ It[t s'tzf t.f t'4St
lectures are bad things. Ne can
recall some OF the old tint- teachers
who tortured rs N tb.- manner.
When we give = talk murufag> 1t it
be short. t" the point, ...d ti>vays
be sure there j. d po:ar srase place
around. A. far a. possible 80 the
pupils take part. II it cn.n<- 10 be
little talk on morals or 3.i.uners,
let the pupils vote who >>-~ t'..- most
cowardly, who tbs brayc~t. which
part IN the act they would rather
play, &c. And that bring, IL round
to another mistake in teachin (. Some
of us are apt to teach too much
book knowledge. We become SO
interested and so eager to see the
pupils push on fast in their studies
that we lose sight of other bran ches
of their education equally important.
We forget that those children will
be gentlemen and ladies soon. and
will heap Goals OF fire on our heads
/ for not teaching them those many
little ac.s Of courtesy, the lack OF
| which will cause them many a hard
| thump. We have been in schools,
perhaps, where should We mention
the names pollteness, nice manners,
courtesy, &c. It would he met by
sneers from a certain class OF halt
| grown boys who consider themselves
men; but those same boys may have
! a sense of honor. OF night and wrong,
| and kindness ofspirit, that would not
/ see the weak trampled upon by the
strong; that could not see suffering
without offering relief. BY drawing
! them out gradually from the deep er
acts of kindness, founded on prime l.
Piles of right and wrong, to i9h ter
acts of courtesy, founded On the law
of kindness; then tell them, "well :.
now. we understand these things
exactly alike Now this is nothing
less than politeness. This is pre-
Cisely what we mean when we speak
of politeness Just do all you can
to make life pleasant for all YOU
| meet"
remember very we'll one year of
taking some boys through that orde al
and OF giving them many examples
of how they should conduct them
selves at home, on the streets and
play grounds, and in the scho OIL
room. making themselves useful an d
pleasant, &c, one day upon step
ping INTO the hall and finding one Q
those BOYS down on his knees pulling
on girls rubbers. When the lit lie
miss had thanked him and he rose
and saw me, he was somewhat con-
fused, as no pupil was expected to
stop in the hall; but he was soon set
at ease by my putting an arm around
his neck and saying truthtully: IN Y
dear bov, I'm proud of YOU; YOU
have acted the part of a gentleman
Then to sum up that point, let us
teach manners. Teach 1t every day.
Not pasmodically, but steadily. W t
can get a lesson for manners anC
morals out Of almost any thing.
People want their children tau gh'
etiquett, As they tenn 1t. heard :
man remark not long ago-a Pruf
old farmer YOU would perhaps thinE
hinl-that i his children were no
taught more manners at school thar
he had time to teach them at home
he would consider their education o
but little importance 10 them.
Another very hard battle to fgh
is impatIence with dull pupils
Teaching is pleasant enough as Ions
, as it all goes off to our own idea
but when we have halt dozel
pupils who cannot learn and we thlnl
will not. it becomes quite diff eren
thing and the pleasures all seem los
in the annovanCe>- But we mus
expect such cases We must no
imagine all our pupils are gong /
:, be bright and see a point at frs