Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-12
sro,l County Gegister
Educational Column,
JOHN B. SCOTT, EDITOR.

textbook and review by outline. The |
"a" arithmetic class will finish the
textbook and review, the "B" arith- |
metic will complete the subject to an
aIysis, the nc" will finish the subject
to common interest, the I'D" to multi
plication of common fractions. The
IA" grammar will finish the textbook
and review, the "Bn will complete in
the first seventy-five pages of the prac-
teal or advanced grammar which they
have just begun, the "C' will finish
the primary and partially review. "a"
geography will complete the subject
and U. S., "B" geography will finish
the subject and partially review. While
no definite work is mentioned for the
reading and spelling classes, every
lesson a pupil misses pats him behinn
his grade for the reason mainly that
every lesson i'm reading and spelling is
one language and the more pupil
knows of language the more rapid Will
be his progress in other branches. The
hone is expressed that each pupil now
i'm school will remain till the close and
finish the work mentioned. AT the close
of the school we shall have an exam
ination for the purpose of ascertaining
the thoroughness Of each pupil that
may know the proper grade to which
each belongs. Let there be no drop
ping off" in our school. 1t will afford
me much pleasure to state at the close
of the school that this common and per-
nicious habit of allowing children to
quit school before the session can not
be charged TO our patrons.
"a member of the rhetorical classes
in certain college had just finished his
defamation when the professor said:
Mr., do you suppose a general
would address his soldiers in The man
ner you spoke that piece? Yes, sir.
1 do was the reply, if he was half
scared to death and as nervous as cat. ,
Our reports for the month of Janu-
airy to patrons go out to-day Monday,
We are glad to state that there has
been a constant increase of interest on
the part of those pupils whose attend
auce has been regular.
If it be true that ''nine- tenths OF what
a man becomes from veal or woe, is due
to his early education, this formative pro-
cess, and that difference in education is
a cause OF the difference among meu; and
had any two men exchanged cradles, they
would have exchanged characters and
epitaphs also,' how exercised should ev-
ery parent feel in educating his children,
how definitely and Enthusiastically should
every instructor weigh his responsibility
and how eagerly should society institute
and sustain every move for the bettermen1
of the children. A mans business may
terests, or in consequence of the indubit-
able laws of supply and demand. Over
production may derange the money value
ofhis products, but the demands for keen
clea:-cut, forcible thought, 'sbrainy pro-
ducts,' are never fully supplied. There
will be over stocked; the suffering will
come from lack of supply. Like the
gods, whose favor and protection increas
ci with the reverence their votaries yield
ed them, so with the increment of intel
ligent forces comes greater demand ano
larger capacity to enjoy the fruits of sucl
forces. Put in the possession of the chile
the full measure of brain power. rather
than the glittering bauble of wealth or
its twin sister, conceit, and we empowel
him to chisel the rough edges off of life
and doubly to enjoy its conflicts when TIT
triumphs have been Won. Education o
the right kind puts the tools in Il child
possession whereby the difficulties All,
obstacles can be overcome by his own UNI
aided powers. What raises our admira
ton of man quicker, and sustains
longer, than to see him, harassed witt
trouble, apparently downed by the fates
bravely and courageously bearing up
with unwaving faith in his power and Ell
durance. trampling every obstacle unde
his feet. We at once yield to him our full
confidence and place him foremost il
some department OF renOwn. Such wer
Washington, Garibaldi, Kossuth. Thei
courage inspires us, their will-powe
awes, while their gentleness wins us
While it is useless to expect such charac
tiers to become common, it is certainl
true that education can fit boys for th
attainment: of higher and nobler ideal
than those which the present generatio
is seeking to attain. More common sens
and less red-taped technicalities; mor
thought power. and less superficiality
greater independence in intelligent plan
ming and execution and less apron-strins
following. All these things are wante
i'm the education of the children to prop
erly fit them for the arduous climbin
which will inevitably fall to their lot
Life is real; life is earnest, 'and it is eN
IRENE folly to impress the child with I'll
idea tina: his culture will i'm some myste
rious way enable him to take FER anotht
prescription. If the bitter in life is to
sugar-coated he himself must learn Il
ingredients requisite to this end. Home
schools and churches. i'm short the earl
influences must be of the best type befo
there can be reasonable hope in the SUI
cessful issue of any life. As it is Il
teachers business to encourage, facilita