Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-17
UBLlC OPINION.

To obtain the best results we must
make every eXertiOn to improve, to the
greatest extent. all the opportunities
which are offered. THE ROdHOke Cole
gidn.
Something is wrong when a child
must be compelled to study. The truth
is pleasing to the mind, and all instruc-
ton should be interesting to the pupil
Our country and Village Schools.
Caleb Gushing, in one of the greatest
of his great speeches. in speaking of
the progress of nations, says: "As soon
as we cease to grow we begin to per-
ish." This can certainly be said with
added and intensified force in regard
to the teacher.-Supt. G. S. Smyh,
Cal.
There is no good reason why scien-
tific men should neglect to apply scien-
tific methods to the economy and sta
tistics of everyday life. 1t is unfortu-
nate that scientific men aspire so ex-
clusively to original research. We need
men to couple love of science with love
of mankind. Eaton.
School-life should aim at the devel-
opment of character. Nothing is more
essential than noble aims, readiness to
work from n sense of duty, ambition
for knowledge, and reverence for truth.
But the aim to stand high in class, in
order to excel ones neighbor, is any
thing but noble. That pride which
possesses the mind of the gifted schol-
ar, who can easily outrank the less fav-
ored one, is in no sense noble.-Supt.
S. T. DuttOn, NeD HdUen.
No child living in families where
there have been cases of scarlet fever,
diphtheria, or any other contagious
diseases. will be admitted into the pub
lie schools until two weeks after such
exposure. and children who have been
subject to any contagious disease shall
not be admitted into the public schools
until one week after entire recovery
the certificate of the family physician
being required in all cases as a guaran-
ty of such recovery.-Sch0ol Regutd-
ton. JOneSbOro, Tenn.
Written examinations of pupils are
held quarterly in all the schools. ques-
tons being prepared by the superin-
tendent. As stimulant, calculated
to reach and influence all grades of in
tellect among pupils, and to avoid the
usual unpleasant and Improbable re-
suit of awarding prizes to one or two
successful members of class, the fol-
lowing plan has been adopted: One
fourth of the pupils in each grade
whose relative class standing is highest
in scholarship during the year are.
upon recommendation of the teacher of
the class and the principal, honorably
excused from the final examination by
the superintendent and promoted the
next higher grade.-Supt. W. ~ CrOw,
GaiUeSt0n, lerds.
We may hear complaints of over
pressure from parents of girls in the
high schools. They say that the home
lessons set cannot, as rule, be done
in the time supposed by the teachers to
be sufficient for them, and that their
daughters are constantly obliged to
work during a great part of the after
noon and evening. The stereotyped
retort of the teachers is, "Then you
have no business to let them. We set
down the time which the lesson ought
to occupy, and We request parents to
see that this time is not exceeded. II You
fail to comply with our request. are VIZ
10 blame?' This reply is scarcely con
elusive. If teachers habitually Sc
work which they must know cannot b,
done in anything like e time allowed
one Of two things must happen. Either
the timetable for home lessons be
comes dead letter. or else the chill
dren of conscientious parents, who in
sist on its observance, compete at s
disadvantage with others whose parents
do not trouble themselves at all in the
matter.-LOndon Journal Of Education