Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-04-23

EDUCATIONAL.
Promote as an object OF primary Importance
| institutions for the general diffusion of know-
| edge. In proportion as the structure OF Gov
eminent gives force to public opinion, it Is
| saw that public opinion should be enlightened
-Washington's Farewell Address.
L. NJ WooD. A. M............. ...........E Editor.
"Idleness is the key Of beggary, and
| the root of all evil''
Every great book is an action and
every great action is book ~ Martin
Luther, 1883.
Miss Nettie Clark, of Boscobel, visited
our School last week. She commenced
teaching four miles south of Lancaster
on Monday.
what is the world coming TOP The
poorest man is now put on an equality
with the richest, so far as books are
concerned. - Central Baptist.
Nearly all large schools have pianos,
and we have yet to learn of one that has
regretted the purchase. They are be-
ing rapidly introduced into the best
graded schools throughout the country.
The bell of public school in Month
cello, N. Y, was heard ringing the
other day at an unusual time, and on
investigation it was found NEW teach
err was using the end of the bell rope
to correct refractory pupil. Philadcl-
phia Ledger.
The enrolment of the Lancaster
schools is about forty greater than a
year age at this time. Each department
shows an increase, and it is difficult TO
find seats enough. The enrolment of
the First Primary department reached
ll5 last week, when it was deemed
necessary to promote, somewhat pre-
maturely, about dozen to the next
room.
President Eliot, of Harvard Uniyer-
sity, in an address before the Massachu-
sets Teachers Association the other
day, said that it would be much better
for two or three towns to maintain one
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high school adequately equipped, rather
than for each one to maintain weak
and poorly equipped high school. The
only thing that stands in the way of
such union is local jealousy, and the
sooner tina: is set aside the better
Boston Journal
A teacher. in giving her class their
first lesson on opposites, found it diff
cult for the children to understand 1t,
and illustrating from the word sugar
and its opposite, vinegar thought
she had made the difference ineligible.
'What is vinegarp" she inquired.
Sour" was the response. II think
you understand now. Please tell me
what is the opposite of polite?" A
cloud of hands was raised, and chorus
of voices exclaimed, "Sour. "-Eg.
TIE TEACHER A STUDENT. A true
teacher never thinks his education CON-
plete. but is always seeking to add to
his own knowledge. The moment any
man ceases TO be a systematic student
he ceases to be an effective teacher;
he gets out of sympathy with learners;
he loses sight of the process by which
new truth enters the mind; he becomes
unable to understand fully the difficult
ties experienced by others who are re-
ceiving knowledge for the first time 1t
is by the act of acquiring, and by watch
ing the process by which you yourself
acquire, that you can help others to ac-
qulre.-Fitch.
They show but little acquaintance
with High School work who suppose
that the labor of instruction is depend
ent upon the enrolment and size of the
classes, and not the number of grades
and recitations. In many of the higher
branches one recitation includes more
subject matter and more occasion for
explanation, illustration and experiment
than is found in weeks work of a
class in the lower grades. A small class
does not greatly lessen this necessary
work; and. indeed, there are times. -
in Algebra or Geometry, for instance
when the recitation can be conducted
more quickly with a dozen or more
members than with four or five.
piano in our School would afford
better 'time" and, consequently, would
promote better singing in chapel exer-
cises, better marching, and better gym
nastic exercises. 1t would lend much
greater interest to the morning services,
and would allow many special musical
exercises that are not now feasible. 1t
would prevent the hindrance, annoy
ance, and expense tina. have been hith-
erto experienced IN regard to music for
rhetoricals and commencement, and
would allow more and better public
entertainments than have been practi-
cable heretofore. In word, it would
add greatly to the interest and pride of
the pupils and community in the Lam
caster public schools.
THEIR VERDICT.-At the final ex-
animation in Astronomy last term these
questions were asked: "(a) DO YOU
feel paid for the time devoted to this
study? (b) Do you intend to continue
observing and studying the stars?"
One answered:
sa(nl | feel greatly renaid for tho tiua