Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-26
EDUCATIONAL.

EDUCATIONAL. |
Promote as an object of primary importance,
institutions for the general diffusion OF knowl-
edge. In proportion as the structure Of Gov
ernment gives force to public opinion, it Is neces
sarv that public opinion should be enlightened. ,
-Washington's Farewell Address
Examinations this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Pulford were welcome
visitors at school last week.
The average home study of the A.
grade, High School, last week was 1879
hours.
Among the alumni of Yale are our
two great photographers, Webster and
Worcester.-E1
The tardy pupil becomes tardy man
or woman whose word cannot be de-
pended upon. IS, S. Journal.
II seemed populous High School
last week when both divisions were
combined on account of the cold.
Miss Clara Jones esq came home to
spend Washington's Birthday, and
greeted her friends at school Monday.
In several respects. the regular rhe-
| torieal exercises of Room f. last week
were the most satisfactory for three
years past.
Richard Grant White says the letter
~ IS disappearing from the American
toague. This is truly alarming. We
shall presently have no month in which
oysters may be safely eaten. En-.
The Youths Companion of last week
contains most admirable article from
the pen of Canon Farrar on ssThe
Study of English Literature" 1t
would pay all young people to read it.
Life being very short, and the quiet
hours of it few, we ought to waste none
/ of them in reading valueless books; and
valuable books should, in a civilized
country. be within the reach of every
ne.Ruskin.
Thirty-fve students of our High
School (about $50 report that study is
more enjoyable than year ago; pa-
haps half dozen are not as much in
terested as then; and the others do not
| notice any change or neglect to report.
Nearly all of the inconvenience from
cold rooms in our School this winter has
been on Mondays. The weather has
seemed more severe than usual on those
/ days, and then, as the walls are plas-
tered on the bricks, it is very difficult to
warm them after thoroughly cold.
The ruin of most men dates from
some vacant hour. Occupation is the
armor of the soul. There is satirical
poem, in which the devil is represented
| as fishing for men, and fitting his bait
| to the taste and business of his prey;
| but the idler, he said, gave him no
/ trouble, as he bit the naked hook
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For the habits of close attention it be-
| gets, for the interest with which it in
vests the most monotonous, and the
| charm which it lends to the most at
tractive landscape, as we'll as for the
stores of useful knowledge it imparts,
Botany should be taught in every
school, s. DaUts, W. d., U,atversitg
of Virginia.
Why Hobson objected; "Hobson,n
said Muggins. '.they tell me you've
taken your boy away from the graded
school. What's that forp" cause,
| said Hobson. '.the master amt fit to
teach i'm .'Oh," said Muggins.
I've heard he's very good MASTER
"Well." replied Hobson, apo.ogetically,
"all / know is he wanted to teach my
boy to spell Eaters with .p. -
NeiO-Berae (NC) Journal.
Wisdom is independence. The man
who has acquired knowledge, can in a
great measure control his own future
His opportunities for earning money
are largely increased; his pleasures lie in
his love of reading and study, and are
therefore always open to him; he is re-
spected by his fellow men; he never
feels the WEAKNESS of the vacant rlind;
if reverses come to him--his wisdom en-
ables him to meet them bravely and
often to conquer them. School Room
] Guide.
Two years ago, we attempted to give,
in this column, the reasons why written
excuses for absence and tardihess are
necessary. There are still few par
ents, however, who deem it a great
hardship to write excuses, and conse-
quently grumble at the rule. If such
really desire it, we will repeat the
reasons for the regulation, but it ought
to be sufficient for them to reflect that
almost, If not ALL well conducted
graded schools have substantially the
| same rule.
William and Mary College, at Will
liamsburg, Va, had but one student at
the beginning OF the present collegiate
year. and was Obliged to close its doors.
After life of 19l years the alm1 mater
OF Washington, Randolph, Tyler, Brock
enridge and Scott, next to Harvard the
Oldest college in the United States,
dies for the want of support. The fact
shows either that prestige counts for