The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-03-18

By q, b. MURRA
z1'iye'H:E'FRjss I ) Col L,UMN.
i q. ohINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
Attention, HALL By order of the
Board Of Trustees in District No. Il, the
schools will close on the 25th inst /.
Mr.. Major requests US to ask if it
.Swonid not be we'll to teach q child to
read and write decimals as soon as he has
learned the first four rules of arithmetic.
We hope some one will give US his opin-
ion as to the propriety or expediency OF
the plan. If Mr.. Major has tried it, will
she give us the benefit of his experience?
These questions are for the teachers; let
i none be afraid to discuss them.
B Miss Maggie J. Mauldin writes from.
Williamson: Ny school now numbers
Z thirty, and the progress some Of the
pnpils have made is very encouraging.
: : The Teachers Column has proven quite
interesting as well as instructive. | was
specially pleased with your remarks on
the subjectof spelling. Pass.book exer'
else affords an opportunity for improve.
mens in both spelling and writing.
Those Of my pupils who can, make use
Of q pass,book.
& Every thing promises success at the
approaching meeting of the Teachers
Association. Many teachers and several
trustees have assured US of their determi-
nation to be on hand promptly, prepared
to take part in the discussions and delib.
erations Of the meeting. Mr.. G. @.
Hodges, School Commissioner Of Able.
vile County, will be with US, and posi-.
! bly Mr.. @. w. WEIGH, the able editor OF
the Teachers Column in the Newberry
81 aHsraM and Ne,os.
The speakers appointed to open the
]. discussions on the 9th inst. are not ex-
pected to deliver long, exhaustive ora
tions. Big speeches have been known to
I killsuch meetings. This is to be an ex-
sperisnce meeting. We want your ideas
J. as gathered from your own experience
In the.school.room. You need not talk
more than ten minutes. Begin the fire
and let others follow in short, sharp,
pointed remarks. There will be,no time
for Blncombe eloquence. Boil your
ideas down, Let us allattene. hoping
aud expecting to learn something.
Messrs. q. w. FAINT & Son have on
hand q number of g. @. Hodges Book
of Quotations. II would pay you to get
acopy and examine it. Every pupil
ought: to have one. Your youngest
{ pupils Will take delight in learning the
beautiful lines Of truth and wisdom
fonnd ID it. Many Of your patrons are
perfectly willing to get them, but are
waiting for you to suggest it or request
it.. Tell them, of the value of such a
book, and create demand for it by
teaching your pupils enough from your
own to make them fond of.euch an ex-
ercise.
Mr.. Bagwell writes: I,have enrolled
pinety.nine pupils. l thought I knew
something about@ork, but have never
been as busy before in my life. School
is considerably smaller now, not more
than forty or fifty scholars. The patrons
have enlarged the house, so we have
plenty room and very comfortable
/ house. They were going to employ an
assistant, had the public schools run in
this Township. There will be only one
month free school, and that will begin
: 18th Of, July. ! will have an assist
]: ant then. am we'll pleased with the
community. / have been uneasy about
the measles ever since I have been here.
Ihad a chance to catch them at Pied
mont, and they are now in this settle
ment. hope I may escape them. l
have no idle time. When l am not in
school, I am studying.
Br,shy Creek, March 8.
I'VE are glad to hear from Mr. Bsg-
well, We do not wonder !!.at he hasn't
had time to write us before now. If he
has succeeded in teaching ninety-nine
pupils much, be ought to be pensioned.
But ons thing is certain: Bog Bagwell
will come as near as any other man to
teaching that number.-ED.
Mr.. ED1roa.: Your reference to MIR.
Kennedy in the Teachers Column re.
minds me Of an incident that occurred at
old Thalion. "Old Boss" was in the
habit Of opening school with prayer, and
on this occasion one of the students,
standing in the rear and not having the
fear Of God and "Old Boss" before his
eyes, thoughtlessly inserted his finger in
the locks of "Old Boss's" hair, and,
: almost before he had time to think, the
old gentleman whirled and brought him
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