The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-10

II YOU 60 not tnd j. pTaCt.capit 10
have an exercise in singing, Why then
YOU lnay call your pupils into tic
school room and require them to sit
down and join with you in social con-
vrrsation. I'LiS requirement will not
he found necessary ,"ore than once.
Pupils cannot help loving their teach
er. if lie Show them Any attention ;
and the teacher has IN immense
power in his favor when lie WINS tile
love Of his pupils.
Lei this be & daily exercise, CON
suming . few minutes i'll preparing
for work. This will afford you full
opportunities to incuicate po!itcncss
and refinement, and YOU may learn
much Of the nature Of your pupils.
Try it. and let us know the results.
The blackboard rs commo!y used
is Injurious to the health, especially
to that Of the teacher. ! have often
wondered how this las escaped the
authors Of books Oh tea2!ing. We
have abundant warning as TO the un.
healthfuI effect OF stonc-cucting
needle grinding. grain shovel!ing,
etc. but | have never read line OF
heard a sentence Of caution IS re.
CARDS biachhoarjls. | have watched
teachers Of infant classes, masters of
public and high schools. tutors and
professors in college, teaching their
classes or lecturing to their students.
chalk in hand. speaking continually
amid q dense cloud Of floating chalk.
dus:, which at every breath passed
directly to the delicate lung cells.
What wonder that asthma is almost
universal amo ~ aged teachers? Can
the prevalence OF consumption, bron,
chitis, etc. be considered renarka.
bic among those who are breathing
chalk-dust SO constantly? The or
dinary plaster-of-laris crayons
greatly aggravate the evil. TO one
engaged in teaching arithmetic Or
mathematics several hours day, the
consequences are inevitable. The
prevalent mistake lies in the suppo-
sitlon that water applied to black
board will spoil it, whereas q good
board is greatly benefited by being
well washed every day. The dust
nuisance may be greatly abatcd by
the careful use Of the sponge. |
have for ten years pas! constantly
used large sponge, or . ball of
woollen cloth. which does not require
wetting more than once, or at
most twice 4 day. l have for
len years past constantly used
a large sponge, or a ball OF
woollen cloth, which does not re-
quire wetting more than once, or at
most twice a day. A very few drops
sprinkled skilfully over the surface
are sufficient to keep the dust down.
No time is lost in waiting for the
board to dry, for one end is gene.
rally ready for use by the time the
brush has reached the other There
is no reason in the nature Of things
for constantly inhaling this deadly
dust, and suffering the consequences.
If the damp sponge is kept at hand,
the face Of the board kept free from
accumulations, and brushes we'll
dasted every day, the evil may be re-
duced to very small compass. The
matter is worth the attention Of all
concerned.
1t would pay any teacher to re-
coat rough board, rather than suffer
the effects Of chalk-dust. Let any
teacher observe, two hours after dis
mission, the thick covering Of chalk
dust which settles down on the
desks and seats Of an ordinary
Schooi-room on the afternoon Of o
cold day when the windows have been
kept closed. and reflect whether the
unavoidable impurities Of the school,
room air are not sufficient without
the addition Of preventible ones.-
Cunudu Sch00l Jomno,
If the teacher will air his room
'requentlY-and this is necessary for
other reasons Us well-he will rid
Of much Of the dust, and by
using patent erasers he collects
much more Of it. Now take tie
precautions given above. and you
will have no trouble whatever.
One may fill the room with dust
everytime lie rubs the board or ne
nay avoid doing so to . large cx-
,ent.
A mistake occurred last week in
'egard to Miss Annie Grenvkcr's as
'isting in the school at Helena. 1t
should have been Miss Laura Creme
ler, rs the former is teaching in