The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-29
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
J. j. zUCCARELLo, EDITOR.
THE NEW EDUCATION.

Good bye past! WELCOME pres
ent! Hail future! On the founda
lion OF the past would we build the
present, which is ever reaching in
10 the future. In the past we see
both good and evil; in the present
we see more of the good and less
of the evil; and in the future we
see still more of the good and less
OF the evil. We reason from the
past; we deal with the present;
and we speculate upon the future.
In more special sense we reason
from the educational work of the
past; we deal with the educational
work of the present, and we specu
late upon the educational work OF
the future. We live in and deal
with the present. 1t is here and
we do not hesitate to say-Wel-
come. We are glad it is here with
all its advantages and all its faults.
We rejoice that the wooden-plow
and the stick harrow are thing OF
the past; that the Rip Van Win
kle awaking, finds the dog Snyder
ne,and endeavors to join the NOV
ing ranks, on whose banners we
distinctly discern. "New Educa-
tion," and Live Normal Schools
that the "Lickin' and Larnin' by
rote' is giving way TO learning
from objects themselves. Still TO
gies both old and young exist, and
it is blessing to humanity their
numbers rapidly diminish. If upon
entering the school room you dis
cover the reading to be a mechani-
cal drawl instead of vocalized
thought; if the teachers eyes can
uot leave the text book during the
recitation, because he does not
know even what is in the one small
text book, and has no get-up about
him to get outside OF the text, you
can see stamped upon that teacher
and still worse upon his school
"Fogy." Such teachers do not at
tend Normal Institutes, hold edu-
cational journals in low estimation,
and seldom read even their county
papers. We also have great many
togy parents, who live in the past,
and of course they want theii
school to do likewise. They regard
apparatus, charts, objects, etc, as a
nuisance. How can a man chop
without an axe? How can farmer
pillow without pillow? How can a
book keeper keep books If he has no
books to keep? How then in the
uame of common sense can a teach
er GO into a school room and give
instructions if he has No apparatus,
charts, ETC., with which to illus
trate? II is true, our live, progress
slve, teachers devise apparatus for
some illustrations, so can book
keeper make books in which to
keep his accounts, but where is the
business man who would think this
economy? The teacher may go in
to the school room ever so we'll pre-
pared for his work, but he must
ecessarlly work at geat disadvan
age, if besides having no appara-
tus, library, not even a dictionary
and poor furniture, there are hal
a dozen old fogies in the district
who want to run the thing. If they
would use one half the efforts which
they make in trying to cause
trouble in the district in endesvor
ing to get modern appliances for
the school, they would benefi
themselves and the school. / homo
the teacher who can stand up un
der these circumstances and Civ
these "fogies'' to understand Their
is a nohler life for them to live il
attending to their own affairs, ant
who can let the public know tina
they do not know even the frs
principles OF teaching. Yes, w
hail the present, with it's live, bette
methods gaining ground every day
with its religion becoming bette
every day; with all its turmoil il
the financial world; with its power
that will not tolerate anarchism
D with its increasing educationa! ia
! eilities; with its colleges a
over our land, moulding an
shaping minds; with its indepen
7 dent normal schools that are revo
lutionizing the educational world
s We give credit to the past, we graI
e pie with the present and endeavo
+ to mould it for the future.
We are glad that we live in tn
present progressive age, and wit
, all of our energies, fellow-teachers
ct us throw every possible lnflu
ence in favor of "The new educa
, tion," by hearty CO operation il
: our Institutes, reading educationa
journals, and organizig reading cir
: cles. If we can make one NOR
d thrust st the old fogies in tn
s schools; one more thrust at the OLE
! croakers in business circles; on
G more thrust at the rotten and cor
rupt politicians, and one NOR
thrust at the hypocrites in tn
: church, and in that thrust we ca
: plant live germ which will gro'
and even keep them from retardin
= the wheels of progress so that til
present may be moulded in sue
!" way --as will bring good result
for the future, our work will nc
e have been in vain.
3 The following are the notices fo
8 the week.
J. 16. We should have all our CON
N munications with men as in th
2. presence of God, and with God 9
J. in the presence Of men.
IL II. Without content we shall fin
k it almost as difficult to please 9th
"a ers as ourselves.
is. knowledge without justit