Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-07-28
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.System. system. system; allis sys.
tenn. sAys the tagging. desultory
teacher System. system. system; NO
have nothing but system. We cat by
system. 30 many times q day, and at
such and such hours. We sleep bv
measurements. We dross by rule We
must get all our gala days In before
Lent and crowd our summer pleasures
into two small weeks and keep pace
with this c%easejess, clock-like clinking
round Of system; and then to add tho
final cap-stone tho Sunday-school
specialists have caught the spell and
cry system. system. system" And 20
1t is, and so It will be. The successful
teacher will have system. Like the
universe about US. every thing that OPP
crates harmoniously runs by system
not In ruts. but by a wholesome, gem
erous, ife-infusing system.
System In preparation Is essential In
securing well-digested teaching ma
teriaL Contact with The ideas that un-
derlie every lesson will produce ideas
upon the lesson. A habit OF going reg.
ulnrly to the fountain will keep the
teacher desiring to go. It will pro-
duce u necessity Of going. Many q
teachcr looking at the topic produces
a talk. It wcre better to talk overthe
lesson and produce a topic Topics
born OF careful aud Systematic prepare
ton produce teaching points, and
tenching points r rivets OF truth
which can be fastened inside and out
side OF the students life and character.
System In preparation will pcoduce
material and power in teaching.
One must not have all system
husky, unserviceublc system. General
Braddock. who attempted to fight the
Indians near Fort Du Quesnc. used
system without sense. and his army
would have altogether persisted had
not young Washington covered the re-
treat with u sensible system OF Gnu
ton n bravery. System in prepara-
tion and teaching is like n foundation
n framework in building-it consti-
tutes the preliminaries about which
you arc going to spread the Iastinp
effects OF truth. And again, system In
teaching has another likeness To foup-
dations- 1t suggests thnt tho In
structor begins with what the pupil
already knows, and from what the
pupil knows, direct to what may le
''new" and unknown. This might te
illustrated in the lesson on Tho Timid
Woman's Touch" by referring TO dis
eases that are common among people
"a sore upon the hand. n patch of
scrofula-and work up tho conception
OF u running sore lasting twelve years
IN It's ravages. and Mt length cured by
some skillful physician Then de-
scripe n hcmorrhage OF tho lungs, or
nose. or ears, lasting twelve years, a.d
ea'ed by Christ ut once. Then pIct-
ure the analogy OF sin-the multiplicity
and duration OF its effects-und the
one undeniable and SOLO magic mower
to savc-namely, Christ. In rop
ing Il lesson always arrange tho teach-
ing points SO as to increase tho inter-
est Mt each successive step. and mako
each point or illustration or applica-
ton have tho Same effect, II possible,
rs hoe closing events in n story given
In parts, SO That the pupils anticipa-
ton will DO sustained to tho close; or
SO Introduce the teaching points as u,
mako n similar effect to tho successive
strokes OF n crayon in the hands or an
artist, to bring into completeness the
picture, which at first was only mn out
line. Do this, and system in teaching
will DO useful, wholesome. redeominR.
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