The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-10
[Continued from last ISSUE !

FN1 peooJ "AdtCFCI tiCE
please, or the whim of the pa
rents may dictate, and the teach
er is compelled to use such
books, as are on hand, or the
parents choose 10 buy. The wri-
ter of this paper has visited
some schools, in which there
were fifty Or sixty pupils, where
the teachers were wearing them
selves out, not in teaching, but
in hearing recitations, for this
was really all that they could do,
with a half a dozen different
kinds of readers, the same num-
ber of arithmetlcs, grammars,
Biographies, and perhaps as
many kind of spoilers.
Now the question naturally
arises, How are all these per-
plexities to be remedied Who
is to do it? The teacher? The
Board of Education? Or must
the law come in and prescribe a
course of study, as it has done /?
and enforce the use of books
prescribed? These questions, l
will leave for others to decide,
with the exception of one rem
edy, which / will propose, and
that is TO secure the services of
permanent teachers in all the
schools, or i'll as many as posi-
BILE. Let there he a prescribed
course of study, then let the
teacher or board of education
select a series OF books to be
used to the exclusion of all 9th
ers, and require every pupil in
school to procure these books,
or let a supply be bought for
the use OF the school, and lent
to those who cannot or will not
buy. with the understanding
that they are to be returned, al
the close of the term.
The discipline of the school,
should be left entirely with the
teacher. He must teach an,
manage by his plan, the product
of his own brain. With any
other plan he will make a fail
ure. If the teacher is not able
to get up d plan Of government
a system of recitations, and {
proper arrangement of studies
without the constant direction
of some member of the scboo
committee, and following th'
advice of Mr.. A or Mr.. B, he i
a. failure and he has no business
in the school-room. 1 wOul
suggest for the ordinary countr.
school, about 80 or 80 pupils, tn
following studies: spelling
reading, writing, mental an
written arithmetic, geography
combined with history, Englis
grammar, ard drawing; one ses
: sion Of three hours in morning
: another of the same length l
7 evening, each divided into tw
: parts by an intermission Of te
minutes.
: In arranging classes great Cal
!; must be exercised. All Of th
= same grade should be classed t.
). gether, and no one should b
: classed too high. tits better
q put children in studies that the
r have been over, than to put the
, ahead OF themselves. Whe1
! ever child is put in a stud
u before he makes the necessal
preparation in other studies, 1
becomes discouraged, and h
kno Wedge becomes superficial
p? and again if child has tc
e many studies, he learns nothir
n we'll.
The teacher should be prom]
and punctual in attendance, al
Ii require the same from all tt
q pupils. There should be I
t. yielding ON the part of tt
teacher, but he must stand fir
in the beginning, and require
prompt compliance with all b
regulations, but not in tyranr
i cal manner, and when his schO
|? is properly organized there W:
De not be much trouble either
% % teaching or governing.
IN How to secure a regular
he tendance is one Of the INC
US perplexing questions,with whi
i'll a teacher has to contend, a.
IL without q regular attendance,
~ is almost impossible to retain
ce regular organization and a p'
d, feet classification. Many |
sr. rents entertain strange MOTTO
KS with reference to sending chi
IL rem to school. They thi
,;s that they can place them
to school, the second or third wee
,se after the school has been reg
a larly organized, and then ke
of them at home, one or two da
ne ne in the week, and that they "
as as learn just as much as those "
Ct attend all the time, and tE
his they save money. This is II
ay taken economy. Sometimes
ver find in onr nublic schools 30
'er 60 pupils one week, and
ad vi next week only 10 or IL.
he often find for the whole term
are average attendance Of fifty
ill cent or less.
Id. How are the difficulties to
ITS remedied? They are very
vs- couraging to the teacher, and
is often blamed for the ign