Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-08


the proper Aaadfing of books. and
every schoolroom should be furnished
with facilities for washing the hands
when soiled. Every pupil should have
q desk to himself. so that there may
be ample space on the desk and within
it to dispose of his volumes properly.
and be held responsible for their con-
dition.
Eternal vigilance on the part of the
teacher is the price of a well-ordered
every teacher should inspect the books
reading this article and see, what she
win find. If they have been used for
any considerable time the majority of
the volumes viii be dog-eared, q
proclivity that can not be stopped
when once fairly begun in a book.
Many books viii exhibit the names of
the owners, not on the fy-leaves, but
also on the margins of the pages,
some viii be marred by comic PEN
and-ink sketches, of the teacher, per-
haps, showing considerable misapplied
ingenuity, and, perhaps, little talent
which needs to be diverted into proper
channels. Here and there, on the
pages of the mathematical works,
problems will have been solved. while
other are filed with their appropriate,
or rather inappropriate, naarginGttG.
The corners of the same will be cut
off, the leaves of others missing, and
the backs of not q few broken, to say
nothing of ink and fruit stains.
The teacher being in loco PARENTS.
this marring of textbooks should not be
permitted, If they are furnished by the
parents, and still less if furnished by
public funds. It Is a common thing to
find large dictionaries and other costly
works Of reference similarly disfigured,
or left on window-sills to be warped
and discolored by the suns rays, or on
hot steam radiators. 1t is, therefore,
not to be wondered at that school
directors are usually averse to spend
ing money for costly books and ap-
paratus which often last only few
terms, through the negligence of the
teachers in charge. In this, as in
teacher IS more effective tnan precept.
B. F. Kserr, Minneapolis.
What They Say.
Better multiply our normal schools
and not build so many Bennington
battle monuments.-Rutla,sd (T.)
Herald.
A sharp distinction should be care
fully observed between physical, man
ual, industrial, and technical educa-
tion.-Presttlent Gilman, John Hopkins
University.
When a man comes to think it q sin
to send his children to the public school,
then, surely. it will be sin for him to
have hand in their administration
Edsoia d. Mead, Boston.
Teachers are devoted to their work
and give as much time to it as seems
necessary,-not nearly as much as was
demanded ten years since, when
written examinations were more fire.
quent. Tdsh, Portland, He.
The protest of the AT of the fore
most men and women in England
against the part played by competitive
examinations in English schools and
colleges is, probably, in its way, the
most remarkable document in educa-
tional history.-Neso York Euening
Post.
Ihave no patience with those who
think it beneath them to prepare in
their education to make a good and in
dependent living. In fact, education
is not an end, it is a means, q prepara-
ton for such living; that is. the business
of life is to ive.-W N. Barrtnger,
Nes0ark, NJ j.
The friends of temperance must bear
in mind that more is needed than scien-
tific instruction; the conscience must be
enlightened and the will strengthened,
and for this purpose other forces than
legislative enactment must be brought
into action.-M. d. NesOell, Baltimore,
Nd
The duty of school committee is
not merely to buy soap and brooms,-
however necessary these may be as
educators,-but actually to inspect the
discipline, teaching capacity, and
general fitness of the teachers, and to
know the general character of the work
done by every employe.V e. Safer,
Columbus, o.
IF stranger should to-day visit a
dozen schools in Boston, or any large
city in the country, and report the five
greatest teaching capacity, he would
without doubt select those that pos
sessed large libraries on their favorite
subjects, that were never satisfied with
their present knowledge, but were ever
trying to increase their acquaintance
with these studies.-Chdrles +. King,
RozbMry, Mass.
1t is hard to discern and to decipher
the mysterious writing on the mind
of the child.-W Preyer. Jena.
Without scientific method, one fact
does much to obliterate all others by
its presence.-W T. Harris, ILL
Concord.
The mind as it is must be the founda-
ton of psychology,-not the mind as
we think it ought to be.-Borden r.
BosOne, Boston University.
Habit not only lays down the trunk
lines of association and thus gives
direction, but it furnishes momentum
of mind and will.-G. Stanley Hall,
Worcester.
The city has a right to look to the
teacher for her best efforts, and it Is
by far better to have good rest and a
few methods than many methods and