The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-04-04

especially teachersl; Bertha L. smith De Kab |
X. Y, home among the hills of the oswegatchie |
Box 81, aud Alonzo Rogers, Box IL CHa Ies |
Bowen, Box 95, Stockbridge, Mich; u. q. Raoie
veteran widower, Casey Creek, Ny, IRON
ladies 80 10 40 Maggie L. Dial; Box Oh SIOUX
City, Iowa, daughter 3lst Iowa; Jennie V. Frost,
Middle Hope, \. y; IBez and Edith Alnler,
Sheldon, H., happy prairie girls; opal Jetl-
H.. vd. 18Th H.. A. ID. Human and q L. Hlnnlail,
Glenwood Wis; Della Daily, Carrie Newton i5
Mahala Stoliker, Scandal Kan; Jesse Lister, Box
s., Glidden, Iowa. Totel, 6,z2S.
WISHES FOR THE c. C.
May health and happiness with thee abide,
And sorrow far from thee forever stay,
And may true friends be ever ct thy side,
in darkest hours as in the sunniest day
And over There may Il thou all dear ones greet,
Nho made thy life on earth so fair and sweet
M. 4. Preston, Charlotte, Mich.
ERRORS IN TEACHING,
FRIENDS or THE c. c: My views may be too
radical TO meet the favor Of teachers parueolaFly
young ladies' concerning the faults OF POPULAR
teaching. IT not quite practical enough "le'asL
the fault OF Tie system or teachers, Is point ioE
Argument. The writer Is inclined To he!teNc tlat
both, TO some extent, are inefficient. The scholar
Is required TO commit too much to memory;
whether he understands it or not does not matter
Then instead OF expainingt the points OF the lesson
which ihe scholar may moi understand, the teacher
is compelled TO overlook this important feature IN
order 10 give each pupil opportunity TO reclte.
Just SO much work must be aeeomp!lshea e@en
quarter. How much OF this work does the average
scholar OF the lower grades clearly understand anu
retain?
Recently heard a very intelligent and cultured
lady remark that she had taken her ehllureh from
public school. and was now sending them TO
lady friend with whom she was thoroughly ac-
quainted, and who, she lelt-satlshed, knew now
To instruct children -; she tired OF having her
children come home every evening asking now
do you perform this problem, and don I'M
dcrsand the meaning of this phrase, or questions
of like nature. This lady informs me that her
scholars never take book home and that she
develops the physical Gs well as the mental faeul-
ties aud this / think, q sensible practice Ile
average school teacher prcsumes to be a good as
clplinarian. Teachers a Little more discipline OF
the body and more of the mind. In the lower
grades The child is not equal to the task OF gaming
q thorough knowledge of the work plled on 10
them" They are growing, and need exercise,
They arc simply rushed through not khoWiHs
why. Ia puzziing over problem In mathematics Is
II seems 10 be what is the answer .; not why 90
j do this or that. The scholar should be taught
the principles Of research; of dependence on ms
opinions; Of originality. Allow them TO use a
free scope OF opinion. Let them advance IDEAS on
the different studies that viii permit OF 1t, and then
challenge them for reasons This Will compel
them 10 think ia order TO save them from rldlcu!e
The student VIII then Try 10 maintain his arSu-
meuts or the ideas he may have set forth. 4 90
/ much adherence TO rules cramps the MIND II y
bound 10 do II; because when the student wants
tine solution 10 problem he appeals to RUE, mol 10
reason.
What do / think of the teachers? Well, one may
be very Intelligent and yet be poor teacher ne
average young lady who teaches Is failure. she
takes deli ght in exercising authority; does not un-
classes gently and properly. Perhaps while teach
ing she Is thinking OF the next bail and wondering
what KIND OF dress she will wear. Men gehetaily
I make better teachers than women but ihey are
/ usually engaged III teaching the higher branches
and only dealing with the lower grades.-A
/ l.. Seaman, u. Louis, Mo.
HARRY 2IccALLEY's STORY.
CHAPTER VIII
! Mr. Winters was unusually devoted Her dress
Of pale blue silk was ordered at his suggestion; her
hair dressed his fayoIite style, and her bou
4 quet was gift from him. Happy and joyous, she
] went the ball, never TO dream n foolish dream
I any mere. For this WAS the conversation she
heard rs she trifing with the bouquet she held
/ IN heT hand. Both voices were familiar to her.
One voice was that OF Harry Winters and the other
that Of Robert Hawley, his most particular friend.
/ 'Nell, Winters, when Is the wedding to be?
Am TO congratulate you at once, or IS the engage
Engagement wedding, Whose?''
Come, no pretenses You know mean yours
TO the little Lamont girl
'WLat!I' cried tie other, I engaged to Leoline
Lamont il IS absolute folly?"
Well. everybody is talking about it, and you
have been flirting tremendously with herr
Filtration Is quite different thing from nlatri-
lnonv No 40; my freedom is yet my own, and
] mean TO keep It. She Is beautiful, intelligent
creature; but she is nothing but farmers daugh-
Ter, and my aunts companion. Aunt treats her as
a daughter, and believe thinks about as much OF
her. J. TOO. am quite fond of her, but shall never
marry her"
I Ieoiine heard no more Mrs Seaford found her
a few minutes later, with her head bowed on her
breast and her face almost white as the lilies
she st. held II her hand.
Leoline is dead! . cried Mrs. seaford.
To Be cOliti3ttted.I
CLUB WHISPERS.
Nv Youngest brother was born June 10 1888 or
the ed Harrison was nominated for President, anC
I on the 23d papa named the boy Benjamin Harri
son. If any baby was named for the PTesiden
sooner, papa would like 10 know lt.-Ella i. VII
lians. Alton, Ind.
Mamie ConkIin, ! had to smile when / saw how
hard Won hIt your fingers in your imaginative de
Fsfin gf ulN-se / ii
have blue eyes ana chestnut hair, and very ligh
complexion.-iiattie /. Goodsell.
The evening OF the 23d Of February a saC
one fer one OF our weli-known c. G. friends The
beautiful home of Miss Zoe l.. Owen, Of Kent o.
was entirely destroyed by fire, with all her posses
sulss The loss OF her e Z. souvenirs IS especall.
e regretted by her. and she Is very DESTROYS of re
: placing them. Nill not ali the members, particu
iarv those with whom she has heretofore eX
e changed kindly assist her in this by sending he
: postal autographs, ete.-Ciarenee w. Bowers, &c
ueya. ..
: I been "a universal favorite. Among the Egyptian
IL was OF the parts of the sacred seven, repre-
! senting the triangle. Indeed, among the heather
j s renlaE Sable that their ythologes were triad
. consisting Of union Of three deltes Referring 1
= friendship and good viii. the Pythagoreans Gale
three the number OF perfect harmony and whe
If Aristotle remarks that 1t contains within itself
Il beginning, a middle and end resdil
see the appropriateness of three eheers."-Bruc
i, J.. smith, Newman. III
TO EXCHAEGE-WANTED.
4 To exchange: Patterns to work on ehecke
! piflgiauls for same Estella r. Christian, Klaus
e rai4zi Mimi. Pair worked pillow-shams an
, spIashers for three yards white cashmere; wante
. {. {. photos.-I.la Lahmau, Stanton, o. Initi
/" hatbands for photographs G. &. boys, and ribbon
for {. G. girls.-ClaTa o. Day, Box 10, Brownsdal
y MINI. q" Poems OF Farm and Fireside" for G.
badge pair 81 skates and arrowhead for best offe
y samuel Hood Wayne, Neb. Ten cards,
bum pictures, for best photograph of young lady
y Jessie q. AcNie Pearl, III. Joseph Schremp, Ma
atilou City. Wis would hear from farmers daug
n tiers Eighty varieties flower seeds for stereoscop
views crazy scra ps, or zephyr yarn.-Jeunie Jone
- Iuoch. Ky. Hand-Painted brass plaque for be
photograph OF ladg.-Aay Robinson, - Park Ave
RutIand vi I5reech-loadng shotgun for phot
- graphic ouliit-John Goodell, Ellsworth Ka
TWO hundred foreign postage stamps for best ofTe
3 Dickens's History Of England" CLOTH for pre-
a. test c. G. girl-W. II. Nandoran, 50l Elkhart Ayt
: I5lkhart. Ind. Painted banner for prettiest yal
!, silk satin or velvet by May lS.-LauFa NJ CAIRO
"a Powell Pa The Brown Girl or Down by Il
~ Ranks Of the Roses" for Norah, The Pride
- kildare y or Eyes so Blue.'-LeOnora Morriso
!, West Lima Wis Shelly's Poems " and 9 Uni,
" Spy and Scout for C. C. badge.-Tonie X. Hya
Nltesburg Tenn Songs and poems for same.
Eliza Wheat, Eaton's Corners, Wis CalIng-car
with the G. C-Bertie Killam, 81 Marion stree
Lc- relics efc-AIrs. :. A b. Blanchard Hurdal Min
Rife for alto horns. i. Erwin, Holland l
Louie Morrow and Anna Martin, Stark, H., vd.
would hear from G. q. girls; Ruth a. Moss, V.
T. West Plains, no.
~ Postal autographs: Aaude NJ Frazier, New CHI
eZ ter Wis. also letters from G.. G. members fro
Sc, Neenah Menasha, or Elkhorn Belle Mccoy, Nj
4. ! Athens O.; Edith = Miller Box 1885, ST. Char
lie MINI formerly NeillsviIle); Lola T. Dodge, Hg