Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
What They Saw.

w nat ihey say
Better multiply our normal schools
and not build so many Bennington
battle monuments RUtland (Vt)
Herald
A sharp distinction should be care
fully observed between physical, man
ual, industrial, and technical educa-
tion.-President Gilman, John Hopkins
University.
When man comes to think IL a sin
to send his children to the public school,
then, surely. it will be sin for him to
have hand in their administration -
EdiciH y. Neud Boston.
Teachers are devoted to their work
and give as much tune to it as seems
necessary, not nearly as much as was
demanded ten years since, when
written examinations were more fire.
quent. Thomas l'ash, Portland, Ne.
The protest of the Az 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. -NeW York EUeniag
Post.
! have 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, prepare
ton forsuch living; that is, the business
Of life is to liye.-W. " BarrtRger,
Newarb, ~ d.
The friends of temperance must bear
in mind that more is needed than scien-
tifc 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. 4. Ne,neH, Baltimore,
Nd.
The duty of a 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. II u. Safer,
Columbus, 0.
If a stranger should to-day visit a
dozen schools in Boston, or any large
city in the country, and report tho five
teachers who seemed to possess the
greatest teaching capacity, he would
without doubt select those that pos
sessed large Libraries on their fayorite
subjects, that were never satisfied with
THEN present knowledge, but were ever
trying To increase their acquaintance
with these studies. Charles r. King,
Horjary, Mass.
1t is hard to discern and to decipher
the mysterious writing on the mind
of the child.-W Preylr. Jeaa.
Without scientific method, one fact
does much 10 obliterate all others by
its PRESENCE " T. Hurts, LLD.,
C0Hc9rd
The mind as it must be the founda-
ton of psychology, the mind as
we think IT ought 10 be- r Boyaea +.
Bourne, Boston University
Habit not only lays down the trunk
lines Of association and thus gives
direction, but IL furnishes momentum
Of mind and wilL-G Stanley HaH,
Worcester.
The city has a right 10 look to the
teacher for her best efforts. and IL is
BY far better to have a good resi- and a
few methods than many methods and
no rest 7. HsHdricts, Ceaar Rapids,
H.
The spirit which one brings from the
public school 10 his special occupation
Is Of more value % either public or pri-
vate utility than any amount Of skill
that can ever be acquired ia the public
schools.-J0seph Estqbroot, Lansing,
Mich.