The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-06-21

happiness. honor, dignity and home, il do
pendent on education and everythingslicul.
be subsuryientt 10 IL. I am happy 10 say TIM
believe this Is the sentiment oil the paopl,
and school tax is therefore willingly born,
by them.
The second need is
GOOD HOOKS
but not too many. Like the good seed ii
til . agricultural, the chalacter Of the seet
sowu III the educational field should also ;,
good
We must not ftrgct that in these days. il
striking contract with the old times, We liy,
and learn more by preccpt and example
than by books. The trouble was that in lht
old days, there were too many books anc
tae boys and girls. though ever SO clever
naturally, chad SO many books laid upor
their heads that their brains could no
move, but = discrimination Is now made
by which Us Lord Bacon eaid:
Some books are TO be tasted, others swa1
lowed and sc me few to to cllewsd and di
vested, that IS, some books are TO be read
only III parts, others read but not c~uriously
and some few TO be read Wholly and with
diligence and attention..
Whether this Baconian system is appli.
cable to or appreciated by our school officers
or teachers / do not know. It Is certainly
worthy Of consideration. It must be said,
however, that books as such, do rot consti-
tute the essential element Of acquiring
knowledge so much as tho blackboard and
the ohjecI lessons.
Those words OF Shakespeare ir GAS you
like it, are significant and appropriate as
exhibiting the tendency ofmodern education,
III systems to ignore 10 a certain extent, the
text book. We there learn tllat trees have
ton2nes-they speak to us Of their calm
shade'' Of contentment and the "sweet
breeze ofjoy that .'makes the green leaves
dance"-boeks we find in the running
brooks that babble to us Of eternity and i'm
mortality and from which we read
How men may come and men may go,
But 1t goes ON for ever.
The very stones are sermons which preach
to us of q God. His 60 odness and his mercy
that takes us back to pre- historic times and
reveals to us the secre. Of tho age OF oil
other earth, q very delicate subject, over
which her children have disputed for ages,
and in everything we are taught, there il
something good, some good lesson, even in u
Congress that is attempting to build a Chin.
ess wall Of prohibition, miscalled Protec.
tod, around the United States,
The third need-the most important, is
GOOD TEACHERS
That there has been a change in the oharac-
acter of the teacher during the last halt
century. is a truism. In that as In ali
matters relating to education, there has
been Improvement and progress is as well
marked in the government Of schools rs in
the system Of teaching and great has been
Wendell Holmes wrot.. He thus describes
tile poeagogne.
Grave is the master'slook, his forehead wears
Thick rows Of wrinkles, prints OF worrying
Uneasy lie the heads of all that rule
His worst of all whose kingdom is q school,.
supreme he sits: before the awful frown
rhnt binds his brows, the boldest eye goes
down.
'Austerity and the element Of fear of them,
has given place to urbanity and the princi.
pie Of love and kindness now.
Good teaching as it is now understood,
consists in a process ofassimilation between
the teacher and the taught. As Ralph
Waldo Emerson said:
There is nc teaching until the pupil is
brought into the same state or principle in
which you are; a IL ansfusien takes place;
he is you and you are he; there is teaching
and by no unfriendly chance or bad COM
pany, can he ever quite lose the benefit.
l have in mind a teacher and being a
lady, l SHALL call her my belle ideal Of. a
good teacher. She used to teach in Bottin-
eau County. Her influence was manifested
not only in the scholarship but also in the
department Of her pupils. They loved her
for h.r many graccs AMI she loved them be-
canse they appreciated her. The principle
Of love pcrvaded all. dominated over all.
Her school-room Yves a home. Hers was q
model school, for Ana0v' Ui7scit Onani0.
While disclaiming any thoughts orintention
parading any fault which may attach to
the conduct of teachers, IN ooncludi az my
I nevertheless, cannot refrain
reading-for your instruction and the
Of all whom it may concern, q few
from a very able paper recently
read by Mrs. Linda W.. Slaughter on aThe
of education to love- at the Bur-
leigh county teachers institute. It is in
harmony with the spirit Of what I've said
to you this evening and aught TO be care
fully studied and the advice given implicitly
followed. It is concerning the more or less
common vice OF.
10 which your
attention is called.
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relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and 10
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