Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-06
County Official Paper.
PEDAGOGUE HARRISON'S PU.
PHI.

order to get rid of him. President
Harrison is reported us having recent
iy said that he appointed Blaine to
his cabieeC because no thought he
cou!d manage him better there than
anywhere else. IIe welded him to
the administration in order to get rid
Of him.
But it is always harder to manage
man after marriage than before, and
Harrison is finding Blaine a much
harder problem to handle than he
would have been If he had been left
Sutside.' y silver on a board is much
more easily dealt with than in boys
toe; and cinder in the air is much
more comfortable than in a mans eye.
But Harrison has voluntarily stuck
this silver in his own flesh so that he
may know where it is; of his own free
will nc has tucked away this cinder
In his own eye, in order that he may
keep it in safety. He is welcome to
e the comforting consciousness that the
cinder is in his eye and scrapes over
his retina in safety; that the silver ia
in his toe and cannot escape.
In the New Hampshire country
school districts there frequently used
to be two applicants for the Jsition
of school teacher. And it frequently
happened that the unsuccessful cam
didato woulG turn pupil and attend,
as q scholar, tho school of his success
full rival. The case of Blaine and
Harrison is analogous to the case Of
the rival school applicants. The
President and his Cabinet are coming
more and more to be like u teacher
with his scholars. In 1888 both
Blaine and Harrison we're candidates
for the teachers position, and al
though Blaine was considered about
the cutest and smartest applicant who
had ever presented himself, and Har-
rison was practically unknown to the
aational school committee, yet Harri-
son was chosen and Blaine was Set
aside. Since thon Blaine has become
the biggest pupil in pedagogue Harri-
sons school, and naturally there have
been lively times in the school-room.
OF course the big pupil knows that
he is better fitted to teach the school
than the teacher, and tho teacher
knows that he knows it, and the
school committee know it, and so
does the whole district. Frequently
when the teacher is engaged in work
ing out some difficult SUM Cd the
national black board. he fancies he
hears mis- biggest pupil whispering to
tho other scholars: "He's doing that
wrong. He can't do it, but | CAN"
He fancies the big pupil is watching
for all the slips he makes in his gram
mar anti forall his misprOn un"iations.
Flo imagines his big pupil scans every
line OF his writing for mis- spelled
words, for uncrossed It's and undotted
Us. Whenever the teacher hesitates
at any troublesome question which
may DO propOunded 10 him, he thinks
li' ilSNiSJ NbJc Ht SCIHlClpB dis own
hoad in uncertain dubitation, the biz
pupil Whispering triumphantly: II
knuw, | know"
The teacher is very jealous OF his
big pupil, but he tries to maintain his
authority over him by excessive dis.
ciptne. Ho makes him toe the crack
III The floor, go to his scat on Il chalk
llue, SIT up straight and fold his arms.
For tho slightest infraction of dis
c'pIlne lie makes the pupil sit on q
very peaked stick. iIo frpqently seBds
the biggest pupil out TO cut n switch
with which TO punish himself. Re-
ccutly, when Mr.. Topper and Il few
other visitors from ncighboring dis
trict called ut tho school, right bnrors
all the other pupils and tho company
be mado his big pupil go and st on
tho Ounce stool. Tho big pupil sat on
tho stool llEo II little man, but some
OF the smaller pupils heard him mut
Tor great hurrid swear words" unlIor
his breath.
j. Y Whole school il waiting for tho
hg pupil to got mad. Some DAY