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The record-union., 1891-12-05

Grafton is not turning out the hardy, rug
ged, bright and intelligent young folks
that the previous generation did. OF
course nowadays our young gentlemen
and ladies can talk to you a little in Latin,
Greek and French or German, they can
converse on physics, chemistry, entomol-
ogy, physiology and a dozen other OIL
gies, but what good is all that going to do
them unless they intend to be professors
or teachers. The average of children go
ing to school who intend to become pro-
feSSors or teachers does not amount to
one per cent. of the whole, and now why
should the other 50 per cent. who want
good, practical, useful educations, be
forced to waste their time over lot of
technical knowledge. l do not deny that
a technical education is a good thing to
have, but young man is not going to
keep hlmself supplied with bread and
putter by virtue of it. There is young
man residing III Sacramento right now
who only recently startled the State with
MS brightness at school, who cannot even
get employment as sixty y-dollar-a-month
clerk in any of our stores.
II Is almost daily occurrence with
me-" continued the doctor. Ito be called
upon to treat some young lady, particu-
larry those who are attending the high
school, for general debility, brain trouble,
headaches and the ike-all due to the
oVertaxlng OF their minds at school. Of
course treat boys sometimes, but not as
often as the girls. Invariably my pre-
scription is to take them from school i'm
mediately, and keep them out until they
recover. There is no use trying to cure
them with medicines and permit them to
continue ill breaking down their consti-
tutlons with overstudy."
COST A LIFE.
The doctor related an instance in which
he had actual experience. Another ply
siclan had a daughter attending high
school who began to fail rapidly in health.
Try as he would her father could not dis
cover the cause of the trouble. He finally
called DR.. Nichols in for consultation.
The latter had quite talk with the young
lady and learned from her that she was
at the head of her class in school, in
tended to remain there, and aspired to
earn q teachers certificate. She studied
night and morning, and that was what
was breaking her down. The prescrip-
ton was that she leave school immedi-
ately, keep away from books, give her
mind rest and take physical exercise.
Her father pooh-poohed the idea of TAX
ing her from school, and there the matter
dropped. In less than two years after
she graduated the young lady was in her
grave.
The record-union., 1891-12-05
In the Grammar schools.

The Grammar Schools form the second
division in the system of the public
schools.
TO enter the second division requires
on the part of the pupil an ability to read
intelligently the Second Reader and selec-
tions of similar grade; to spell words of
common use in the primary grades; to
write legible hand; to perform with
whole numbers the four fundamental op-
erations of arithmetic, including the cor
rect use of the signs of addition, Subtrac-
tion, multiplication and division. Pupils
should also possess such knowledge of
the signs of aggregation as to enable them
to apply the parenthesis or the yinculum
to the foregoing operations.
Four years are required to finish the
course OF study in the Grammar Schools
being divided off into four grades, the
lowest being the fourth.
The course at present in use is as fol-
lows:
Fourth Grade = Written arithmetic,
State series, PIP. 56 to 81, inclusive; men
tai arithmetic, taken in connection with
topics in written arithmetic; reading,
Third Reader, State series, to page ll5,
from papers; spelling, Speller, State
series, PIP. H to So. inclusive,
words in common use and words
from other studies; writing, P. d IL SIS
copybooks, Nos. and 4; drawing. Bar
tholomew's, Nos. and 5; geography,
State series, when issued; grammar, pri-
mary State series; composition, sentences
and letter-writing; physiology, Smith 5
Primer of Physiology and Hygiene; OBJ
ject lessons; music.
Third Grade-Written arithmetic, State
series, PIP. 81 to l2S; and PIP. Us to l72
(omitting the metric system, applications
of square and cubic measures, and OF
longitude and time; mental arithmetic,
taken in connection with topics in writ
ten arithmetic: reading, Third Reader
Estate series), from page ll5 to page 223;
selections from other books and from
papers; spelling, Speller (State series.
from page SS TO page l19; words from
other studies; writing, p, d., and SIS
Copy books, Nos. and 5; drawing, Bar
thoiOmew's, Nos. 6 and Z; geography,
State series, when issued; grammar, State
writing, etc; physiology, Smiths Primer
OF Physiology and Hygiene, completed;
object lessons; music.
Second Grade-Written arithmetic.
State series, PIP. l2S to lS9 and PIP. 204 To
pa, emitting metric system, partnership
and proportion; mental arithmetic, taken
ia connection with the topics in written
series), PIP. 2Z3 to 352; writing, p, D.,
SIS Copybooks, No. 8; drawing, Bar
tholomew's, Nos. and 8; grammar, State
series, PIP. 81 to l52; geography, during
first term State series, when issued); re-
view, with special reference to physical
features; history, during second term
State series), to Revolutionary War;
composition, continuation OF the third
grade work; spelling, Speller (State
series), PIP. ll9 to l56: physiology, Smith
Elementary Physiology and Hygiene;
music.
First tGrade-Arithmetic State series(,
commission, taxes, partial payments,
true discount, bank discount, compound
interest, ratio and proportion, partner
The record-union., 1891-12-05
BAD SKIN ERUPTION
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Month by Cuticura.

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times urbearable. The skin would get hard,
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The record-union., 1891-12-05
Professor Pond Sees the Danger.

Principal Pond of the High School.
when seen by the reporter, acknowledged
that the course of study there was too
| severe for the pupils. He is believer,
however, in the higher branches of edu-
cation and is opposed to eliminating any
OF the studies
''The only solution of the difficulty to
my mind," he said, lis to add another
year. so that the studies can be dis
tributed with advantage to the students.
l am ardently in favor Of four-year
course, and you cannot quote me too
strongly on that point. / prefer this to
eliminating any of the studies most de-
cidedly. The amount of work required
in three years is very difficult for the
average pupil to accomplish. 1 have
stood alone in my advocacy of this for
some time. | am glad that the RECORD
| UNION is going TO take hold of the mat
| ter, for believe that it only needs agita-
| ton to be accomplished. Once accom-
plished here, and the rest of the State
will soon fall in line''
DO you think, Professor, that the
| present course of study is iniuring the
pupils?' asked the reporter
''Well would not care to say that. I
am not doctor, and would prefer to
| leave that for others to say. But at the
same time | do not hesitate to say that
they are worked up to the very limit Of
their capacities"
THE PEOPLE FIRST.
Continuing, the professor said he did
not consider it the high schools duty to
educate pupils solely with the view Of
preparing them for the university. He
did not think that this should be the first
duty Of the high school teachers. The
school owed its allegiance to the city-to
the people-and any student graduating
from the high school should be eligible to
| the university.
Regarding the requirements of the
| high school of pupils entering it from the
grammar schools, Mr. Pond said it was
wrong to suppose that the children should
| be well up in the technical studies.
! ''All we require at the high school, he
said, sis that they come to us 18th good
| knowledge of English gri-41mar-we
| don't expect them to be Addisons-have
good understanding of arithmetic, his
tory and geography, and be able to read
and write efficiently. When the pupil
enters the high school they have their
choice of taking one of three courses-the
classical, literary or scientific. The first
two are intended principally for those
desiring togo to the university. The scien-
| titic course, however, is designed more
for boys who want practical educations,
rather than efficiency in the languages,
and who propose to finish their eduea-
| tions III the high SCHOOL,
1t is needless to add that most of the
The record-union., 1891-12-05

ship, lnyolutlon, square and cube root, fire
insurance. review problems, and metric
system; Spelling, speller (State series, to
page 1872; writing, p, d. & SIS copy
books, No. q; drawing, Bartholomew's,
Nos. 10 and II: grammar, State series, DID.
l52 to end; history, State series COM
pleted; composition, weekly exercises,
consisting of abstracts of the reading
and history lessons. reports of oral les
sons, in letter-writing, etc.; physiology,
Cutters Elementary, begun and COM
pleted; reading, Third Reader (State
series, completed; music.
German forms an optional study in the
city grammar schools, and is taught in
all of the four grades.
WHAT IS NECESSARY.
The question as to whether or not the
children are being overworked in the
grammar schools is one that is being ar
gued on both sides.
Several of the principals believe that
another year added to the course would
be highly beneficial, while others are
conservative, and still others think that
the system now in vogue will do. The
principal objection though seems to be to
the technical studies which are taken for
the purpose of preparing the pupils for
the high school.
Miss Watson, Principal of the Sacra-
mento Grammar, when seen said she was
not prepared to say that an additional
year in the grammar schools would not
be good thing, yet she did not think the
present course was so severe but that all
pupils who studied their lessons could
get through without difficulty and with
out injury to their health. She was quite
confident that the children nowadays are
not required to study any harder than
when she was a schoolgirl.
The first grade scholars, she said, are
required to study at home about an hour
and half, the second grade an hour and
the third and fourth grades from half to
three-quarters of an hour. Pupils who
do not learn rapidly, of course, had to de-
vote more time to study.
Several grammar school teachers were
interviewed who believed that most of
their scholars need more time in which
to master their studies than they are now
given.
The record-union., 1891-12-05
teachers at the high school agree with
Professor Pond in his views on this i'm
nOrfaut ouactiOp

teachers at the high school agree with
Professor Pond in his views on this i'm
portant question.
WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
In order to give a fair idea of what the
course of study is at present at the high
school, list is herewith given of the
works that have to be mastered there by
the pupils:
English Poems" Hough-
English Poems" mcmillan d Co..,
Merchant of Venice" Julius Caesar, :;
Milton's "Comus," Bulfnch's "Age of
Fable" 'The Lady of the Lake" and
THE Lay of the Last Minstrel "The
Newcomes," ''Sir Roger de Coverly,"
Burk (Vol. l., Peyne and Genung's
rhetoric.
History-Myers' "Medieval and Mod
ern," Myers or Smiths History of
Greece and Rome," Macy's "Civil Gov
ernment," Watts UNITED States His
tory"
Mathematics-Fish's tProblems in
Arithmetic" Wentworth's algebra and
Venable's plain and Solid Geometry"
Sclence-Appleton's Physical Geogra-
ply. Rattan's california f'lora,n Mead's
Chemical Primer and Appleton's Physics.
characterization (Heatley IL King
don's), Harkness' Latin Grammar, Col
lars New Practical Latin Composition, !"
Caesar -four books, Cicero six orations),
Virgil six books.
Greek-White's "First Lessons" Jones'
Composition, Goodwin Grammar, Good
wins "Anabasis," Keeps Homer"
French-keetel' Elementary French
Grammar, Worman's first French book,
Chardenafs French exercises, lie Ro-
man dun Jeune Homme Pauvre,"
Classical French Plays.'
1t is notorious fact that the pupils, in
order to keep up with these studies, are
compelled to devote many hours to study
out of school, and it takes bright one to
keep u , with them then. A glance over
the above list is sufficient to convince
anyone that boy or girl who undertakes
the course has little time for music or
other accomplishments which he or she
might desire to learn, beside their regular
schooling
The record-union., 1891-12-05
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The record-union., 1891-12-05
PRIMARIES WRONG. TOO.


my objection to the present school
SYSTEM" resumed Mr.. Hart, ''extends
even down to the primary grades. l
don't oppose the course of study there
as much as / do the way it is applied by
inexperienced teachers. The lowest
grade in the primary school is by far the
most important one and the one that
needs the most attention. Yet you will
notice that the teachers of these grades
are not the highest salaried in the depart
ment. When vacancy occurs teacher
is selected from the substitute claSS-a
girl who has had no experience at all
and in consequence the very worst selec-
tion that could be made. AS soon as she
becomes competent she demands, and
rightly, too, promotion to one of the
higher grades, where she can command
more salary. When she is promoted, an
other green substitute is put in, and the
children are the sufferers. If / had the
say, would pay those lowgrade teach
ers the highest salaries in the primary
school, and | would see that they were
thoroughly competent, and not removed
from those grades. / would see, too, that
they were mothers, who had raised chill
dren, and had thereby acquired the pa
tlence and gentleness so necessary in
handling children to advantage"
TEXTBOOK TEACHING.
Mr.. Hart is also opposed to the too
strict adherence by teachers to the text
book system. ''In my experience" he
said, Il have found the pernicious effect
OF the textbook system pervading to a
greater or lesser extent in the views pre-
sented. The bane of our school system
is IN the adherence to the textbook. The
teacher becomes an automaton. As a
pupil she is taught to travel on one path.
When the role of teacher is assumed
unless she is possessed of a will
power, backed by intellect strong
enough to break the shackles in
which she has been bound, she con-
tinues to follow the old and beaten track,
becoming child herself when new ideas
! are presented to her. 1 am not denying
the usefulness of good textbook, but
do say that too many teachers rely upon
them. and the results that the textbook
educated scholar, like the textbook -edu-
| eating teacher, is of very little practical
value. They should simply be used for
auxiliary purposes. Their deficiencies
should be supplied and exemplified by
the teacher, who should be thorough
master Of the subject under consideration
of the pupil. The teacher must awaken
in the mind of the pupil a desire for re-
search. The seed is thus planted, and by
proper cultivation, viii awaken and
quicken the spirit ofinquiry and increase
the power of thought"
The record-union., 1891-12-05
Some Medical Testimony.

Several prominent local physicians
were called upon.
DIR. G. l.. Simmons, ST., did not care to
| be interviewed at length on the subject.
He said the matter was a grave one and
he did not feel inclined to give his views
before being prepared with data. The
doctor has always been one of the fore
most in movements to lessen the work of
| school children and at the same time
| better their condition. His office col
! league, Dr.. w. A. Briggs, has children at
| the high school and also been pronounced
| in his opinions against overwork there
DR.. Gardner, who is also a member of
| the City Board Of Education referred the
reporter TO his record at the board meet
ings. There, he invariably advises the
other members to go slow when PROPOSE
| tlonS come up to add more studies to the
course. lie has number of school
children among his list Of patients, and
some OF them have had to be taken from
| school.
| Health Officer C. B. Nichols comes into
! contact daily with school children, and is
| in position 10 know whereof he speaks
regarding the system OF education now
| in vogue.
! He is emphatic in his condemnation of
| the examining OF children's minds with
| study, and says that to this may be at
tributed the deterioration in health of the
rising generation. While it may seem
| tar-tetched, he maintained that in decid-
ing upon course of
STUDY FOR THE CHILDREN
| OF Sacramento, the climate-the Califor-
mia climate-should also be taken into
consideration. The natural tendency, to
| say nothing of the demands OF so-called
| society, is to be indolent, and indolent
children cannot learn rapidly. study as
they will. u don't suppose, thoagh," he
/ Il
be effected. There is a feeling among
people who consider themselves q little
! better than mechanics and laborers that
it is not genteel TO indulge in any physi-
cal exercise. If the children could be
! given some exercise, l have no doubt
that they would have the vigor
and capacity to keep up with the
studies imposed without any evil effects.
| But from what | am able to learn re-
| garding the course of study now in vogue
| here, they don't have the time for physi-
cal exercise even if they felt disposed to
take 1t. In order TO keep up with the
procession they must study for hours be-
| fore and after they go to school. This
comes harder on the girls than the boys
The girls as rule are more disposed to
! be studiouS and Sedentary, while the boys
will let their books go, and go out for
game OF baseball or marbles. The girls
| feel the necessity of knowing their les
sons for the next day, and pour over their
! books during every spare moment.
! " hat is the natural result? Why, they
! can't stand it, that's all, and by the time
they are through school they are crammed
! full of useless kIowledge-given a par
rot-like education-at the cost of their
constitutions. | know what | am talking
| about because | see them every day
! Their
PARENTS DON'T NOTICE IT,
| Nor do the teachers. but it is fact, new
ertheless. You can talk and argue 'old
fogie' all you please, but the .rising gen.
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Our SarSaparilla, Iron and Vichy Water and
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delicate flavor and keeping qualities.
&s- Beware of irresponsible parties,
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-05-28
She Had Her Quiet Fun.

She had one of those sweet angelic
faces, with great, prayerful gray eyes.
and no one would think that there was
anything of the joker about her She
sat in Il front pew in. one of the fash
ionable uptown churches at one of the
Leuten services. Her pretty head was
bowed over her prayer book. All was
rs quiet rs Il tomb in church. and the
silence seemed to impress her. Sud-
denly she looked up, and her great
gray eyes quickly surveyed the crowd
of silent worshipers. Then just the
faintest suggestion of II laugh crept
two or three cute little coughs. Then
the head went down over the prayer
book again and the smile on her face
broadened rs her neighbor coughed
and the cough was taken up here aud
there and everywhere until the once
silent tabernacle had the sounds pc
culiar TO the consumptive ward in
hospital.
As the sweet young lady with the
big eyes came out of chnrch she was
heard TO say to her escort:
Now, You see that coughing in
church is largely matter of habit.
One person coughs and the rest of the
congregation follows suit. | knew it
was very wicked of me. but when /
looked up and noticed : how silent
eyeryb ody WAS | had 10 try the exper-
iment of seeing how many people
would cough if | did. 1t was such fun"
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