The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-04

The Country Schools. 4
For long time, We have felt that tne
country school does not receive the sueo.
tion which Is its due, from tho pene o.
writers on education. and IN the diosoe',
sions OF our great educational meetings..
To be sure, the principles OF education
arc tho same for the schools 10 the
country as for those in the city; but the.
aud conditions make theIri
application quite different. Ald thoro'
are some reasons for regarding the
country schools as tho mOst importeue,
part Of our great free.scho0l system. ~,
the millions OF children who are ~;
school to-day, probably more than bali.
arc in the schools Of the country. Auos,
if We are to judge tho future by tho past,.
the large majority Of the men ana,
women who W i'll DO most prominent and,
most influential in the nation toety'
ears hence, will be those who have re-.
ceived their education chiefly In tho,
country school-st least, they Will have
had the foundation laid there.
Probably, in no other school In tbe.
land, does the teachers personality count
for so much as it does Ia the country.
school-and the teachers personal innu
cnce is ky all odds the most potent factor.
for good or evil, that enters into . school.
education. In the towns and Cities the
teacher is, at best, but q cog or . wheer.
lin a great machine. he is an integral
part OF great system, which must In
vitably detract from his personal power
and influence. II 10 etrange, TO ON.
Thought, to see how universally thts
teacher in the country is aspiring AM,
wishing and striving for > position TX
town or city. II is truc that the work.
lin the country has certain drawbsokt,
and inconveniences but we believe Ina
these are more nearly countsr.0alanceoi
by others In the town than many reaISxe3
4 Perhaps the most obvious OF these ~
the fact that the compensation IN tne1
{ country is usually less than IN the town.
/ But when everything is taken Into acSs
count even this difference IL not 90 groa
n as II appears ut first sight. Certainly
this il 50 when we compare the smatIe'l
/. Towns and villages.
I. In the country school. tho compston'l
!. and earnest teacher has the fullest Itbert.l
Ito do his work in his own way, and b.
plhas the opportunity to come Into 81,
lclosest personal relations with all anss
n every one Of his pupils. FWrthermost,
/. liz he is worthy, he 10 held In htghe.
esteem, and IL likely to find less frictto
}. lin his work, than his brother In %
!. Itown. We arc we'll aware that there "
A IA great difference in country echooJo1
r. lbut a teacher who finds himself In 81
Ienightened and progressive neigboott
hood has better opportunity TO DO GOO.
l. work than In almost any. other piace
,t| A good country school may be mad
more nearly an ideal school than an
lothcr of which we have any kn0 0wleoxe1
N Aud, il things arc not % they ought q
"A |be. we know OF no other place where
~ strong, efficient, good, teacher can g.
| more 10 work revolution for good tha5
lin the country school. Y.
The pupils IN the country school ar|
usually moro tractabIe, more open 20 tth
,r teachers inf luencc, both In school eoD
AZ out Of it, than In the towns and citloll
: |: Besides, they are likely to he less d.
!. ltractcd by disturbing influences; eu'l
q. their habits OF ofindustry and solf-r lisuc
are mighty help 10 their advanccmeo'
,u both IN acquiring knowledge AMI \.
II. whatever else enters into . true educls
ton. The competent teacher who 81!
d : secure foot-hold in such school, %.
ar lean continue there for . successtoo \
he terms, can exert . molding and lseeIr
IL Influence upon company Of brig
~ boys and girls such AZ Is hardly possjo
in town or city.
'ut - -
", Maine has joined Vermout In sboliell
n ing the "diatrict system" This syotel
that has chung to these two otAtoo 4
N long is relic OF colonial timoa, and
lly absolutely unknown In any state whot
err schools have been established since 177'
90 - ~
nv There arc vigorous opponents OF d.
"mds- In tho Chicago school boar
oa What they style fads are German, ply;
ical culture, clay modelling, drawin
n q sewing, and mutic. Il 10 hardly pro
able that tho city will 60 to the rear es
int lucationally.
ote - -
sky All honor to Chicago for increaaiI
for the salaries OF the primary school tess
ere! Mr. Brennan has led In the hgl
It il misfortune, however, that &
Dur increase was secured by the eliminattt
Ddy OF some valuable features Of the schc
system.
Inspire the children TO zee the lsaflu
.nc budding, blooming vegetation tht
ne,c dAys, and teach them how to Geo I'll q
a., IL 10 the opening Of the season.
era.
out Massachusetts gives the great
not amount o. schooling Of any state ~ \
} up union. II actually gives v.14 moo'
Sa. TO every child from six 70 eous1ooo n
Of ags.