The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-04-06
READING
How to Be Taught i'm the
Higher Grades.
PAPER READ At NORMAL CLASS.
An Interesting and FOrcible Paper by
One of the Most Intelligent and
Accomplished Teachers in the City.
BY MISS JULIE Ii. TUCKER.

BY MISS JULIE Ii. TUCKER.
Reading is the Interpretation and
expression of thought and sentiment
in either printed or written compo>
sition.
Correct audible, reading is, of
course, dependent upon apprehen-
sion of the thought contained in the
selection.
Teachers agree that there are no
less than ten requisites for good
reading. Of these ''silent reading"
demands:
Quick perception, keen discern
ment, clear conception, and vivid
Imagination.
While no 'oral work" can result
satisfactorily without the power Of
n Respiratory command, distinct ar.
ticulation, command of voice, inter
est in the subject, and even correct
personal habits.
Of these it is most difficult to &C
quire distinct articulation. Seven
out of ten teachers in the Atlanta
Public Schools have been found
lacking in this invaluable accom>
plishmcnt. Yet that system includes
many of our best teachers.
+ Has this ignorance resulted from
neglect? Or have the blind been
leading the blind IN the centuries
| that are past!
All manual work has its implies
Inents, and no amateur will attempt
/ 70 manipulate tool of whose uses
he is ignorant. God, the Master
/ workman, has given each chilli in
our charge, voice; We, His stew
ards, allot the individual work.
How many of our children know
what voice is, how formed, and
where?
Scientists have said that voice is
sound produced by the passage of
the air through the laryrx, ard
cavities of the throat, nose, and
mouth. Each voice having form,
| quality, force, stress, pitch, and
movement. Expression depends up
on the varied combinations of these
elements.
Doubtless you are acquainted with
the little book entitled "Peopiing
/ New Worlds" by Lazaretto Emanuel.
1t was my fortune to reside in the
house with this grand old man, for
| a while. He once said:-"As God
perfected creation, He conceived the
idea of music and gave humanity a
voice. You teachers are to attune
these time will tell US whether
your efforts are productive of har-
mouy or discord. A sweet voice
can lend charm to dry facts, how
much more it can do to interesting
matter! Each OF you is key, the
more dull and encrusted you are,
the less chance they have of un>
locking the gates of the New Jerusa-
Hem. For in knowledge there is
wisdom, in wisdom there is light,
and Light is God, the Father"
And yet again ole who reads
well and understandingly, has learn
ed the heart's-beats of the Great,
hence is himself ennobled."
But you have asked what method
| would pursue to attain this "per-
stect reading
Taking always into consideia alton
nat recitation is thirty minutes,
nd the pupils exceed one per min>
ate, | should treat the entire
Lirade as one pupil each being re-
sponslble for sill explanations each
q critic OF my own and the pupils
4 york. First reading the lesson over
myself, laying stress upon the prin-
icipal facts, then reading certain
sentences for question, or criticism
i-purposely making mistakes in
pronunciation, or by omissions. The
most Indifferent member of the class
hs then called upon to relate some>