Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-14


Pos. my or mine. Pos. our or ours,
Obj me. Obj. us.
Second person,
Nom. you, Nom. they,
Pos. You or yours. Pos. their or theirs.
Ooj you. Obi. them.
Third person,
masculine.
Nom. ne, Plural2 plural?
Pos. his. amt none.
Obj. him.
feminine,
Nom. she, Plut al? plural?
Pos. heror hers, tins !hain't got
obi. her. none neither.
neuter,
Nom. II. Plural7 guess It
Pos. It's. never hsld one.
or that q high school boy submits an es-
say OF 2 1-2 OF 3 pages of manuscript, In
which there In but one single comma, snd
only one capital letter, and that NoI St
the beginning OF the first wordf Thafa
young lady in the same school throws
light upon the hidden beauties and mean
ing OF passage wherein we are told, of
an enchanter, that "Upon the sleeping
water he had laid a SPELL" by declaring it
TO signify that he glad down upon the
water for spell, or a short tirneH" Or
that another pupil gives an .equnlly bril-
liant exsgesis of an extract from Long
fellow, where Gabriel passes arou nd be-
hind the house To meet Evangel. tne, by
saying that she "guessed he didnr want
the old man to know he was O Jming
theref When pupils In advanced lasses
come 10 the study OF elementary ch, mis-
try, they have no interest or enthus lasm
In II because, at an earlier period In { heir
course. In very unfavorable circl m
stances and with utterly inadequate IA
cilities, futile attempt has been made to
perform experiments In sthe soieDe
which, had they been reserved In theL
freshness for an appropriate time and oc-
casion, would have attracted their notice, ,
obtained and held their undivided atten-
tion, and been Impressed upon their |
minds la way never TO be forgotten. |
There are rooms in our schools In |
this city, in tho lower grades too,
whore not spelling book 10
to be found-absolutely ruled out
and forbidden because theoretically the |
children Will learn to spell from observa-
tion OF the words In the course of their
reading | Well, they don't learn 1t in
that way nor, pity tits, it's true, In any
other way. II anyone thinks they do,
look at the papers they write and Judge,
a. witness the bright little miss, s1-2 |
years old, who very ingeniously spelled |
"gone" g.o-g-h-n. "By their fruits We |
snail KNOW tnoIn' ~ as true To-Day as IL /
was 1900 years ago.
Let me repeat, and smpatically, that |
this article Is not written In order to |
blame any ybody, least of all the teachers,
general or special. Its object IL to'call at. |
tention to glaring errors in the system,
with hope that they will be remedied,
and that speedily. There Is no class of |
the citV's employees who more faithfully |
and surely earn their wages than the |
school teachers. The large majority OF |
them get but about el1.00 a week for |
their years work. They receive not to |
exceed sl4.0Os week for 40 weeks SER
vices, and they cannot, from the very |
nature OF the case, engage In any wage |
earning occupation during the .other Il |
weeks. In the main they are well-ed |
Gated women, capable, faithful, industri- |
Gus and willing, they have no "spare |
time" IL they do the work required OF |
them, (and they do, they are intelligent, |
bright, witty, quick to observe, and to ap- |
preciate where and why they cannot ac-
complish what they ought to, and 1t Is |
within my own personal knowledge that |
many OF them are aware, fully and pain |
fully aware, that under existing condi- |
tions they do not and cannot bring about |
such results as they ought to, and as are |
absolutely necessary, ifthe children en-
trusted TO their care are to become broad ]