The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-03-10

| During February, the publ
schools Of the county showed an az
usually full attendance. This Is
gratifying symptom Of renewed ir
terest in education. May every pal
ron defer the day 10 the farthesl
when he shall exchange his child
rem s school work for manual hOm
work.
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The state OF Mississippi appropri
ates annually 1920, 600 for the edu
cation OF her children in the publ
schools. OF this amount Claiborn
county receives s12, 1926 per year
for two years to come.
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1t ia the duty Of parents TO visi
the schools where their children ar,
being taught and trained. By this
both teacher and pupils are encour
aged to better exertions. You visi
your fields, your stock, to watch The
increase and growth of their pro.
ducts; you watch with closest scru.
Tiny your investments in merchan.
disc, yet the school-house is never
entered. The minds and souls oI
the children, budding into influence
and power, are sadly forgotten.
Why should ii be so7
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II Is nm axiom in school instruo-
tion as in governmental affairs, that
the individual should do the most
possible for himself, and the gov
ernment q O., the teacher) the least
possible for him. If a teacher does
all tor a child, the child becomes a
mental cripple. Children need di.
rection in their studies rather than
help. The parent who "falls out"
with teacher that does not "help"
his son or daughter, commits a
grave error, the harmful effects Of
which initiate directly against that
spirit Of selfhelp, and selt-reliance
which should be prominently cult
vated in the child-mind.
The teacher who "tellsiloo much,
blunts the mental activities OF the
pupil, and turns him out of the
school an enfeebled and dependent
creature that needs, fgurativeIy
speaking, to be propped up with
crutches all his days. tTo get at
The children's ideas, not at the
teachers ideas is true teaching"
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School patrons and the public
generally. should give to the school
heir united moral support. Much
allowance must be made on account
,f both real and imaginary imper-
'ections in the teacher. Do not be
,ver-exacling. and look for ultra.
perfection in the teacher ;
iince none can justly claim it. Ii
5 wrong, therefore, 10 withhold our
moral support from the scLoo. be-
'ause the teacher does not come ND
o our ideal. The ideal teacher is
lot a citizen among us-he is a pro-
luction Of the Imagination. II, 10
III the essential elements, the
eacher should come up 10 a reason.
BILE average, he should have the |
noral bracing Of the parents.
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A compnlsory-education Law is in
orce in quite a number of the
tates. One in Illinois provides
hat only the English language shall
'e taught in the public schools. The
Inference ia, and it comedies with
act, that in some states instruction
: conducted in foreign tongue. A
ealthy American sentiment should
mphasize the demand that all for
igners who propose 10 become Cit
tens should divest themselves OF
very habit that tends to foster
continental prejudices and monar-
hical associations, especially when
comes 10 The rearing and training
{ children of foreign parentage.
in English should be the
xed rule OF every school over
hich our national flag casts its
nuous shadows.
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The state of Maryland appropri-