The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-27

BY GEORGE r. WILSON. COUNTY SURF.



The committing OF the facts does ns
secure mental developmer
or increase mental power. The proce.
~ acquiring knowledge may DO The min
more harm than good. 20. ye-. yo
mean superficial study mean moth
ling ot The kind. refer TO the methos
ich harsctrr aud habit OF mental action
Hard sud thorough" study, 30 called
) sought alter by earnest teachers an,
performed b. fsitLfuI pupils, often doe
more harm than good. As is well state.
: % helc1- ito. 10 study" Most o
,ur b.Ei-woIking faithful students be
. 'ome tie mere-t NOPE. sheer plOdders
'iniiiiiea bDuk-.ucker, They learn b,
oie. originality j. dwsrfed. Their pro
: e. VI education }. me Of mere commit
NHg. borough though il may be In.
-ieGd Of The heslth!ul assimilation ol
know edge which begels mental power
@e ind Vnls the iMpre-siEg aud brand
.. ~ .aci- ia The sorm al spoken or
written w0rd-symbol-. which. though
The pupil reproduce them in faultle.s
language, are Till mere impressions, un-
iiges Ell and una--imilared thing
apart from the mind itself. which not
'nls does not brget power, but becomes
mere lumber and tEammels the mind :
'fOdaciiyenes- and originalu
| Tie wrong habit OF .tuiy. however
thorough. hard and faithful the work.
nay do. may. often doe. do more harm
n.H good The result L. We lind -tGlti-
lied. moping, plodding habil- OF thought
where we ought 10 find bright, active
vigorous. original. geen. healthy minds
l4e boy cant -olsc the sim hest prob
lem IA hss fathers business il IL happen
70 conialn some new condition not found
The .0DS nor fitted a. case aud rule
Nore attention must be given TO the
manner aud method OF study and habit
Of thought Pupils must be trained
How a. study"
second: The development Of c arac-
t.r j. OF more importance than the learn
ing OF books
To cause pupils 10 grow in honesty.
|iruthlnlness. purity. unset. Shines. nobiI-
|iiy, integrity. love. and honor is Of far
greater importance q an to teach them
Arithmetic. Grammar, and the rest Of
the common branches. Aud yet our
schools spend niDe-tenths OF the time in
acquiring q knowledge OF the books,
while Character Building il touched on
~ incidentally In = general way, or not
Al all How much Arithmetic. Gram
mar, or Geography would pupils catch
in geaer4I wsy:" Taese Sciences
would have to become more contagious
than now ito be caught in . general
way But Character Building. the de-
velopment OF manhood snd womA mi n )of.
the wedding and pruning OF the vices
and watering and summing Of the virtues
the drawing cut and building up OF the
character and affections that part of
pupils nature which is all we respect
and honor and love in actual life, that
which makes men good citizens. honest
business men, loyal in the family reIa-
fi0ns. true a. friends. this must not be
left to chance in our schools Ii must
n0t be lett 10 . crude form OF irregular
general instruction II j. worthy OF
daily recitation sni daily systematic
drill side by -iie with other branches.
II should be made the most important
study in our schools.
A recitation in il should be given
daily. The drill shouli be scientific.
close. systematic Not until the teacher
can make q Character chart OF every pu-
cent in honesty, tluthfuIne-s. generosity,
frankness. integrity. etc. aud their op
posiies, hiss he begun TO study their ns-
iures ystemstically. 50 IS 10 root out
tares aud SOW wheat
You ,sk. .-h0w to DO this work ~
Every teacher can do IT, There are
good books outlining the subject; for
example. WeIchs How TO Study y
And similar books. Any teacher VINO
realizes the importance o: this work can
ind . way 10 do it, Let il no, be said
II any OF our pupils he esfter: They
Isvc committed The facts Of the books.
1ui can't use or apply them in solving
tie problems of life that each day
,ringS.- or They have learned the COM
non branches very well. but are untruth-
ul. unloved. impure-in character
neaner than " hen they entered school,
: Exchange.
The State of Indiana. through the de- /
,artmeDt OF public instruction. has is
ued an outline OF township institute
work for the coming winter. work. I
70 this has been added sixteen pages :
hst deal directly xith school work inl.
Dubois county. Thi- should be care q
ully read BY the teachers. 80 that they /
nay fully understand the work before :
hem. and prepare TO meet IL. Z
- - d
.The Ors,ions 0f Burke sni Webster
las been selected IS tn literary subject
4 the teachers EXAMINATIONS from and ,.
.fter November. 1898. and until further
lotice. This book forms an important
art in the program At the township In
ti,ute and young teachers will do well
o read IL carefully. and take sctive part |,
. the discussions Of the subject at the /,
ownship institutes.