The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-17


School building at Union. on the lst day Of
Aps,' slp.s pss1; .ss-sA Ia' '9'lSy'ns is the pro-
Musio-Niiss Sallis Munro.
Arithmetic, Bird year-Mr. W. w. Bruce.
Miss Lorena Hawkins, ]. L.. Strain.
4 Aasic-Niss Johnpie Sanders.
Question Box.
..u-M uaio---Aiis -Ssllie MunrO.,
International Grammar work-Mr. F. L..
Wilson! Mrs, NJ IL Britton, Miss Brandon
Rodgers. '
Ma.ie-Mis' Het'ie Murphy, ~,
'an.ss''I9Vk METHODS.
eve ought to wake up down here in
South Carolina said an earnest, wide
awake young teschsr 10 another not long
ego. "when we get away from home and
they begin to talk Of "me,hods" we do not
know whist they mean
Well, fellow teachers of Union county,
suppose We take the hint and, rubbing
our eyes preparatory to waking up, think
little about methods" "Why, 'methed
is only ~dy of doing a thing" do you say !?
So 1t is, aud there are as many ways Of
doing rs there are persons to do; aud, in
the hands Of q poor teacher, q good method
is Verse thaa q poor one in the grasp of an
earnest capable worker.
After all the important thing is tho work.
man. Put real live, wide-awake laborer
in tight corner, give him poor tools and,
in some way or other, he will manage 10
turn out good work, aud without n doubt
the opposite is true.
Just here turn aside To whisper . word
to the teachers. Other people will please
pass over to the next paragraph. l am an
old teacher, and have been in school, as
pupil and teacher, all my life. l knoW that
the most depends upon the pupil Even "
good workman must have the right material
to turn out first class article. Tho world
has grown very pleysT sharp enough in-
deed to do grest many wonderful things
bu, 1t is still ponderins that old, old ques-
tion, '.How ,hall we make bricks without
straw 7" and do not think the school
teachers will find the answer for it.
But, going back TO methods; wide
awake teacher will find good method. 1t
may not be the particular one used at Quin-
ey;; Mass, but being made especially for him,
it will certainly fit him better than one
made for another, man. Methods are apt
to BE- liks clothes. II you take one that
belongs to somebody else, yau must satisfy
yourself ne 70 the rt before You go into
company.
81 A great stir has been made about the
best wsy Of ts,ching this. that or the other
Everybod sasml to feel like rpshiug to the
frsnt with "Plsn" for making o royal
road" up the steep o.. o.s hi, h,,. Of learning
Sometimes 1t seems like going cut among
hqst Of friends with your arm done up in
sling, end getting > remedy fer your sprain
from every one you meet. You feel s, con-
fused By conflicting advices that you are
-. let The arm take care Of itself
Y; eItainiy be in sad condition
ifyou {, 81 to- try oil the various methods
whose praises are sung by their ingenious
originators.
Those who were al the estate Teachers
Association last Summer, may remember
"The Synthetic System Of teaching Read
log" 50, ,tastily illustrated in colored chalks
upon the portable blackbosrds.
"We are only agita'ing, not advocating it,
BY any means" said bright progressive
teacher. in answer to my inquiries.
Meeting tho "agitator" some months
later, aud asking the result Of the agitation,
/ was told "Ths system will not do at all.
1t is complete failure at least it was with
me-"
And this is to be the result of many an
experiment with methods that come highly
recommended.
The "Phonic Method" of teaching read
ing has been greatly in favor with many
good teachers. Some contend vehemently
for the Word Method, while many, look
Ing back upon their childhood, pronounce |
the A. D. q. method quite good enough for
them.
have known one who bodily announces
= decided preference for the three plsns
judioiously "mixed." The proportions, |
however. like those in the recipes of many
= good hsusekecper, seem to depend upon
notwithstanding oil these have been
pronounced satisfactory the Assistant Super |
of the Brooklyn school reports,
refinement Of the Phonetic and Word
not yet fullo developed, but full
Of achievement. even 10 its infancy"
This new iie, is 10, big for this issue,
but will be presented in full next week.
Meanwhile we can draw good long |
breath as we realize. that the commotioni
over methods is largely confined to Primary
md Grammar grades. When we reach the
deeper waters Of the college course we find
, restful calm aud profound quiet. Stu
dents are there bending over the pages Of
heir text books and cleaning knowledge
md bu'liing character in very much the
'ams way that their fathers did.
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Ths sshsOI System.
The Teachers COLUMN in the TINES ap-
pears Ike-s long new patch on our old worn
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