The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-28

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cONDUcTED BY rROr. REGAS.

r schools of New York state, 1t ap
: pears that about $3.50 persons up
piled for certificates to teach Rn'
failed to'get them. A great man,
points are suggested by this state
ment. One is that = debt Of graft
tude is due to Mr.. Draper for hev
: ing devised plans whereby thes
, 5000 arc not depressing the worl
and wages Of the II, ,0O0 who wer'
found qualified.
But II would seem that bette
thing would be to require all VIII,
want to teach to undergo a training
for this purpose. htthis time II
the nineteenth century. none bu
trained teachers should be allowed
in the school-r0om. This WOULD
require the 'training classes" Il
become county normal training
schools; il is a step much needed
at this time. Over these schools q
capable normal graduate should be
placed; and thus the value Of the
normal schools to the state would
be enormously increased.
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II teachers would make ont a list
Of what we might call The ineyita-
bles OF teaching, and underneath
wIite a solemn VOW never to take
arms against the sea Of troubles, "
but submit TO their invincible
strength, much time and enihusi-
asm which is now spent in futile
struggle might be devoted to profit
able work
First ON his list, should be a re-
minder, that, i'm spite Of our best
efforts, there will always be some
pupils who will show little or no
appreciable results.
With fifty pupils in n room, there
are at at least a dozen grades of a
bility and as many different results
may be expected. Some, and they
are invariably the ones who need
the least attention, respond prompt
ly and we'll to their instruction.
Others requiring much more atten.
tion, respond less promptly and
satisfactorily. While still others.
usually a small number. show al
most no improvement FROM day TO
day.
This last class, every teacher ad-
mits, is n source of the greatest anx-
iety; and it is just here that we
should apply our theory OF the in
evitable. Once sure that they are
mentally incapable os anything bet
ter than what they offer US, we
should desist from striving or wor-
rying. and, while giving them
fair share of attention and sym pa
thy, pay no further heed to the
matter. The strength uselessly ex-
pended in knocking ones head a.
gainst the stone wall of their ina
bility, had better bo used for those
who need and can appreciate ones
efforts, for, as an American poet
expresses it.
You may bind them heart and browi
But the poet will follow the rainbow still
While bis brother will follow the ploH.N
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A letter from a principal OF a |
normal school says: 81 have no.
ticed for many years the very poor
Of students who have
been teachers for periods Of consid-
cradle length. The number who
say, sir when spoken to instead
of 'ha' or hey Is small, i assure You.
Where IS the remedy ?" This is
that should be remedied
for bad manners viii be
copied. The teacner should write
his sentence aud think on IL "It
s more important that my pupils
should have good manners than a
knowledge of grammar" a young
nan with bad manners will fail /
rot wholly, perhaps, but in the
highest and best sense. Think on
hese things" ye who would teach.
Exact time is furnished by the
zig Naval Observatory at Washing
Oh at the expense of the govern
nent, but IL is distributed by the
Western Union Telegraph Compa-
", which regulates clocks all over
he United States at noon every
lay. The government operator
,ushes the button in Washington,
}. c., exactly at the noon hour
instantly the Western Union wires
lash the news all over the United
states in a fifth Of q second, that 1t
S high noon at Washington. To do
his, all other business is excluded
rom the wires all over the country
1 the hour corresponding to. 81
minutes before noon in Washing !
on. Each Of the four divisions OF ]
he country sets its time by the me- !
idian that divides it from north to q
outh, each division making its time |
ne hour later than the next divis- {
On To the east.
The exact time at Washington Ia {
OF decided by the sun, but by the =
Ixed stars. !
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. NEVER BREAK A PROMISE.
II you wish 70 Be respected
And 10 gather many friend,
There's a simple rule TO follov
That viii bring ths uished.gor eud.