The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29
Educational Column
nY GEORGE r. WILSON, COUNTY SURF.
H"w 10 Render the school roon,
Pleasant and Attractive 10
Children.

WORDS httlng To express ms ideas In In
guage suited TO my fancy.
: Always truly grateful for An lima
love for the beautiful; yctunforfnnateI
(. not possessing the poetic grace ~ n
= gifted writer with which 10 conway ~
thoughts TO others.
Mere discussing The beauties \
nome adornment, there are innumerabI
, WAYS IN which deit fingers find avenua
Tor beAutifying and rendering attractiv
the one little cherished place calle
, home.
But let u turn away from ,he opja
ease oi home, with its many little rom
forl- and attractions. its music. hirI
and flowers, and direct our thougbfs !,
me schooi-room; The wecs-d day hoa,e q
me ordinary child from seven TO nina
months OF each year
Ia place o. the easy chair. we find
rows Of hard wooden seats which are
anything but comfortable, for the little
beings who ~ ust cupy them from
four 70 six hours Of each dav.
We wonder not that the childish na-
tience sometimes gives away aud Inc
only resort, the pocket kni,e. comes
forth 10 give ut 10 his feelings, in tax
ing his spite out on desk before him
but fortunately, under the present sys.
TEN OF school managemett the carving
period is on the decline
According to the old motto, "occupa.
iion prevents temptation . the child +
now kept too busy to think of but little
else than school duties, from the time he
snters the recitation room ti! the beH
'ouuds tor nis dismissal
On first entering. the Iool room ha-
indeed. but few at;Fac .ons fo offer
Bare walls stare Us IN the face. unless. as
: too often the case. they are adorned
vita that finest OF ali decorative ART. ..
he spiders web In this case there i
'ny The greater opportunity Tor the
enchc..
II there be cob-webs on The walls. \,
rush them away and hang lew choice
pictures IN tneir stead and il there be
my extra space on back boards. few
trokes with crayon in colols will rem
Ter a bright aud cheerful appearance as /
veil as delight aud p.ease the childish
ancy. lnthis way. much may be dons h
. relieve the desolate appearance OF the /
rho broom. n
But, aside from decorations. there are I
ther ways of rendering the school-room q
ltrartlse. There D. q certain mOnot0ny :
'hlch clings 70 all duties. and which d
rust be duly guarded against Ii pos J
bic create an interest in each subject h
resented Ende.vor % entertain a. I,
ell as to instruct; aud the best rcsllt- n
i'll follow. i.
Order" II Is said. "is heavens .rst a
w." So j. ii The first law OF every b
Ell regulated school And without cl
der we can do but little. p
Teachers should never forget that The E,
~ OF laiyiike behavior i The same ia ct
,,h pal n and scho0l-r00m. Vein
ODii DC careful how and for what, pu- nj
j. are reproved before the school. in
is-e wounds rankle lor- ia the ten tn
4 heart OF child Mature years may
itcn. but not eras, them. But The At
eerful tone aud pleasant smile OF The an
lcher are long remembered de
DO not irown upon tn littls ones. but cit
NIX OF the paths steep and stony. tia
leie the feet ~ tn dear ones must 20 tax
Ily a few short months they are un- A |
+ our care; and then our work i done. tn,
| us try 10 realize that il Is living, sts
,wing. human minds with which wea /
ne 10 deal and not mere lifeless pup. int
=. un
'he boys and girls are bright enough sci
nature; the danger IL nnr clear elcc- an,
air md stimulating climate. is that we
y may become tOD bright They In
rn in mere infancy thousand things 20,
ich they should not know till N liture ma
~ have given them more sober indg- As
ni-, and this precDcitv IN evil know the
ge should be duly guarded against. hof
A system OF te4ching which will oc vii
y the mind with an enihu -iasiic love difl
knowledge anA that pure wisdom. has
II whose ways arc ways of pleasant irer
;. was
ne efficient knowledge Of children. Ror
ht TO be most effective guard toll
inst depraved tastes. iiou
here j. ia the heart OF every child an esia
tic lovC Tor the beautiful aud no not
rc can that taste oe better cnliivatedfo a
in the scho0lroom Present 10 chill
4 the sunny side OF an questions don
- them Y love ne beautiful. imp
here j. beauty aii around az, above II
id beneath us -tri,
! day, in the Ecayen. above are the und
blue sky, iha gO~ssmcr clonl anl 4ror
chariot course Oi the .un the
\ vi ~ ste seen The starry sen iincls, bau
ling town upon TIE chiiireu oi men, Ron
richer hepih, ~ ether. AMI the sil. thin
, sheen Of the moon'- con. silrn, min
ch attps, thf nights curved high a 'n
4. sent
poking upon 'he earth sc behold citi;
placid iake with cmenid fringe. the hap
IA meAnAerlng 81 the slow rolling the
r aud the producing tumble Of mut
cascade aud ralprnct. cral
Isnv 0f these things are beyond the shal
prchcnsion oi the i'll mind. But part
y j. q beauty aud simplicity ofnature the
ccible, by even child. Beneath onw
careless feet springs up the vclvety Of
Is, like boundless carpet. Millions conl