The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-12-27

THE SCHOOL TEACHER SHOULD
KEEP POSTED.
fake Up Subjects of Interest and Dis
cu-s Them Wit, Pupils Don't Com
fine Young Minds Too Closely to
TcNt-i;ooh S-E,fECationai Notes.
Hints to the Teacher.

Hints to the Teacher.
Current events ito rot need much
,"achin-: YOU will find. if YOU take up
the subject. that Ill that is necessary is
FOR You Ia keep posted and be ready to
discuss them with your pupils. writes
tora : Day. il til" Educational News.
What dry thing history would prove
to tn" average boy or Girl if it could
not be connected with those later
events which have moi vet become writ
tea history. And what openings thcr"
are in almost every geography lesson
for Il talk OH some current event. That
lesson Oh zones the fri-il zour-ani
there * rcary ANA hi. plucky eXpcdi-
ton. This leads back naturally to
earlier Hplorcr>-FarE,y. Kane, Ross.
Back. DIlnycn. Franklin. then The
search for the Northwest raS>"..r. tn"
earliest explorers and 1nrir hlp-ha%arL
discoveries. even back IT, the hardy
Nor>c,nril: ana the Glasses have som"
history which they VIII never forget,
because they were Interested.
There is the St"reotypp;! Maine Is
noted for its >hiih;Iiitin- ana some.
boy viii want 10 tell YOU about the st.
Louis which was launched from
Cramps iii" other day. Do let him
talk aui don't shut liln of with THAT
hasn't anything To- do with Mainr.'
/ one of my boys came ND stairs the
other day and made 4 Decline for my
desk with his eyes fairly a-loW in his
ca-"rncSS to tell me something. l had
not the faintc>i idea whether it was
III" election or football this time, bat
smiled Swcetly and he began.
! My father says the ST. Louis is as
long rs from here to the store and he's
going up to-day to sec it launched.
. And
! Say. it isn't rs big rs the Great
EASTERN" broke in another
"Why isn't it," demanded boy No. l.
( There was my chunre and we three
talked ships and >hip-buidinG till the
bell rang. Learning something? or
course, but they never suspected it.
II the days lesson had been on 4 ship
built Il year ago those two boys would
have been the first To say they ''diin t
see the use of such stuff Nevertheless.
; y
Il number of things that they would
never learn i'll any other way; and ,hey
Will remember them. too.
Again, what boys hart does not
/ glow at the word football: 4 few days
! ago was in my school c;r ly. Presently
| 4 group of boys came in and within five
minutes they We're carefully instruct
ing me how the game WAS played. l
was so glad to know. and We talked
ball and college colurs and til" game OF
Princeton University and which was
/ likely to win.
Now. when We come to the history les
son which tells Us about Franklin.
! who. good old man. tries the souls o.
the boys wocfully. and tie enumeration
of his public acts. the fact of his found
/ ing the college which became the Uni.
vcr>ity which won that game vii! Sticl;
in the memories of those boys long af
! ter they have forgotten that he alSt
! started the first public library of Phil
! adelphia and also its first fire company
and militia. Why: Because it is con
nectel with an idea in which they arr
! Interested. They dc rot know what
! psychology is. but their voluntary
attention is conferred on what they I'M
dcrStand and enjoy. and the associ:i
ton of ideas naturally follows.
Think of the field that opens befor,
You in every uirectior. There ar,
China and Japan with the places thai
have unpronounccablc names. That
! war will help make your battle easier
Ttcrc is Russia with the queer GOV
erunnnt SO hard for Il young American
to understand Talk of the late Gan
and his successor and arouse a human
interest in these far away countric.
and people.
/ And now Just Il word of caution d.
not become 4 lobbyist On this. one o-
the most Fascinating Of subjects, an,
use it only rs Il help in the course.