The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-09

Why Teach Current Events:

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study OF current events is TO develo
the power OF looking into the essenc
of tbing. and OF following them con
} tinuously step by step; holding il
mind and promptly and clearly bring
ing up again tha' which was read las
week or last month and which has
direct bearing on what is being rea,
aow. This faculty means power o
attention, concentration OF thought
mental activity, AS well as reservoir
of information.
Another object in this study il TO 80
train our boys and girls that they shal
make men aud women who will not
ind their chief mental enjoyment in
reading the sensational and gossipy
-tull that now forms the staple with
Tie great mass OF readers II j. 10
give them while they are in the school
room such An insight into and relish
tor the deei er. the more important
things in the worlds life, that they
viii feel an attraction, hunger for
them when tbey come to control their
own ding.
The study Of current events tends
more than most school work 10 train
our boys aud girls in the power of get =
ting snd retaining ideas by simple
reading as distingu shed from what
in school phrase, j. called study"
In paying attention o current matters
it is hardly possible for class TO pore
over tie written text. coming ii by
heari Lessons in this subject cannot
be assigned by psgcs. The pupils
must do their studying not by mem
orizing but by reading, the only real
way to study. Thev learn TO read in
the real sense. - get and hold ideas
by simple reading with attention born
of interest, instead OF by coming.
For cultivating true Americsnism
there Is no way so effective as the sys-
tcma,ic study OF The affairs OF our own
day. Ii srouses the interest of our
young people. IL forces them 10 feel
The economic and moral bearings Of
All political and National questions.
There i nothing else which will so
broaden and vivify the intelligence
and exercise the judgment. There is
nothing equal TO the study Of current
events tor giving a practical applica-
tion and color TO what has been learn
ed from books. One cannot under
stand the past excepting AS he UNDER
stands the present. The reader of DR..
Arnold's lie remembers how strongly
he urges the teacher Of history To use
the present to illustrate aud illuminate
the past.-lndians Directory.
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There has been aw wonderful advance
on the line Of general reading among
our German pupils this winter AT
the Erne school. No. 3. in Cass town
ship, on The 2nd day of last December,
school or neighborhood library was
organized. and with the money collect
ed the following books were bought !:
Japan in History. From Colony to
Commonwealth. Selections from Rus
kin. Stories for Little Readers, Stories
for Kindergsr,ens, Birds Christmas .
Carol., Lessons in Right Doing. Lucy's
Wonderful Globe, Ten Bows on the
Road from Long ago Till Now. Hans
Andersons Stories. The Scarlet Letter,
Industry and Idleness, The Cricket on
the Hearth, The Chinese. Christians
Carol, Love- The greatest thing in
the World, Creating Men The great
es need OF the World, and many
Others.
Here are the pupils who are read
ers: Clara FenneMan. Christina
Frick, Otillic Erne. Mary Menkc. AL
bert Fenneman, Frank Fenneman,
Arphie Fulling. Jesse Fnling. Lulu
Fenneman, Herman Fric4, Willie
Menke, Mary El-hofl. Samuel Elshofl.
sophia Frick, Jacob Elshof. John
Elshon. Edward Fenneman. Lizzie
Hemmer, Sarah IIemmer. Netlie Fem
ncmsn, Alex Fcnneman. Harvey Fen.
,neman.
These twenty-five readers, and
tw elve others Of the neighborhood,
have read over one hundred and forty
books. Y. r. X. G. membership cards
w III be sent them in due time. Mr.
II. w. a. IIemmer is the teacher at
the Erne. TO him, the patrons, and
pupils we say Well done: let the
good work go on.
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The Young Peoples Reading Cir
Gle Csrtitic,t, 9 Of 1894 are three and a
halt inches by six, aud are the work
OF the famous lithographing house Of
VIM. B. Burford OF indianapolis. In
the upper left-hand corner is an ex-
cellent cut Of Henry w. Longfellow W,
the children's poet The upper right
hand corner ,ntains The picture of
some books, aud lamp burning the
midnight oil. The entire work il
surrounded by wreath Of flowers
HLa lna;un srnrl aud colnr srn aIfo