New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-25

hare given up to- mono y ~
meant for the masses hen they have
fled iinglo riiously from : nous field,
leaving guns that were shotted with th "a
ball cartridges 81 truth, t. Be spiked w
an enemy We had driven before U, and b
when. bringing with them only the white 1l1t
feathers Of the coward q the black
plumes Of the mercenary, they come
home for their reward, what shall they
encounter, what have they = right 70
look for, except itica.l damnati and
death?
is it not cause for alarm that our
best colleges are pouring into curse hools
thousands Of young men and Women 5' mel
without = mouth study Of the history
Of education OF an hours thinking con-
corning its philosophy !? Our secondary
schools suffer even more than the prima-
Try, for in the primary often the u simple,
untaught girls Of nature, get nearest TO
I.her heart and SO nearest the chic, but
the college graduate knows too much to
appreciate how little the average boy 81
girl und erstands. He doesn't remember
his fret painful steps, neither does he
l3appreciate the truth, that it is not the
how much but the ho y that edueates:
The usual fallacy under which the IN
professional teacher labors is that his
success is measured by the number OF
facts his pupils memorize, and the, num- IN
of pages they are made to go over. a
thorough appreciate ion of Lycurgus' syys q
tenn in Sparta, as well Las the better meth
DDS in Attica 400 j. @, would cure
him Of some Of his crude pedagogical
hallucinations he needs to be rid Of
the notion that the methods Of percent
age can be applied to the measu remennt
Eof educational success, and that ailsgrow-
ing minds need the same kinds and guam
titles Of mental, moral, and spiritual
food. After failures, sad failures too!
and how many he begins to apprehend.
the true aims and ends of educational
processes. Then he begins to teach, then
to study, then to get into his pupils
hearts, then to know that Of all artists
none stand nearer the great Eternal than
he WI, molds the immortal part of our
human tabernacle ew# York School
journal. IS
The following extracts are from the re-
port Of State .supt. Gro ker Of New ork
recent transmitted to the IN w FORK
legislature e The state should not, under
any circumstanc hold out any encoul-
agement to the niul iplication Of uhnec-
essary studies by Offering q premium or
money inducement to forsake the safe,
true course Of INSTR ction. Cram ming
fer$examlnations which no Id out such in
ducements IS an evil to be dep1ored and
it can not. tail IN the end to in ure mat
erially the prospects Of the common
schools,
ssThe vast field Of human knowledge
can not be adeq uatel leaned ii the few
years ii which child can attend school.
When the pupil is hu1r q fromson On top
ic to another, there cannot be any thor
ough education The mind, like the body
requires time to digest its food.
- As an eminent educator has said. The
mind must be fed jjudlcio usly led not
gorged. The first object Of il teacher
should be to 2deyelop the mental facul
les of his her upils By mai King them
think. The mind cannot he awakened
Or developed other ise. The number of
boil which = boy Or girl carries IS
school sno criterion Of adj ancement.
The most ignorant person, endowed With
wealth, can have q large lliibrary which
might as wen be 81, the book sellers as
IN his house. Fewer bDoolk Is and more
81, Wedge 81 hat they cont may be
relied upon3to produce mole practical
educational effect
- few clear thou aptafle at|
any moment and prsse nting subs