The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-04-07
HOME INFLUENCE UPON SCHOOL LIFE.
How Parents Can Help Teachers and
Benefit Their Children.


! seutS himself tot he fostering care OF the
teacher, on n Monday morning, about
/ the firstof September, shortly alter
his sixth birthday. With what an i'm
quiring gaze does he look up into his
teachers face on that memorable first
day of school He has u proud air Of
seif'assurance His face is round and
rosy, and, as this is an extra occasion,
for the present, clean. AS the assayer
analyses bit Of ore to determine the
relation of the familiar elements, so
the teacher brings the boy under her
focal range and determines whether or
not his education has truly begun.
! Whether she will have to battle
against habits wrongly formed, or
nourish the embryonic character al
ready developed in the first school q
child attcnds-hOme. Somebody has
sad the best part Of education is
that which money cannot purchase"
1t is provided by the child's first teach
! ers parents; and is only made com
| pusory by it's author God. This
school II ways keeps, and never changes
teachers but for one cause death. 1t
has no holidays. Sunday isan illumi-
| nation OF alt the other days. Its lek
sons are practical and fundamental,
destiued to outiast lie Itself in that
they relate not only to the body but
the soul as well. This school affords
the same opportunities 10 the poor as
to the rich. All may form habits and
establish principles here for the forma-
tion of II character influenced only by
tho higher aims and purposes in life,
and fortified against the discourage
mcnts OF present misfortuncs or evil
influences. Society, the church and
state receive the impress OF the first
school life.
There ought to be complete harmony
between home and school, creating q
mutual helpfulness. But, alas, how
often one interefercs with the true
mission of the other. Home furnishes
bad boys and girls to disturb and de-
stroy the highest function Of tho school,
and the latter often half does the work
1T is pledged to do. Thus in tho es-
tranged relation society suffers loss
that cannot be estimated.
Obedience as homo tends to Obc-
dicnce in school, and homo and school
become mutually helpful as thew re-
quire and cultivate obedience. It the
pupil does not receive a reverence for
the tcachcr from the paternal lips,
but instead is madc to appear an OBJ
lcct OF suspicion, an antagOnistic feel
ing will be imhucd greatly TO the dis
advantage OF the pupil and the teach
er's work. On tho other hand, pupils
who receive no higher conception of
home by an attendance ut school, no
lessons that magnify the missions of
parents and iilial duties of children, do
not become more 0bcdicnt sons and
daughters in consequence Of tho cir at
tendance at school.
A friend gives the following, which
serves TO illustrate the point: 'In my
pcdagoging days two roguish pupils
sat side by side. Repeated correction
brought no relief from their pcrs stcnt
mischief Knowing the parents very
we'll, the two families being at the an
tipodcs in regard to government, !
resolved to try the experimental send
ing them home for the next misdc-
mean0r. On the following day, about
the middle Of the morning session, uu
opportunity occurred for the trial
John ana Henry, put up your books
and 20 home This unexpected COM
mand rather starL!cd tho boys at iirst,
AID they locked up with surprise.
repeated the command, when Henry
appeared frightened, and John smiled
clear back To his ears. 1t was evident
1T once that this punishment was wcll
chosen for Henry, but the poorest kind
posi- ole for John. Henry left the room
crying: John left it luug hing Though
today John crys and Henry laughs
In loss +,un oDn hnnr JT.,,,,,
returned with ,his m",oao, "O" 'y",5 (r'r5,
mis- very cyc.IIrn, md titLf,i
mother .Alnthrr scnt mo h.ny
and told me to trll Won that She mm. q.
ished me fo, nv djsGb,Gi,nrr, nnn "a
ask your (ornIvnnr.s ana nrm"i W
hey YOU hnrcAfirr.' II (oruI,.,ss'r - 20
u,nry, said: take von,.". w.,
lnt mo tcIl Won, thoi. vnu ,.,,s Sg".' WI"
and rcsurct vonr nnnd - ~ Nti "N'
much., Tbc result Of tt< i''",n"i' 'ot
Win Henry was in. a/It =" Po.' nm ii,
| knew his mother WIN ~ ~ ~ ,u'
phaticnlly made no I,,,, -, CIV"
But John aid no, "U"a ~, ,.,'', ~ "" 40,
until the ncXtrI," H. ~ ,,'.II,, a. III
tardy, and lnf "'s M ""' "7 10y 10y
in about tive ",,' '','E Ia.a o'n'o ,
ped him OF" H., IN',r o"G d,iv"1 Iv
before lhc 7 NM. i'V' "r" hYdt rTYV Al
your pi,rrny. .,u y:' .W"tLi,,,
was the luGn,i,.' MA ,n1, IN
them tnat .n,, ,nn n,,,,n fm,. 'n,i.on,,.
duet :? " ,i'i,'. .D,G n,,,,,nnt No.
provo You sn, rou,. ,,,i'comG3ct ond
advise You T., 40 hnttnr s,rhn,,
di.n't say noInin,, ,Tbor coy
John, that thc Ircvt ,inn. tLo+ rH,,
violate the rules OF: 'I.olo"i 1iIt
administer the punisSrment tHat r,,'',
parents ought to have fnnictCd ,.oS,n,.
day"
Hcnry's mother co-opcrat,.l wi,l. ,lc
teacher for the highest gootl of S.r