The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-11-07
School Notes.


The enrolment for the second
month has not increased any.
Miss Jessie Mel heters is detained
At home on account Of sickness in
tho family.
The sportive SNOWFALL is very apt
to fly whithersoever the will of the
small boy listeth.
The school report for the first
month will not be handed in till
next week.
The unoccupied room is used a.
an exercise room by the pupils dur
ing the Indictment weather.
Education, as applied to human.
kind comprises both the art and
science of drawing out or develop
ing the faculties of the child, and
Of fitting them for the functions for
which they are intended. Before
we can hope to mould the nature
Of the human being in a desired
way, the nature Of that being must
be we'll known.
The knowledge Of human nature
is usually known and considered
under three divisions FIRST, the
constitution of the body; the sec
ond, the constitution Of the mind,
and third, the moral and religious
element. II We suppose these
three branches to be trained rightly,
they will give to US the chief points
on which all questions of educa-
ton hang.
What are the necessary require
ments most desirable to impart this
knowledge and training 10 our
youth? Again, what is the aim, or
end that should be pursued in order
to gain what is wanted? What are
the best means to attain that end?
Many Of the plans suggested BY
different writer's on the subject are
theoretical, and are so imperfect in
themselves as to be almost impos-
sibIe of use. Our knowledge OF
the body is partly perfect, but only
so, to the extent that we study the
functions and apply that which il
learned to the use Of the parts un-
derstood; but the mind and soul
are still in the realm of the unex-
plored, still in the realm of the un-
known.
Education has existed since the
very infancy of society. and the
present plane it has reached has
only been arrived at by the cropping
of experience, and by the process
Of trial and error.
Instruction involves two main
features, first, what to teach; and
second, how to teach. Of the great
mass of truth composing human
knowledge, it 10 a disputed and del
icate task az to what and how to
select that from which our boys
and girls may study. In doing
this it must be borne in mind that
every truth implanted serves two
purposes, first, knowledge to b.
acted upon, and second. its use as
mental discipline. The things, then.
most necessary for US to know. are
those that can be made Of the great
est present use. Preservation of
lie and health, involving the knowl-
edge and practical workings OF
physiology is one necessary study.
Manual training along the line Of
practical everyday work, which
with natural philosophy and the
osner physical sciences are requisites
LOT success. A knowledge of our
moral workings and duties, duties
70 ourselves and to fellow.msn.
and other essentials are that Of
= thorough knowledge of the moth.
- tongue; the channel through
nulcn We gain all knowledge.
leading and writing allied to. that
~ language, aud history or know
sp s our own country and ito influ-
.hsee' and those studies. which en-
s ~h;a, US s to classify tho object Of
t"." So the world il composed, Ma.
cul,;,nl history and geography. A
;.slvatlon Of the sensibilities and
ths .s'nst'ons, from which many oil
.nsh pleasures of life are derived.
urs su as. % music, painting, arehitsct.
n.tntr" oet,v and others Of = kindred
a rI. Al these should b eixen
l,ns, 10 the modern course Of