The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-10


children with books, good apparel and
all things required TO make school
profitable and pleasant. iIo also us-
sumes that the teacher has the ability
to provide for the child's intellectual,
physical and moral needs while under
the Instructors care. aud thea goes
about his business thinlSing his relation
with tho school now ceases Aud all
this Is TO be appreciated by the teacher
as being evidence OF an interest la the
school However, too many parents
feel satisfied with this, and here is where
they fail TO do their whole duty. In
stead OF leaving the children 60 the ex.
elusive care oil teachers, patrons should
visit the department where the child IL,
aud note the kind OF discipline, the
method OF study, the general influence OF
the teacher, and the spirit OF the pupils;
then when criticism falls upon the
teacher, as il commonly does, an Opin-
ION based upon actual observation can
he offered for or against the cause Of
adverse comment. BY visitation, one
aud learns 20 treat them similar 10
other people, aside from school matters,
and linds them To be responsive, sytn-
pathetic, generous, liberal, aud progress
iye beings, not So unlike the rest OF the
human race as they ARE thought to bee
hy some
Especially should parents favor the
school with Their presence on all special
days, when exercises are given Even II
ihe program rs tlresOme one can never
know what Joy Is brought Co the little
child II mamma and papa are there To
hear the first recitation or tile happy
song a. il falls IRON the little anxious
soul. Encourage the children, aud in
directly the teacher, through visitation
80 the school.
AS the child passes along from grade
ga grade parents obligations aud
relations TO the school augment in Il
rapidly increasing ratio. Children are.
pi one 10 adopt certain methods oi life
that injure their chances lar education.
one oi he dangerous tendencies Is the
formation OF evil habits that totally
deprive the boys, especially, of their
powers 81 attention, concentration and
anemOrY. Needless for us 30 cnumerate
these evils, for all parents understand
too we'll what they are aud unless
children are carefully guided and re-
strained ut this time, parents Inil to do
their duty To the child and 10 the
school. Teachers can not get good
results from school II cigarettes and
tobacco destroy the minds OF the pupils.
But a second consideration often
overlooked by parents is the reading OF
children. In too many homes are found
upon the table the trashy, emotional
form OF literature, the sporting paper,
or those papers containing nothing
eleyating or ennobling in their columns.
Parents should show the evils of such
reading, Danish il from their homes, and
substitute therein such papers as Golden
Days, Harper's Young People, Youths
Companion and pure standard itera-
ture. In these days of book-making,
cheap editions OF the worlds standard
literature can he purchased 10y a very
small outlay of money. Scott, Dickens.
Hawthorne and Others furnish thrilling
tales Of history and city lde that en-
trance one with delight. Arabian Nights,
Robinson Crusoe, Raldwin's Old Greek
stories, Pilgrim and Puritan, Little
Lord Fauntleroy, Hans Brinker, Peas
ant and Prince, Stories OF Homer,
Eggleston's Stories OF Adventure and
Great Americans, together with hun
dredS OF other books, furnish instructive
and fascinating reading for the young
These cost little and create IA love for
good reading IT this habit he formed
the problem OF "being out nights" large
~ disappears. Equip the home with
library and add TO it constantly. Con-
suit with the teacher and see what
particular books would be valuable ~
IN aid To study each year. Encuur-
age the children to spend portion OF
tune each day IN the reading III some
thing good, Read with them and ex-
plain the dark places with your better
Judgment and broader experience. A
third point to emphasize as u duty Of
parents Is the necessity oi giving
children time TO pursue lessons at home
When boys and girls reach the age of
fourteen or fifteen, they must be re-
Quiied To spend some time in private
home study or they can never become
students, even OH ordinary standing.
Parents should know this, and provide
a room and q time each school day for
home study One lesson az least should
be- learned AZ home. Two hours each
evening dey oted TO reading and study IL
uOne too much TO be demanded by the
teacher and required hy the parent.
Instead OF permitting the boys aud the
girls Go 90 down town each evening, they
should be required TO remain at home.
for the purposes above mined This 4
not sentiment. 10 is truth aud until
parents lelrn 10 hold the rcina oi gov
eminent over children, la such % way as
10 produce willing submission Go such
requirements, the schools will never
accept the criticism OF being unworthy,
aud Ot failing To do the good they
should. Schools do Tail n their purpose
IN great degree. Why? Because the
evil influences Of homo aud street and
habit counteravt all the good influence
of the school
4 fourth point TO which parents
should give attention while pupils are
attending school il that OF social at
traction We have nothing 10 say,
either Tor or against those amuscments
oi Il social nature, further than they are
related TO the school, anil from long
observation We are able Go say, that
school children should not be permitted
TO spend their evenings nc the social