Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-04-10

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their duties, aud greatly interferes
with well behaved pupils striving for
advancement. as we'll as poor ex-
ample for scholars easily tempted 70
do wrong. This II much more laud-
able plan than yainly endeayoring to
make q bad boy good boy by skin
nlngn him, and especially while the
cbastlser Is ffenzied with detestable
passion.
I'VE have printed the above 10 order
~ give place the 10 FOLLOW
lnR from the Bloomington, III,
Public School Journal called Edu
cation. IL takes the position that
self-gOvernment should be taught Oy
making the pupils themselves assist
IN the good goYernment OF the school.
Most teachers have no doubt read the
following, but such a. have not should
procure the whole article aOd read
aud ponderl ED. J.,
Journal Of Education on school Government
No amount OF subsequent teaching
OF The theory OF Democratic citizen
ship eau undo the false ideas that are
put In practice during the first elLht
or twelve years OF u chlld's school
life. A child that Ia taught la school
life that he has nothing 70 do with
the good order ar conduct OF the
school, aud Is taught that this ls the
teachers business, Will be very apt TO
have the same ideas OF bis duty as
citizen toward the general conduct
OF the members OF the community
let the Officers enforce the law. A boy
who In school Ia allowed 70 believe, and
acts according 10 that belief, that he
has right 10 hide the mlsdeeds OF
his fellow pupils, will be apt 10 GeYel-
op In adult life into the alderman,
WIN has such false ideas Of his civic
duties that he will belleTe that Il Ia
honorable u refuse TO tell who offers
him a tnonsand-dollar brlbe.
The boy who unLesitatlngly does
wrong In school and relies with conf
dence upon his schoolmates not giving
him away. because they might be
called tattlers, rs ready 10 deyelop into
the brazsn bo0dler and lawbreaker,
who does not hesitate 10 defy public
opinion.
The boy who would not cheat Ia an
examination hImself, hut who does
not hesitate 70 hide the fact that his
seat. mate does IL, will be apt 10 de-
y.lop Into the self-rIghteous citizen
who knows his neighbor Ia on a stuffed
pay roll, OF that another Is defraudlng
the city, yet he will keep stlll about
the one aud vote for the other.
The M0slac law, the English COM
mon law, aud the statute laws all In
sist that citizen shall be witness
whe0 called upan, and that a knowl-
edge OF a crime deliberately con.
cealed makes Que a party 10 the crime
Yet 10 our schools We teach exactly
the opposite. The child Is told to do
right himselt, possibly, but Is told 10
mind his own affairs, aud Is not ex-
pected 10 assist in exposing wrong
nor In regulating the conduct OF those
who constantly affect h,s personal
rights 10 the everyday intercourse
Of the school,
The remedy'ls to enlist The pupil
trom the hrst day he enters school In
taking aa interest 10 the community
lie OF the school, let him feel that
be can have voice Ia making aud
enforcing all the regulations that
effect him Ia bis school life outside OF
mere intellectual' work, Tue pupil
who Is disposed 10 make his Ia.
naenee fOr right conduct as pro.
aounced ias does the evll.dlsposed or
thoughtless pupil who imposes his
Sroug conduct ou pupils aud teachers
alike. Tue pupll should be taught 20
be fearless Ia disoountenanclng wrong
doing about the school, taught 10
warn his aelghOof that his mlsdeeds
aust cease or that ho will expnse
them Ia a maCly way,
The pupll should be taught Ia see
that the Individual conduct ~ hls
sohoolmates does Affect his rights aud
privileges, and that the conduct OF
the whole community is matter
that directly Affects hin and that he
should make hlmself telt Ia innuene-
lng them
The teacher should oct stand alone
Ia being responsible zoe rlsnt action
and good coaduet Ia the sehuOl. a. 10
senerally the case, The teacher ought
10 eullst on the side OF good order aud
light oondueta a majority of the school.
aud through them suppress The badly
disposed % thoushtless pupils. Asit
. nov, che teacher staads on one side
'oT right action, on the other stands
he active element % disorder Willis
he hokoFs-on-dones 10 ianuence
land the majority % tbe pupils. wko
b right themselves, but are neutral
D their lnlluence Ia tae school, a.
aey all oe ia clFic life afterwanL
Neurnfe HoaF nowsis Win psasarsss
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