Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-31


amount of fertile soil, the great water
yet to be developed, the commercial
courses, especially the Congo, the
second largest river in the world, and
the great mines of gold and other
minerals. He next spoke of the Ber-
lin Congress and it's effect upon Africa.
There the representative of fifteen
great nations gathered and parceled
out Africa among European govern
ments according to their idea Of inter-
national law. Among the nations
France has control of the greatest
are concerned. England, however,
has by far the richest part, While Por-
tugal, the nation that did most
towards the early exploration of the
continent, has scarcely a foothold.
Twenty five years ago less than one
fifth of Africa was under control of
civilized nations. Today less than
one fifth is under control of the bar
barous natives. All of this change of
authority has come without the great
wars such as marked the colonization
of America. The European nations
have not meddled with the affairs of
each other in subduing a few hostile
| tribes, and a continent one and one
third times as large as North America
has been brought under the influence
and control of civilized nations prac
tically without bloodshed. This may
| hn 1o1 ~,
human freedom, and sometime the
ozark Continent" the land of the
great unknown, the home of the Pha-
raohs, may become the center of
learning, commerce and religion. 1t
may be here that the saying of the
Psalmist will be fulfilled: IT will give
thee the heather for thine inherit
ance."
Friday afternoon Prof. Rochleau
addressed the teachers on the subject
Of "Habit." He gave the physiologi-
cal and psychological reasons for the
formation of habits and traced a habit
from IFS beginning to the time when
it becomes part of an Individual. He
said there was no ally SO faithful as
ones nervous system when properly
trained, and no enemy SO dangerous
and powerful when it was once affect
ed by bad habits. Most of the habits
of person are formed before the age
of twenty, and most of the methods
and habits Of the professional life are
thoroughly rooted before thirty,
therefore it is very necessary for
teacher to see no bad habits are form
ed by pupils under her care What |
children become by the time they are
ready to leave school determines
largely what their future lives will be.
A love for the good the true and the |
beautiful can never be expelled from
a life if it is firmly established in the
child while in school. He said there |
were habits men might overlook and
kind Heaven forgive, but their dis
astrous effect could not possibly be |
avoided. They would be printed in |
indelible colors upon the nervous
system, and sooner or later the terri
BILE results must come. The speaker |
gave the following rules in regard to
habits:
1, Make your nervous system your |
ally instead Of your enemy.
2. Make automatic and habitual, as
early as possible, as many useful ac-
tions as you can.
3. See that your habits are prop
erIy classified.
4. In the acquisition of a new or
leaving off an old habit, we must take
care to launch ourselves with as
strong an initiative as possible.
5. Never suffer an exception to oc-
cur until the new habit is firmly
rooted in your life.
6. Keep the facultive effort alive
by little gratuitous exercise every
day.
This lecture was one of the most
first week of the summer school, and
should have been heard, not only by
teachers but by all young people.
This week the instructors will be
Supt. I. F. Hall of North Adams, Mass,
who will have the subjects of Lam
guage, History and Orthography;
Supt. Alfred Turner of Turner's Falls,
Mass, instructor in Reading and Pho
mics, and Miss Hall Of Randolph, who
will speak on Primary Work and will
have charge Of the class in Vertical
Writing. A large attendance is ex-
pected.