Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-17
How to Study.

How to study.
The following article from the pen
of Prof. r. 4. Steele, of the Portland,
Or, high school, published in the Cor
egon Teachers Monthly" may be of
interest to many OF our readers:
believing that great deal OF time
is wasted by students for want of right
methods of study, l hereby submit a
few rules which have acquired by an
experience of a quarter of a century.
i hope that they may be pursued with
profit by some inquiring mind.
l. Be Interested in Your Work
1t may be necessary to bring your will
power into action to force a perform
ance of duty. The studies you like
least may be the best for you in the
end Determine to become interested
in your work. Cold iron can not be
welded. Interest is mental heat ac-
QUESTION and retention are In proper
ton to interest. Take a deep interest
in your work if you would learn.
2. Have Program for Study.-It is
just as necessary to have regular Pc
RODS Tor study as for recitation Be
systematic both as to time and meth
dds. A well arranged program will
enable you to accomplish double the
work. Most students study too (?)
long-not too hard. Hard counts and
hurts no one.
3. Learn to Study Alone.-It is a
bad habit for pupils to study together
Gossip, gum and candy often destroy
the work of groups. Besides, the habit
of self.reliance is destroyed by group
work. Determine never to ask an
other student where your lesson is
Learn to rely on yourself.
In battle or business whatever the game,
In law or In love, it is ever the same;
In the struggle for power, scramble for pelf
Let tins be your motto: RELY on Yourself"
For whether the prize be ribbon or throne,
The victor Is he who can Ego 1t alone"
4. Concentrate Your Attention up
on the Lesson - Concentration o
mind is necessary in order to get
clear perception of the subject. B,
close attention and close observation
you W IL be enabled to retain knowl-
edge and to recall it at will. AS th,
rays OF the sun, when concentrated b,
the burning-glass produce combustion
so when the energies of the soul ar
directed to single point, the min,
burns its way through all difficulties
5. Master Each Point as You Co
Getting lesson is like shoveling coal
You make most progress when yol
get down to the bottom and tax,
everything "elean as you CO." Back
stitching makes a strong seam. Re
view each lesson after you have re-
cited it.
6. Study to Know, not to Recite.-
Studying to recite, or for grades, is on
of the greatest evils connected witt
school life. The subject should b.
studied the book used simply as a,
instrument. The teacher and tn
students should use the recitation Il
work out wider, deeper and more &C
curate views of the subject than cal
be obtained from the text books.
Z. Think Vigorously, Clearly an,
Independently Thinking makes tn
best student. Accuracy, clearness an,
rapidity are the essentials of RICH
thinking. The honest, Independent
and able thinker outstrips his class
mates in excellence. Secure tn
pleasure" of studying out your les
sons for yourself
! 8. Use What You Learn. us
keeps knowledge fresh. In whateve
you engage, command and use you
entire resources. A lesson is nc
thoroughly mastered until you hav
thought it over in your own word.
Always do as we'll as you know, TO
then you will soon know better.