The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-15
SCHOOL MELANGE.

SCHOOL MELANGE.
That the relation between the home
and the school is not everything that it
should be is evidenced from the fact
that this subject is interesting the
minds Of our best educators as 1t never
has done in the past Almost every
school journal Of the thousands issued
weekly and monthly has one or more
articles on the subject, Mothers meet
ings are being held almost everywhere.
In these meetings the mothers and
teachers consult with each other con-
corning the good OF the school. In this
way the teacher is enabled to find out
more Of the child than can be done In
any other way. 1t is an admitted fact
by all who have made the matter a
study. that the moro a teacher knows
of the child, his anteeedents, bent OF
mind, home surroundings, parental
training, etc, etc, the more successful
that teacher ought to be in leading the
child to true manhood, or true woman
hood, as the case may be. All true
teachers viii seek to know as much as
possible about child life In general, but
particularly will they strive to know
the pupils under their care.
Quite a number Of times in these ar
tlcles, the writer has called attention to
the importance of the proper teaching
of reading, or rather of the absolute ne
cesslty Of the pupils knowing how to
read well. Our city superintendent Of
schools, Alr. Anderson. has called spe-
cIal attention to the subject time and
again in his talks to the teachers. The
writer never ceases to urge his teachers
to double diligence In the matter Of
teaching this important branch and to
urge the pupils how important 1t is to
know how to read well. Reading is in
terpretIng the thoughts and feelings Of
the author. II possible. at the very least
it's the interpreting the meaning Of the
author. Until a pupil can do this he
cannot be considered even pasSable
reader, and until he can do this he is
not prepared to pursue the various stu
dies required even In a common school
course. Some boys and girls are ham.
pered all through the course from the
very fact that they cannot read well.
See to It, teacher, that your pupils read
well. The important work In teaching
should be done by the primary teacher.
II the work is not well done. the first
two years OF the chlld's school life.
poor readers are the result 1t Is al
most impossible to entirely correct the
mistakes OF the primary teacher; but
let the work Of the primary teacher be
done well, and the pupil Is placed upon
the high road to success, and the i'm
provement is rapid in the after years
OF school life.
The end OF an euueSuon IL NOT AlOw''
edge but character Ihls oelhg 'hh
case would u not be wen lot inc
teacher to pause now ana theh 10 ih-
quire what his teaching aims al OF
rather results! 10 II character OF
knowledseY True we must nave inc
Snowledse' and we wul nave II tue
character Is tormed' pu' we 10 INSIST
that the greatest ann Is character, we
hear many teachers speak snshtlnSly
of mature study what Is the Goou
TO come from knowing ABOUT the hapi's
OF dumb animals, the laws 'hat govern
plant NE etc! hueh every way GEAR
teacher. Get the ehfd interested "a
these Things ana you teaeh KINDNESS 70
animals love Tor 'he Oe9ut'eS OF NeBe-
tation' and you nave TWO very import
ant traits OF u good eharaeteT-tWo IN
dlApensaole ones we might say inc
moral part OF an education Is the most
important OF all' Ont II IL Impossible 10
give It to children by regular set les
sons as we teAch the branches out II
almost In the reading lessons, above
all others, though, this instruction can
be impaired by the wise and Sklllful.
teacher. Does the lesson treat of the
life OF some great statesman or war
rior, whose life was devoted to the
good of country; lessons of patriotism