The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-08

teachers and seAeels- -ef even 6ftaan
years ago of like, grade succeeded in
imparting their pupils lin d marked
degree.
A healthy, normal child who has
been in School iGnti1 the ape of fotirpeen
years should have developed that power
for self education. After eight years
of school life It ought not TO be- heees-
sary to amuse him in, arithmetio1f geo.
graphy and grammar, but, he should
find great happiness and pleasure in
earnest and persistent study of these
and kindred subjects? E5.1 4iiiE' JH|
| s7?Caases Of this lessened or weakened
ability on, the part,of school children
to study in an effective manner are,
the lowering of high moral plane upon
which every good school Should Fest
| Gan increasing. number oflyoung peot
pie have no pride in their work and
seem to care very. little about, what
| the parents or teachers think of themC;
| the gradual downward tendency to
purely utitilarian1ans standards 1.-THE
eHemination of class room work. in all
secondary, schools, (the man element, in
| teaching has been abandoned) ; the
weakening of home disci pline' and the
opposition to home study; the demands
of society and, the numerous egganiza-
lions and clubs upon the time of the
| children; the undue prominence given
by yellow journals and politicians to
those who attain Ito position without
school education. vgIIgus .,y5,ftsf
Then, again the methods practiced in
| the school contribute directly to the
making of good or poor students. The
scnool IN which nothing but oral
instruction isl given nffom bottom to
top may deYelop loqua9ipus, teachers
buf poor, inaccurate students The
school that demands little from it's
Pupils will get less in return and the
pupils must be amused or they will
dislike it.
AZ 1t ia easier to name the conditions
That are not favorable to making good
students than to natne THOSE that are.
Ifgthe customs and public, opinion of
the community are, more favorable, to
idle, ,loafiDg habits than to work and
study, then there will be little study
ling going on in that; eommunityy7,If
1.-THE iyoung people hear nothing int,town
but the advocating of having a good
/ LILLY duu hdFluS IL sAOW, bASu yLHO
school faculty which can work in such
a community will do little 10 inspire
the children to high ideals of life and
parties, bowling allies and cheap J ohm
shows are considered Of more import
lance in the education Of child than
the regular and conscientious keeping
lef study hours, then, while that COM
m m n n0l Of
money on schools, there will be no ade-
lquate standard of scholarship in those
l,JNow ritr,is not, expected that the
Ichildren of the vulgar rich, the
children Of those who want to be UP in
society, or the children Of those VINO
do not3abelieve an work, u will keep
home study hours Neither is it ex-
pected that any of this, class will
ever become scholars. But for the
tchildren Of those who are DOING the
worlds work, for the children of those
who know that there is no real pro-
gress in anything without an adequate
Expenditure of time, together with
earnest, persistent effort, for these
4 children many, many hours must he
spent in home study and no sympathy
is asked from any source, for children
Iyare happy IN their work They are
enthusiastic, they love their school.
Teachers tell me that in some parts
Of the state there are parents who OBJ
Eject TO home study ON the part of their
children. 49, If it be true that there are
such parents, they ought to be con-
WINGED of the wrong they are doing
I their own children and society in gem
erak 20 1t is advisable far teachers to
recommend regularity of study hours
at home and plan work to be done, at
home The parent who pays no atten-
tion to his children's home study has
iino right to expect the same results at
lat the end of the year as the one who
does. e., .,,.,,. ia
! If the teacher is thinker her child
iren will be thinkers provided she has
1.-THE ability to limpart knowledge, for
lchildren are initiative. to ID ru.rygrr,
i r., One Of the greatest services teacher
can render pupil is to create fav-
orableA environment in which that
lpupiI can wock both at home and at
school AT homelto see that the pupil
has a quiet room, properly heated apd
lighted, furnished by his parents, and
at school to protect him from the
drones and the noisy, silly tenth which
is found in most schools and which l
am sorry to say-in- many schools has
,1ull swing in setting the, standard of
work. The teacher who Stands firmly
for the rights Of those who have a
..desire to learn is. rendering "a most i'm
itportant service to the con community ya
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