New-York tribune., 1902-09-08

THE PASSING THRONG.

A school teacher in Salem. Mass the town Of
witches and Mayor Hurley. was hold for the gr,nd
Jury last week. charged with
SREANlNG breaking boys leg while whip
BONES AS ping him last June. Now 1t Is
MOhAL never On the whole commenda-
sUASION. Die proceeding for the master OF
school to break one of his pupils
legs. While it is effective wav ta ;1Irstrsta
lecture on physiology to the class and also with
out doubt prevents further unruliness from the
pupil. II Goes not conform to modern theories Of
moral suasion. and deprives the nuni1 o- several
weeks of valuable schooling for which his father
is paying taxes But in this Salem case one finds
1t difficult to withhold all sympathy from, the ac-
cused master When one recalls pulpit methods Of
rally passabe readers who have been rednce 1 to
fngaG I Oy cur american public schools
crime "Acc0rdlng to the stories told by the mas
Avenue last night the class Ia s & at tine Ine Ts Esn
the punisnInent was inflicted was having reading
Every time that @ the punished boy (who. by the
any kind Of punctuation mark or breathing place
he would let his voice drop The master made a
the level. but the boy would not do So The mas
ter says thIs was vas not because he couldn't. so he
the persuasion that has resulted in the trial.
There are two points of view from which the fol-
lowing remarks might be approached-the chiId's
and the parents. And there
HAD READ two lessons to be drawn. for
HIS BIRTH the child and one for the parents
DAY PRESENT Those who approve of proverbs
may sum all up by saying that
Robbed orchards don't yield again" After the
clever and always deceptive method employed IN
plays" said James Hines. Of Philadelphia at the
Waldorf yesterday, "let first state that what
will relate to you does concern me in the least,
of course. Just suppose, then. that a man has
little son of fourteen summers who is bright,
rather precocious, and tremendous reader being
possessed of lively ina gfnation that his parents
early FED with the best tales Of Andersen. Grimm
ana Lang In his little boys house is great room,
nned with DOCKS of all sorts the collection of years.
ana more than one generation. Among them is
SCI OF Dickens, we VIII call it the Chapman 6 Hall
ed1tion. with the famous and lively pictures that
nave necome a nart Of the text to many read
ers These the little boy early manifested a great
interest in and looked At by the hour But Dickens
was thought bv his parents be a little old for
him. so he was forbidden read the stories which
the pictures enhanced The little boy. always obe-
dlent was trusted fully. and never BETRAYED any
KNOW ledge OF Oliver or David Mr.. Boffn or the
rest that ne might not have gained from the Illus
EMBARGO was removed. he was told that he could
read Dickens if ne wished. We will imagine
that on the next day the boys mother overheard
him confessfng TO his big sister that he considered
bis birthday present pretty as he had already
read all the books Of Dickens but 'Pickwick Papers.
and he tried that but didn't find It funny Think
of il! He can never find Pickwck funny now, I'm
ing that the same parents have another son COM
ing along to the lively reading age, what are they
to do?'
ASK C. Stanley Hall. perhaps