The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-16

Triple. VlIlalnt
Patient and persistent labor hae
IT'D reward: When NichaelsAngelo
had worked for weeks upon a won-
:derful statue, friend, who had seen
it at previous visit, came again to
the studio, and asked, what have
you done7" Angelo replied, II have
brought out a shadow here, and
have touched up a muscle there,
and have changed the position of
the limbs in this small particular -
"Certainly," replied his friend, II
can see all this, but these things
are only trif1es." THAT is true"
said the great sculptor, "but rem
ember that trifles make up perfec-
ton, and perfection is no trifle."
EATON.
In this age of commercialisn1
when the almighty dollar is the
measure for most things, Edwin
Growers creed is good thing for
the teacher to read: I believe in
boys aud girls, the n1en and women
of a great tomorrow; that whatever
the boy soweth the man shall reap.
I believe in the efficacy of schools,
the dignity of teaching, and the joy
of serving others. I believe in wis
dom as.revealed in human lives as
well~ae in the pages of a printed
book, in lessons taught not so
much by precept as by example; in
the curse of ignorance, in ability
to work with the hands as we'll as
to think with the head; in every
thing that makes life large and
lovely. believe in beauty il the
school room, in the home, in daily
life and in out of door. 1 believe in
laughter, in love, in faith, in all dis
tant hopes that lure us on. L be-
lieve that every hour of every day
we receive just reward tor all we
are and for all we do. 1 believe in
the present and it's opportunities,
in the future and its promises, and
in the divine joy of living.
There are certain "red light"
places in teaching any subject, that
experienced teachers will not pass,
until every member of a class of
average ability has mastered, the
same. These critical places might
be called the working tools of the
subject. For instance, in arithmetic
may be named: Reading and writ
ing numbers, the addition and
multiplication tables, long division
prime numbers to one hundred,
factors and aliquot parts of num-
bers to one hundred, important
tables in denominate numbers, can
collation., the principles of percent
age, ratio and properties. These
and other things should be learned
in the proper grades 80 that they
will stay. Of course there will be
some drudgery and some friction
IN getting these things learned but
they are subjects that should be
learned by every pupil who goes
through arithmetic. In. spoken
language secure distinct zarticula-
ton. do not allow mum bling, Sc
cure correct pronunciation of
words, the right order of words in
the sentence, proper grammatical
j q fl ctions. To express thought
with correctness and facility in
written language means the mas
terry Of spelling, capitalization;
punctuation, inflectional forms,
and paragraphing. Power to read
intelligently presupp poses ability Is
recognize at sight words both sin9.
II fnd in groups, to gail, proper
aid from punctuation marks, 10 IN
terpret quickly and accurately ali
these symbolic, of thought. Snfli.
Gent drill should be given ia the
grades on. these .red light ubiects
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