New-York tribune., 1907-08-18
SURPRISED HER MOTHER

One little girl reported to Miss Brownlee tnat nef
mother had told her father she was AFRAID tn0
child must be getting sick. she was so good
Some very small children after considering
..courtesv for a month made the following rules
Don't sass your mother: Don't stay with your
mother when a lady comes TO see her-they uoi
want you to what they are talking about
ana hut very hot tempered boy in LAGRANGE
school illustrated what the study of "selt-contToI
could do He was arranging tne letters 10 P PIC
upon the banner for the month while a youI6eI
how whose father had contributed the letters
stood by .bossng the job Three times the older
boy stopped his work and looked up as though 10
sneak and then continued silence Finally the
younger boy tired of giving advice tnat was no. not
taken walked away. The older boy looked at tlle
teacher in an amused way and said Ihat sen
control business is pretty good tnlns IL. l4n me ss
Twice I thought I'd lick that kid for Deing 80 80
bossy but / said to myself. 'Ihomas' hoiu on u
Yourself Remember Sef-Control go
''I claim" said Miss Brownlee. that clties are
putting their money into brick and stone. inStead
of letting 1t go straight 10 the children we hs.vs
20 O.o oo0 children attending public schools and
100000 teachers in charge of them Ininh "hat
that means TO the country 10 have these talheu %
as to bring about the best results!
foreign parentage and 90 per cent of them are ttie
foreigners II the schools fail these they nave
nothing TO help them But in order TO DO success success,
full work among these must awaken the teach
first. ,., -. .
can never deceive them They know us for just
what we are. Our only salvation Is that they can
not express what they know teacheI mus mus
feel what she teaches before she can nope 10 nave
any success in training children .,
I'm Lagrange school the system of giving daily
marks to children has been abolished since I-o-
No false incentives ever given the chiidreh'
and so we'll do they understand the inJurloushess
of a reward system that on one occasion wheh a
banner offered the school which marched pest
The children voted against the acceptance OF d
banner giving good reasons for their actions
On another occasion Miss Brownlee. IN passing
a schoolroom noticed that every little child was
busy with It's task and perfect order prevailed al
though the teacher absent from the room oii-
stepped inside TO commend the little ones anu
asked why they busy and orderly "heh
the teacher was absent. The reply vas Instant
We're trying 10 be honor boys and girls
One day a teacher of the sixth grade was De
tainad by Miss BroWnlee in the discussion or ousl-
ness The sound OF some confusion in the teacher :
room caused her softly TO open the door: wIieh
she saw boy standing before the scnoot leddlhg
In the Lords Prayer The children had seen that
their teacher engaged and opened the schooi
themselves ,.-
Lagrange is a ward school including fourteen Id, &c
srhoolroonls q shop and kitchen II IS attended
by all classes of children including those from
the most refined homes and the most ignorant
Svriaps Poles negroes and the like. The appIcd-
tor OF Miss Rrownlee's system to this mixed ma
tral has demonstra ted that the higher sen OF te
child may be awakened independent of riches or
noyertv The work of teaching children that
thoughts are things which they may use in ouild-
ing character occupies only from three to hve MN
utes In the morning The substance OF this tax IS
appIed in course of the day experiments nave
I demonstrated that the most good can De accom-
plished by brief talks conveying only one thouSHt
~ a time and by the whole school concentrating
upOn the thought