The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-09-17
To Public School Teachers
Charles Goodwin in Salt Lake Telegram

The Autumn Of the in session and they
filed with pupils We have word of advice give hem but
their teachers would Look the studies which are
marked the children and for the lads ases and see
YOU putting too much upon them II you are is mis-
take three You liable to nuc the health the pupils
especially the brightest and proudest them you are liable
make them superficial in trying to too much ground you
liable make them sneaks by getting them into the habit of
6ng before recitation with enough get through
nicely only to have it all forgotten in the IL hours
forget this that the paramount object of school
not to pad the pupils with world of ungested stuff but to teach
them study negeny to train them into the habit analy
ing they study and obtaining all the facts For example,
child quickly learn repeat that paused banks
Of Rubcon that then he said The die cast
his army in and after long finally Pharsaa de-
aed Pompey but how long will the child remember that and
what good will it do him if he does remember it?
that simple sentence OF about 80 words enough
days ancient history the teacher giving would
say the class "When you recitation want
tell who Caesar and Pompey what their stations
why they arrayng armies against each other
what the Rubicon why held almost sacred river
why hesated when he reached all the facts connected
with this part OF Roman history feasible would have them
write their statement of the facts and would have the teacher
through the manuscripts tell the pupils where their language
obscure sted why certain word out of place; why
another word not the best and have them write the
story over it. and then gently ccise the reading
weeks Of that and the intelligent boy girl when sitting
commit memory leaf of history would himself
herself at will do to just commit these words to memory
ind all the acts,
writing and that writing must in the simplest and strongest
facts That is the lesson would not be the
comma of words memory to be forgotten week. but
story would be clothed with facts which would remain fresh
their minds all their lives and they would out of school with
habit formed of reinforcing statement made to them with all the
facts which accompaniedit it.
hundred years ago there wonderful lawyer in New
England Jeremiah Mason He six feet inches in
height large proportion but said of him that when he
addressed jury before them that he might have
them talked them in short sentences using
level with the comprehension OF the least
educated personnel and the result that he was
great English advocate before because
there twelve OF the jury box that he ngraaed
his mind into theirs until they thought as he thought
This little digession except example OF teacher
getting with his her classes and mpessing the fact
that rather than the of study that counts
that in expressing thoughts the words must fit the theme
This discourage what called fine writing but the words
lofty simple be appropriate and the pupil who In study
ing learns take tho whole subject and in giving his or her
knowledge expression proper phases WILL though he or she
books have better education and be much
better begin life work than the who skins world
books only fitted for dress parade DAY
Above all do crowd pupils until they get to look upon the
schoohouse and oahng Get them Interested ana
minister every day. You will see by the above
that of right the perfectly competent teacher Is about the
woman in the world.