The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-12-13
TEACHER WRITES
OF HER WORK
Is Interested In Work and is EnthuS.
ing Pupils.

Editor Sentinel: This is the End day
os December. Last week, near where
.hKesaaMpkies meet it was the writer's
happy privilege to teach three pupils,
Of thirteen, nine and eight, and wnef we
mediate upon the great variety of sub
jects touched during the week by even
as small school as this, it seems that
our boys and girls might finish a collie
giate course in less than from Z to 10
years,
How interesting, and sometimes
amusing, has the work been. Take
spelling. All, "had we really achieved
what we nearly achieved" the mental
attitude of some of the words were
like Jack in a-boX and sometimes left
, shadow of gloom upon the brow. u
In the easier grades of reading, we
went with little Northern boy into
field of the fleecy staple and heard his
enquiries in regard to the planting, har-
vesting and manufacture of our South
ern product.
When little girl breaks into peals of
laughter every few lines over Beech
er's Catching Charlie" we may be
assured she is getting the thought.
Robert Stevenson letter from the
island home in the Pacific, where he
was searching for health, told how the
parents obeyed the children, doing, -
as Mark TWAIN said of the Sandwich
Islanders, "iike civilized people," for
someone has said, ''This is the age OF
obedient parents"
Another author gave US the recital OF
a trip to the PHILIPPINE Islands; the
coachman turned to him and proudly
said, "Me estudy Americana" pulling
out an old bill of fare and reading alouc
the names of the articles. ''Why d.
you not 90 to SCHOOL," he asked. "Nt
, | time," said the coachman. But yol
! could 20 to the night school,. "N'
money" he replied. When it was ex
! planned to him that the night school
were free, it was more than he coul'
believe at first, but with his face glow
ling with pleasure, he said, 81 CO."
We spent a day in Jeypoue, India
linking up with elephants, camels, don
; tkeys, with monkeys and children tum
bling around in the dust, as real q
\ Philips Brooks descriptive powers coul
! make it.
J We rejoiced in the story of lam
h boy who could not join the army, br
his fidelity to work enabled him to Tho
} horse that carried the leader of h
= regiment in time to save the battle.
\ We sailed up the Potomac and sa
y the impressive ceremony OF giving S;
< lutte to the home of Washington,
beautiful custom kept up to the dign
q fled monument of the first head OF Il
n government.
9 Had some amusing accounts of Fran
troubles in jumbling his hints
a confusion before he learned method
81 the arrangements of his thoughts.
q These, with many other subjects, a
q forded q wide roam of thought. In Il
~ erature, with Longfellow as a guid
q we mingled our tears and sighs WI
= kthe brave Capt. Miles Standish, mus
lover his peculiar wooing. who, VIII
O Ibis deputy was conducting his love 2
M tair. declared he fought ten battl
~ and sacked, and demolished city
81 then-to get an answer that causes
a pent.up wrath TO burst in sudden exp
W. sion. r..f. y asTf
III With Washington Irving we loiter
- lin the oriental chambers OF the A!ha
~ bra: could hear the murmur Of
II | fountains, the song Of the nightinea
nj feel the influence Of the balmy clims
81 linhale the odor Of the rose, ~ only !
O beautiful word painting could pres'