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JOHN S. MANN,
ATTOOEY AND COUNSELLOR Al' LAN.
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courtsi in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office on Main st., oppo
site the Court House.. 10:1
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjOining Counties. 10:1
- ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
'ATTORNrX S: • COUNSF:II,LOP, • AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., 17ill attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with proutptnes and
fidelity: (Pica in Temperance ,see
mid floor; Main St.
ISA.AC BENSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will
attend to all business entrusted to him, with
care and promptness. Office corner of West
and Third sts. 10:1
•L. P. . -
ATTORNEY AT I.,A.IV;WeiIJbo - :o", Tioga Co.,
Pa., will attend the Courts in. Potter and
IPKeaa Cunnties. 9:13
R. W. BE TON,
SUSVEYOII, AND CONVEYANCER,', Ray-
Mond P. 0., (Alle,. , any Tv.,) Potter C0.,..Pa.,
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care and dispatch. 9:33
. tir. K. KLNG'
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SURVEYOR, DRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY-
A.NCER, Suietliport, Maeart Co., Pa., will
attend 'to business for nou-resident; laud
'holders, upon reasonable terms. Referen
ces giren if required. P. S.—Slap: ,of any
part ofl tile County .rnade to order. ! 9:13
0. T. ELLISON,
'PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, CouderspOrt„Pa.,
respectfully 'informs the citizens of the vil
lap and vicinity that -he will Eironply re
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Ullice on Main st., iu building formerly Oc
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• SMITH & ...TONES
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES; PAINTS,
• Oils, Fancy Articles, Suitionery, Dry Goods,
Groceries, ic., Maid st. t Coudersport, Pa.
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D. E. OLMSTED,
DEALER TN DRY GOODS, DEADY-MADE
Clothiig, Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main st.,
• Coudersport, Pa. - : 10:1
• DI. T . MANN, -
DEALER IN BOOKS S STATIONERY, MAd- .
YLZINES and Music, N. W. corner of-Main
. And Tfaiyd stq„ Coudersport, Pa. 10i1
It HARRINGTON '*. •
FEWELLER, Coudersport, Pa., having ening
ed a window in Schoomaker & Jackson's
isture villcalry on, the Watch and Jewelry
business, there.. A fine assortment of Jew
elry, - constantjy. on hand. Watches and
,Jewelry carefully repaired, in the hdst'style,
pn the shortest notice—all work warranted.
HENRY J. OLMSTED,
• OuccrsAort TO JANES W. SMITEO
°I)EALEH, Hi STOVES, TIN Sc . ' SHEET. IRON
WARE, Stein st., nearly opposite the COnrt
House, Coudersport, Pa. ;Tin. - and. Sheet
.Iron Waro made to. order, inzood,style, on
plliort notice. .10:1-
ICOUDERSP9RT
P. GL.4S - SIIRE, Proiiiietor, Corner of
Main and &O( - * - Stieet3, - C l OOtierspor; P&L
ter. Co., Pa: ' - • ' -9:44 •-•.:
ALLEG-ANY .1791.7,5 E
Silargr.; .111 MILLS, :Proprietor, Caiest;urg,
' Pott4' Co., Pa:,'lsdven north of Coil
deraport: olt the WelisTitte Road.
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A POEN, read before Me Atter County T"adars'
Asaocialioni at Lewizville, Jan. 20, 1858 . ,
Frmax.- •
[Publi.vhed by Request of ..48.iociation.]
Our poets sing, and sages tell
Of beauteous lands,' in which they dwell
In ss-eet imagination.
"Auld Scotia's" hills, her burns and braed,
They sketch,'in fancy, for our gaze,
Or for our contemplation. ~
They tell ns, too, that Switierland
Has Alps, that still, unrivalled, stand—?
With snort• their ellifs are laden
They say halia's skied are fair;
That odorous flowers are blooming therp,
Whose heatit; only can compare
frith Tor own 'd47:li-eyed maidens.
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They talk of Truth, of Love and Joy ;
Of Friendship, pure,' v,:ithout alloy;*
Of Home and - Education—
And numerous " isra.r '" - they recount, •
Whose votaries sip the darkest fount
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Of Crime and d'egtadation.,, .. c
They point ns to our riative land,
Her varied landscapes, fair and grand,
In color and extension; .
Her Science, Arts, Inventions, Laws,
Are theme's of Ivonder and applause,—
But "DISTRICT . SCHOOL" and was,
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Claims len'of their attention.
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So, while in loftier fields they roam,
I'll speak of Common ;choils, at home--;
not in competition ;
For, fancy-plumed, they soar at will;
While Pliacc but a fond ,*yoo9c-quill l --
TAuf minus ihspiral4on.
I, therefo , e, pray you 0 exctuse - - r
The uncouth rhyming which I use,
For pen and ink have banished "Inuse".7—
truth, hiekless!omen.)
PerchanCe; the many Would surmise
That rhyming . thus scarce suffice ;'
Yet, minds, (more.irandm and less wise,)
Whose thoughts,soflr 'bot4 cloud-land rat.,
Look down with pity—tiles their eyes,l—
" 'twill irm 11;.r Wom.sx."
The School as 'twas, is4,firet will view: ;
- I cainuut eller mud: thats new,
From my c.:2l,F,;igice, it is trui:—
Or much that's entertaining.
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But leSt the theme be lost to sight,
And buried in Oblivion's night;
These lines I venture to
, The simple Truth proclaiming:
The D13T1117 SCILOL :13'1.u-its, we know, •
Had miftzh of Joy-Lah I inorc of Woe;
• The youthful heart, mysterious thing,
Some sweets from bitterness Will bring; I
Though oft we br"edi. , ,ed with 'painful care,
T And T feared the, the:vied NasLe'r's - chair,
Nor dm edto inov!e limb,
But, statue-like, Alit strOgiu.l.priin,'
Lest we, infrinng some strict rule,
Obtained a "flogging" after SchoOl;
Yet, luckless - wights,nre bore the yoke—
Forgot the pain, 4.::d 'more. rules broke-
Our lessons learned,
,(which were but few,)
Our f.ices turned for something new. : . •
Sometimes we pen or Pencil took,:
And 'sketched thki ..lidater in our beok.
e never--11,2itte.reil, true,
As all our.inoder4 artists du ;
Though often failed in bringing forth.
• His real talents and his worth.
In sketching once, T otir pencil , -
The l'edago,gue austere and grace;
A lowering biow "enail eyes, no: fine;
•• And hair quite like 'a porcupine; •
His nose was - pictitret long and slim,
As all were " closely riOsed"'by him •
A birchen rule, to race his hand, '
Which served astscepter,xod'and wand ;
'We sketched; the picture to complete,
Great underAtaiadiNi T -namely, feet.-
While yet our mind! was thus intent,
Those pictured cies were on is beat •
Top soon he saw itwas - no ideal,
Jr pencil once liad sketched the rcit.
Witli'ddrkened'broW and flashing eYe, •
Ile pointed to a ~ .I•thinceLblo'ck"
"Your elmicOnow take—the dreaded stool;
•pr, pardon crave before the SchoOl'!•—•' '
We took the seat, for gtribborn - tO i ngite
Ttefusedto ofc - n the wrong We' ‘ d done ,
And, while'in that c'onsPicuons'pliiee-,- •
. The inark•for tatints'an4iude grimaee— T .•
We, keenly feeling-the disgrace, • -
IlesolVed our sorrow to efface,
And still anOtlig:picture .
,trace t ,. :
—A harder tailt-fOr ,
...To faithful trace each varied-phis—.
, So; imiliedly along we pass, -•,(.: ,: • - •
In hastei.to sketelt the. School "en:
. Three=score_ young tyros:seated there,: Yr. •,
With thoughtful .browS and:much otcai l e,* l
. Applied - oarcascat'liome, - perchattea;
And sonietimeicaat L apitying•glanea, - ;!'' .
• lEa:Cli' leafed
Master's ,
' And quiclo sprang' tOgiltsP, a:hook
Itrseemirfg - studi - niiii intent,. 2 : 0 1
Uri tillie'l4milalirath l walipetit. '
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• The very room, if heira;—iit-Eii?"'-'":
ezboie.i) o..iiie, Ti!lipiplos of, Dlie,l4lpavy,,,iiiia 'tip @liszillirliitio - ot.-Yoi-41,i1 . 2, : T.i - 1,i . . , ;-pitql - miD Vibn.
GOUDERSPORT, POT'ItR' COUNTY; PA.,' THURSDAY, FEIIRTIAT.V7 25, 1258.
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'Such tvere our schools ; who can but say :
"When I was young 'twasjust the way,.
And yet the ha/f.ha - s not been told:"
But more of this we'll not unfold, •
For, now the tyrant's power is o'er,
Andvidence ruleS in. school ro more.
Those days are gone, and, one by . one,
Like mists thit flee before the sun,
Those rigid, laws have passed away,
And brighter dawn has blest our day. _
Kind words usurp, in great degree, .
The place ofrods; and Equity,
With Truth.andflentleness, combines-
To banish fear from youthful minds. -
The Teacher moves, with gentle:grace, •
Presiding genius of the place;
But firmly quells the rash and rude,
Till stubborn wills are quite subdued;
To lore of books is not confined,
But orally instructs the mind, -
And sunny . , joyful hope imparts,
Thus kindly winning youthful hearts,
The Blum, now, stands first in school;
It paves the way With honest rule ;
It brings blest hopes of joy above ;
It brings our peaceful homes of love ;
We owe th' enligglit'ilig of the mind
To BIBLES and the Sawn:, combided.
Then, first of all, this Book of Truth,
Should be the guide of wayward
With sterner tasks-sweet .Music blends ;
To all its gentle influence lends
Dark shadons from the brow removes,
And every ruffled temper smooths ; .
It sends bright sunshine to the heart,
Bends iron wills with magic art,
And. by its spell, we oft retain
The irkscithe laboll of the brain,
Which. refrof music, Would be vain."
.The cheering Songs of youthful days,
Those simple, yet melodious-lays; • •
Are with us in our afterlife; , •
Reveling seenesofcarp and strife;
When clusteringtronbles fiercely loom,
They quickly dissipate the gloom.
Then, Wit be in Music's power
To sooth or cheer a sorrowing hour, •
Let-each weak voice be . . need to sing, ..
And evsry heart an i offcring,bring
To kiisic's shrine ;, and, thus agreed,
In 3lnsie's path let'all "Gbd-speed."
But, fellow Teachers, let me ask
Is ours a light or humble task ?
Can we,in'atinshine, alulays , bask
Where trouble ne'er is roving? •
ho! but, if with determined. will
Our trust and duty we fulfill,
There's oat. sweet solace for us still, fi
As Conscience smiles approving.
-Reward in future, too, la burs,
As !high the thMid. towers
- . O'er fields of wide area.
We proudly gaze the eroWd among, .
And think., with'pl i
esure, that, when young
'Twas we first. taug t the liaping tongue,
And-trained'the "young idea."
The teacher of to-day, 'tie true,
Has higher:nobler, aims in view ;
And chances more propitious,
Than thoSe Who taught ere Learning's'ray
Illumined all Life's broad highway, -
Which, as it shines, leates nought to stay
The }light of mindsamhitioui.
.We've variousliastitutions, , grand, .
Of learning,. scattered through the land—
r A bles.iingto the ustion ;
E'en PorrEa . with. her quiet vales, .
Efer - mOuntain holubs and woodland dales,
'The breath or modern lore exhsles,
• iDitru4g-edueation;
Each forest leaf iti dew' distills:—
And, treasured 'mid her clustering hills,
Are nof , /C mines and daztialeeoiills,
:Which,. like her thousandsparkling rills,
A broader sphere, are Seeking. •
Tlip beaten path to earthly fame
Is iintenougli—they seelCand'ehtim .
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Icen/.6raidies'in fair Science' name,
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Timu's ceaseless round has wro't this change—
Reforms abound,—and 'Lis not strangt,L—
,Qur Age, is solirogrenive.
lA's' persevere, ,and hope . to sec
hach Eltort crowned successfully;;
"Exuelsioi" still our motto bc,--
• ; ;Of loftier hopii cipiyss!'ve. •
utatimmt.
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rikoceindings - of 'the , Teaehe i t's
Assoinkation.,
yiirsnaut to adjournment, the. Pottei
County Teachers' Association met at tie
scho6l llousd in Lewitvilier on'Thurstlay;
Jan.l2Bth, 1858. Meeting:called to:or.:
tier t.y.l:oN;.‘ J. liendrinic: . '
President being '' - abaezit,'on motion
O. Diviiht was Chosen tO'ne'tin'that office.
J:Air r .Bira was , chosen, Secretary, Pro‘.'
teen lieu 1J: Henclrick i)rieflY,stateCithe:
objectsof the'meeting`auil;the'couditions
of -
Prayer 'jay the'
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cointnitth 4 of . rranieneiii"r4o4.;
eir C3f l hniitids,'ltid'Offeitid` the
EfMIZEIEMMI
following resolutions fur" consideration
and discussion:
Reso/ved That' Teachers of Potter
County 'should ahui at a hilie'r'inOral, re
ligious and intellectUal atandird of quali
fication, for the duties of their station. •
Resolved,l That the present practice of
forming-Independent School Districts in
thisounty• - is contrary to the intention
_of tit eotuinon school system of Penitsyl
vaniai and to the general interests of Ed
'ucatiAn. . - •
Besolved, That • WELT, grAtrFrEil
Techers.should receive' a• liikrieFeumpeo-
sation for their services than heretofore:
Resolved, That tho present p:actice ln
many townships of thiS-county of ill:ing a
uniform salary for all grade 3 or teachers
is an act cf injustice to those who arc bet
ter qualified and injurious to the best in
terests of the schools.
I?esolved, That some Measure should
be taken to establish a uniformity of test
books throughout the county.
Resolved, •! That in teaching- Arithme
tic,. scholars should bo required to ,corit
mit the rulei to-memory-verbatim.
Resolved, That every teacher should
subscribe for - some.educational paper; acid
that the Directors of each District should
supply each school - with a copy of the
Penn. School Journal, for the use of the
teacher. . .
Rai°iced; That the present practice
of requiring' teachers to board around,
should be. discontinued.
• On motion the report of the commitWe
was accepted..
On motion the 4th Resolution wa.s
brought before the.: house and after a 81/04
discussion was adopted. :
On Motion the : 1 0th Resolution was
brought before the meeting, and after
spirited discussion, there was- an amend
ment offered and-accepted; t,lte - Resolution
as amended read; resolved that in teach
ing Arithmetic scholars Should be re
quired to commit the rules to inemory
verbatim, or give its principles in concise
and intelligent - language. -
--; The Rea. as amended was carried. 4.
Motion that iheOrations . ,prepared for the
AssoCiation - should be deliered in the
evening, was carried.
A motion to adjourn, when SVC Ad jOUrD
ed,-to meet at 7' o'clock -kb the evening,
and at 10. 't‘.l. 'Friday, for the closing
Session, was carried. .
On motion the committee to review the
constitution reported; that having begin
unable to procure a •copy of' the original
constitution, they had &Me nothing.
On motion the committee was eontiau
ed, to report at the- next meeting.
On'inotion adjourned. -
• EVENING' SESSION.
Silt 7'ocloek the house was so crowded
flint many were unable to procure . seats.
Meeting w-as called to order by the Pres t.,
J. M. Spofford. •
Music by'the Choir. .
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On motion, the sth Res. ] was broutrht
before the house, and after a somewhat
spiritcd,discussion by Directors and-:Teach
•ers, was adopted. .• • • •• ]
On motion ] , the chair appointeci . Rev. J.
Hendrick, R. W. 'Benton,. J. W. Dird,
Anna Lewis,and Julia Northrop, a com
mittee to examine, and report
sociation, and recommend to the Diiec
toyg:bsl the county Papp ks; a uniformity of
text books for ;the use.. of the common
schools..' •
• On motion, the Ist Res..- was brought .
before "the house, :Was very appropriately
and ititeieaingly. re:marked upon by. Ref.
J. Ilendrielt;,ard table, •
The . Oratious, prepared by G. W. Grigs
and 0. J.ltees, were then. listened to
with nia4 . itii.attenticiri ;.these were able
productions and did, ninelieredit to their
-anthers. •i
. ,
' ' On . rootion; the thank Of . the Associa'-
tiO'n were teidered . ta - Grlgsby and ilegi;
for their interesting,aud able addres.ies.
On moduli adjourned... -
FRIDAY'S SESSION. • .
• . 1 1k.teetin,t, called tvorder by the Pres't.
Prayer by the Rev. by
,!On motion, Res. Bth *as brought. be.:
fore the hou*Se,and,after an interesting de;
bate:by. a large ..of ladies! as Well
as gentlemen, in which the Tires and
of boarding - aroun d - *ere - vividlyset
hylthe relation .Of SehoolndaMs f C , R ) 41 1-
en ce; anda i display of School Teaelter'
rennuisoences the, Res. vas adEpted.
'rnotion,. T bro!.lo4 be
fore the - `house, and aiiei
was athiptsd. •
E=El3
The- Association next listened to. the
essays prepared by Misses:'Sarah'M Ly
man and . Ellen '
[For Mftis Esso.y see "Original Po- ! '
etry."—Enitent JonniaL.]
The following is Miss Bird's Essay:
AN ESSAY - readWorc tlea Patter Conn.
Tacchers,' ~.!isscciution, Letzi:wille;
%Friday Jan.- `29; 1868, 4y Ei-
L •L. BIRD. •
_ Perhaps there . never was time when
the subject' of Education, especially of
Common' Sebeol,
_was re,ceiVing more at
tention than- at the present. - Our Most
talented and able men are devising new
means of iwprolvement .in our schools;
and also for the (Teachers, Institutes have
been organized;! Normal Schools forthe
benefit. of Teachers are sustained; Asso-
ciations 'and varians educational meetings
are being held, where the great object is
to instruct and I benefit . the Teachers of
our Common Schools. The Most approv
ed ritliOds of Ic
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enductin ,-, "schools, , and
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teaching the different branches have been.
recommen• ed td' us, and we have been
assisted by the- t.dvice.- Mid :exPer . ienee . of l
older and luaccssful teaehers in the diffi-
Cult task o f f government.
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' But these advantages will' not make,
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our Schools. what they slandd be unless
we enter into the work of improvement
ourselves—J-unlei3 . 'we see our faults and
endeavGr to cornet them. We have lis
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tened to fine the ries, and the mountainsof'trials and di culties we ever expect to
.meet 3 have app. renlir been rolled away,
like. the morning mist, until
,it seethed an.
easy task to be a good teacher. But are
we not all 'conscious that few if any of
us yet merit that title ? Methinks fore,
most among the l errors is teaching-at the
present time, welmay . mention snperficial.
teaching.. This ,is fs rightly styled a superi-
Mal age; but, .in this age, does not the
superficial scholar appear with little es.'
case? All, who have ever taught well,.
lceow such are to be - found in every school..
We have . those who have been "through
the Arithmetie"l yet fail, if requested, to'
demonstrate anylof the elementary prin
ciples. As their - advance, they are sur
prised_ to find there: is so much to be learn-'
ed •of "Decimal Fractions" or that the "per
cent." of anythin l g but Money is ever taki
en. So with Grammar; many .scholars
go through again and again, learning the
"coarse print" and with much• zeal can
parse all nouns in the. "third person, sin
gular number, neuter gender, nominative
ease" yet knew rio.more of the, real'gr.am
mar. of 'our language than one r.' ho has
never studied: How Many do - We find of
tolerable . ezebliclice in .other. branches,.
who are almost • entirely ignorant of the
principles of Ori l hogra:phy. They-know
almost nothing of the relations;
and and properties of letters, and have
no reaions or philosophical ideas for the
existing .regulations or.rules. which gov
ern their use, and can correctly. spell. but
a small part of the words in connuou use.
Letters or other Written productions, shOW
ing-much skill it .. Penmanshij, and. 'cern
position,.are sadly dellteed by mis-spellcd
words, which .more than counterbalance
the 'beautiful • properties: which . , reeoni-,
mend them. :' Again, 'let us , rook atalie
subject of Rixidiil. FeW,lndeed, Met:-
it the title of good . readers. ...The labored'
and.uumeaning teUes,of.the child taking
his first lesson,. ;powerfully indicate the
cause.: Seliotari are not : tanght to read
understandingly They They are- 4Oure . d... to
skim over .the iurface,imagining :they
are:•good readers, .if they'.. know; all , the
words. ^ Tint the restept-ofsperfleitil
ncation is too veil knOWn, to! need further
:, • •
. .
.WC ,may add;the:.evils of `
this: result
not entirely from the 'deficiency ofcom
m6it, se/idols ; but rretu that of. higher 'ln
stittttieni. Alre f'meet with those *hci
haN-e reCeived ther education at our,hia.h
er schools Oat, are sadly -deficient in the
common branches; (as they are considered
their education tieing mostly a $D;t ati tern
of. ace4rupliShinepts," and 'who would
eon hy the niathe)natiea . .l:riaigu: l
ing, of some:iof ,onr„ thoroughly- edneatad
„
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• , Th - e: gad eifeet i s. of.
catkin; kith
nitiee canno't estiniated—inf
should Croy- ' . icitci'Otirine4Cenergi4te:.
and lofty exerti.ne to find the origin of
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the evil; and act.ourselves .earnestly to
sirorl: to root it otat? -- "
.
Let us' see . then- why this is ,soy .. A
htrge Share of tho.. ILlEtsses,of pur . wiple
are educated almost .entirely. at oteom-
Dion ichooltz. Hundreds of men midiWo•
men go forth after'ppending se~erul p:
there, with an education'fii'.6•Oin'l
.
snffieient to contend , with
,the 02464,
zpoplii. Where the fault?.: •IVW,
not but see that the-greater-part of
blame justly falls 'on - the
the Teacher is; so' will theSehooihe,,
ive are thorough teachers,. we.
C4orough_ selolars. - If wo are =wit° ,
to look at the "why's" and. "where&
our scholars will' be -so..taught:
Work only by rules, 'or ieeaase
"book says so," we shall . finclihospTc'
we instruct, hurrying througicihe, , : i
with only a vague iden,of- What: thill
passing over; never being able '0 a !
thorn, e:ccept to the lessona they'are e
ing. . their enemies• have never.,
aroused,; they know, not what.vast!
era of reasoning,, and grasping
possess, which .are 'dormaiit;
which it is the TcScheis *duty tg
and bring into action.
We should teach our - scholars Ito
study. The process of having t!' dry
sou assigned them every day; which
I are required to learn and repeat at 'a
i ed time, becomes monotonous ;and, )
I te 1
rest 1 .
iug, and study floses halfiti chi
"That which is learned as a tark , :wil
but little aood." Such lessonti'arei e
timei recited with no explanation- .the
i ii
Teacher, when the 2corc/s: ih r ey: Co
. tain
are hardly understood, and no:iinaVes.
. sionlis left in the mind.. It is onr 3 4uty,
by Some means, to make theselessenOt
tractive; to awaken an interest .'is , ich
will `
h• Btridy ithem ncite to thOrou 2 and
g
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cause them to love it, and not, _Col:wider it
la task., We should remember , the Ilbief
!object of education is to . itiiiigt4ni" - ihe
I miiiii. The knowledge acquired fl -of
6ou're valuable, but the Mental : disci line.
is of greater value. •In .superfiCiaktieh
ing, I 'the • memory alone - is' disciplined,
I while in thorough editcation, themminfty,
reasoning faculties, - and in e1i0e,..,a/l i tbe
factilties of the mind receive training.„
The question then is' how are•vre - thb . n,
to' avoid these prevalent evils;? • tist its
consider some means of impriivenie t?: f f
Ist. Arp scholar should attemirtOi liiily
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until he is old euoUgh, to be abl e,t
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iprehend thoroughly all the princap
.., :gil d
i reasoning which it involver. 1 r-• T iis . 't , is
surely evident to all, Mid'aitettl4 b eiih
-1
sidered byt - h ' and. '')"
every eac er, yreystfy
• parent when assigning itO:scholan!,,4e
branches to be studied.. ,- Parente; iod
teachers are anxious' sebolars:Sliontdtpire
.-ress rapidly, and, Withouti'firetheiiglit,
.
I or; due regard to,conseqUeidep;:iirgO,iipqn
1
them studies which ,they , are._,,
of 2ightly „understanding. I , i .The. - miwills
over-taxed, and study , aeon
.becarnifiria
some. This, we' - should 'avoid *MI
means. _ T
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. , Again— Theprogim should, 4.e sq. : B4 T' ,
that the : scl4olar lcave epliortetilityi :91
not only understafiding, but , tiiiirgl one
principle before another: is'attentßte4 ti... •
'Many err - in : alfoWing i ti0144 . 001,43
over principles before they are thproughly
.understood, and before .they.t..havel iffy
idea of their practical , fipplicallOit.; ri4 e ll
Meet with- those 'vvho 'are' versed'irate
rules of Grammar, who:ViOlate,iheiji l ps"-
staitilY in, conversation, rt,key tiaxjcig ne.
erl been taught .that the lesetOmi otiolioNid
are for every-day irtictidal 841114;1-
ars.shciuld see slime liSefut.nee4ikkiil
what they learn, or 4nai,t4_444fidi
object. They attend
.0 / 4 0 91 , 44d:gc0 thrppg
with a, prescribed routine;_ . day: nftridaA
because,others -do se,.:and be4013 . - -treft
are Customs. ' `lll4i'gli'o4 l .l 4 , Igiqk
they are striving rer:tbsit . 3vltteh.wiPlani
*444 cAnobfe Vial, every sir,iy i tliiough
life.
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..Again-; , - We, shotikl avOid'gs far ‘t , srti:.
e
iibk;teciehifig - riclei; - 110:it the 0 041,-
hoidi.'-ittli- r
a?-e ynderstood, the, ,e , tot e • e
to:make Itis own rutes_ f24,/ze lliay ItOtn i e is
aPily,thent.,:::',, f ~,1-:-.; .1 ‘: 1'.,t..!.-yii.,;friz..;ito.
Pethais
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td 4 ing. 4S,4ritly.
w: 1 11?4 reason -or . 4 1
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