Show My MY advice to every teacher less experienced than myself would be Do not fret over the details you have to omit you probably teach altogether too many as it is Individuals may learn a thing with once s hearing it but the only way of teaching a whole clas- clas is by enormous repetition representation and illustration in all possible forms Lecture to the lower rather than to the upper half of the class and especially avoid shooting over the heads of your auditors You cannot cannot pret pretend nd to lecture chiefly for the exceptionally brilliant students of your class class class-a a Mississippi raft might as well veil take an ocean steamer in tow To meet his wants you would have to leave the rest of your class behind and that you must not do A prominent and aud successful educator says that his instruction has been successful in proportion a as it has been elementary It may be a humiliating statement but it is is one which I have found true in my own O OLIVER LIVER WENDELL HOLMES The opinion of Dr Holmes on the subject of teaching is well worth our consideration for he was a successful and popular professor for many years |