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Show VOLUME IV, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER ers must vram" the children, us- iiiur the world in its universitv sense what else is the drill on the multiplication table? It is a v them; who knows the names of the streets through which he walks; who hunts the paper through for his own bits of information, for the news hours in n . us school. It is the one who can tell you of three or four or more d 'liferent car lines by which vou can reach the park; who knows something about the points of interest in his own city or in its vicinity, who competes for word-hun- t or puzzle prizes, who enters the iiehl of amateur journalism that is the bov, that is the scholar who is piick to see, to observe, io remember. lul is he the boy who will come out first in a text-hook- s. 1 text-boo- k copy-books,- of k 4.' competitive examination? No. For to make the highest average one must strike it pretty evenly on all. The bright scholar is apt to have a decided fancy for some one study and a corresponding weakness in another. Where are the past number ones of past school davs? Have they founded an alumni associa-tioof bright, brilliant, thought-leaders- ? j d evidence that the poem contained to the contrary.'1 The, mils were paralyzed and the teacher was shocked. Nevertheless, the idea was not so outlandish, for when Hrvant died Ilenrv Ward eecl:er made exactly the same retreat she h apt to he worsted question and be compelled to sit in silent moititication while some one else carries off the honors of. the day. The number one might just as well be in Asia as in that class room, as far as her ability to the questions propounded by critic'sn. The "number one"' scholar al- :the visitors on the general topics ways crams for examination, so of the day. And vet, these ones-tion- s does the poor pupil of the clas. do not g unanswered. In that they aie alike. Kach Who answers them? Generally inarches ab ut at recces with a the wild harum-scaruof the book before her eves reviewing all class, who.M eyes and ears are alpast lessons, for upon tho.se the ways ready to receive impressions, she may be (jucstioned. Tp to the and whose natural curiosity last minute she is emulating- the leads him or her into a Strasbourg goose. The 'num- great deal of trouble. It is the ber oiil1" scholar is the gloritica-tio- 'girl who heard intelligent discus-- ! of the cramming system, sion of passing events at home the apotheosis of the examination that has ideas other than those bugbear. Not but that we teach from her textbook. It is the bov in a an-sw- n Has the world heard of er them? Hardly. The artists, the musicians, the writers, the professional men and those who have more than a" local reputation, are not those who sat in the seats of honor, in the front ranks, who wore the big silver badge, or won the medal, or who came out first in competitive examinations. Thev mav have been, probably were, among the leaders of their class, best in natural ability, but not lirst as to numbers of credits. women, m gen-erall- v I fc n NUMBER 3 1892. who looks at illustrated papers; whose lirst toys have been alphabet blocks and picture-books- ; the hoy who reads signs as he passes mistake to attempt to explain everv-thito children of tender minds. Some things must be hud hi utd Mui fumu:) from (( taken on the faith that is so As for their views, they an1 in childhood. Future years mav bring enlightenment. always in accord with the Thev would never think L'jt us hope so. As for the honor eounei'te of calling the author in question. with the rank, it usuallv stops in the GiiTs with the satisfaction of Once in a class having was the name read out first, of leadHigh School "Thanatopsis" beimr discussed. After the ing the roll of honor, of having criticisms of the poem had charge of the being It seldom follows that been accurately rcndcrc.l bv t wo monitor. the 'number one" scholar is the or three human phonographs, "show"' of the class. pupil one of the mrls had the temerity When visitors come into the to say tint she thought 4fcThana-topsis- " classroom and talk to the childwas a pagan poem, ihat ren, where is the number one? Bryant might have been simply a fin her little inseat, and there she sits judicious silence, hidi-inidcheathen for anv generally for if forced from her modest all-credulo- 1, I Tin Amirh'.iin Srhotil. |