| Show 77 the noisy mansion of learning I 1 la the days day of the long ago the old system of education as described in pleasant memories of a busy life is one doubtless that many boys of the present day would like to see again in use the author thought its chief advantage was in giving the teacher a fair field for influencing fluen cing his pupils with his own personality so sona lity he described his old teacher as learned but not pedantic kind but not effusive active but not fussy wherever there was suffering wherever help was required he was sure to find his way in his school there was no very strict discipline but on the contrary a good deal of noise it was a noisy man sion eton but bluie he was so pleasant himself and made the he work so pleasant that pupils could not gothelp help learning being near min him seemed to make them wiser and better it was an instance of what carl carlyle yle calls true education 11 soul coming in contact with soul one of the greatest luxuries he enjoyed was to find some of his pupils able and willing to take up the higher branches hla leisure hours were devoted most heartily to them lie he stayed after the usual school time to teach them euclid and trigonometry lie ire lid led them out on the satur saturdays alays along alon I 1 the shore through the quarries and up the binn to teach them geology he invited them to his house of a winter evening to see the stars through his telescope the only examination was as the yearly one by the tha presbytery add it was so eo purely a matter of form that it was not an ordeal the examiners a genial brotherhood sat beam learning ing approval of everything and went away awak with easy conscience and sound round appetites to the dinner which plear pleasantly antly closed up the proceedings |
