| Show THE CALIF california TEACHER the first number of this new educational serial aerial is before us it is printed in sa san pran fran cisco by towne and bacon on a handsome long primer facci on superior paper and with material and general mechanical execution of the first order and may be accepted as a worthy effort of the queen stat state of fabe the pacific in behalf of popular learning as well as the th luoie liberal acen sciences ces ced the teacher is edited by a galaxy oe of distinguished classical talent amon whom are 1 john jewett state superintendent of pubic public instruction geo talt tait of the state normal school lee leo aeo geo W minns minna and S SJ I 1 C L the two last named gentlemen acting as resident editors it is understood that the will be the accredited organ of the I 1 department of public instruction for the state it is furnished at the low subscription rate rati of one dollar per annum and to to those deBrou desirous 3 ot of qualifying 11 themselves to honor the high calling of public instructors it will be foun found dof of especial valus value we doubt not sot that there are very verj many teachers even within that portion of the great babin basin of north america by organic enactment denominated mah utah who might derive some bome lateral items of information from a critical view of its pa paes pages es it if not also direct directs important vital and fundamental principles per twining to e lucati onal science which have not even been dreamed of in their philosophy t we speak net not disparagingly of the attainments of the feeblest pedagogue 1 of the mountains there thra is 13 not as many growing frem from presumptuously knowing too much as from an approach to the zero cf of intellectual development broadly denominated ignorance it is not so much ik additional acquisitions in lore that we have heed teed of to enhance the intrinsic excellence of our s it la Is system the adoption of app approved roiel and well tried high order as well weli helln ja the mode and character of instruction as that of jhb proper interior integer government govern governia meRt ert eat of the school to tapa Tepa gain nain inthia this great desideratum we are and have bave battling long iong been a abife wafe that no small obstacles must be encountered and much labar labor p performed erf ert ormed foremost in which stands the work of compliant com pilat ion anil and publication at home hone of t a complete educational series we are pleased to ba be able to announce kio lio bolever bo vever wever that the initiatory steps in this foundation work babl bail already been taken and that the th first primer erlmer of the earet tred aing diug serles series now how published ir and bela beia rig e place is V it deop people i A plentiful supply lyof of papermaking paper making stuffs and the production of a few fonts ot of suitable type lype and other material for the print printers erys use we i we re trust will ere long put into our hands bands an array of home school books of which we shall have bave just cause for congratulation what youA you would have in the nation 23 laconically and ans tersely says saya the german proverb you must plant in the school and abie books have become indispensable aids to classic endowment endowments ss it does not riot therefore follow that their deficiency in primary schools should be accepted as an in surmount able barrier to the progress of youth in the rudiments of mental cental training books it must be acknowledged are to them an emmi effi efficient clent auxillia ry primary works can be regarded bregarde in no other light than than as designed to aid not lead the living instructor and unless be he possess thole those qualities peculiarly required to fit the teacher for the duties of his calling books are of little or no consequence where these e esen eben sendal bendal ial qualities are possessed the task rf ef the teacher is a pleasure able one indeed deeds but w laere ibey vhey ane aie natto netto the young ideas bew hew to shoot is but an irksome monotonous hireling drudgery aside abide from the he entire routine neof of incipient lessons and rules which so f far ar as aalthe the I 1 youth auth f fhi 0 pupils are concerned maybe may be readily imparted independent of aly textbook text book are these humdrum hum drum cannings conn ings of halt half words or 2 nurs nursery ery rhymes to constitute the full course of instruction required at the felic teachers herPs hanis banis not so with the class of scholars to which allusion is now made those of years from eight to fifteen there are other items strictly inclusive within the purview of the master of which their heir books are not supposed to furnish any conception who would look in a first or second third fourth or any other reader header for practical illustrations on good manners 11 toebe toese ilese are acquired by youth only from association clat loti and dally daily watchful tutorage ge and yet to the class of learners referred to this and other like unwritten lessons are at the he A dof dot of khe kho list of oral instruction 9 and designed to be made as prominent as any other part of early education if they are not justly the most essential while matters mattera ot of etiquette and general social bearing t may nay not bave have received BO so large a share of attention in our ward and district schools as their importance has bas demanded we acknowledge leAge to a visible improvement 1 in these respects among the youth of this city evidencing that their behavior outside the schoolroom school room aa as well as inside has bas not been totally disregard disregarded ed there remains however a more direct and constant effort to be made on the abe part of teachers in this connection A truly bred person would be an anomaly anabe in the literary and rocial world with ill bed bec beeding beading bee ding i wh whatever at ever ma may y be ones bookworm hookworm book hook worm achievements we irresistibly associate ignorance it if not contemptibility we anticipate the day when our schools will be all that they should be and also when teachers highly in all that can render more attractive the abe grace of life and more intellectual the soaring minds of our youth sustained as their well filled appointments deser deber deserve vey shall precede in our schools academies and halls balls of learning like radiant suns dispensing in their several of operation blended in associated beauty the genial rays of high toned morality intelligence and truth |
