Show ON TEACHING BONAMY PRICE professor of political economy who lately paid a visit to the united states has an interesting article in the london coto colo colonies of march 6 on the choice of teachers the learned professor soi boi states stites thavone th that atone one formidable difficulty is th that st so few persons have the slightest conception of the meaning moaning of the phrase a al good dood teacher ordinarily Ordin aMy buyers have halve fairly definite ideas idess of or what they wish to purchase though they may bo be less deceived ed 2516 as ton toa ta tha pro d se qu quality allty oi of particular specimens on the contrary in regard to teaching the main maln perplexity is not as to the respective quail qualifications fl of individual teachers but as to what real neal teaching Is professor br olessor fric price e maintains that mere attainment alone will not make a good teacher nor will a long list of university honors guarantee that the wearer of them thern has tiie tile faculty of imparting his knowledge successfully to others there are men of most C extensive and abd varied intellectual attainments who are miracles of inefficiency in instructing ting others it is a common thing to find a man of inferior mental strength and decidedly lower learning leave far behind an au i instructor altogether his superior in intellectual tel ability and attainments the difficulty of or obtaining the right persons for teachers is very great just now in england compulsory education having ti plied piled the schools there lately the company for the higher ed of women in that country is ls b affied baffled by the want of good teachers che I 1 s the special faculty of teaching should be combined with literary excellence though the tw two 0 frequently are not found together in one person the professor makes the following flattering remarks concerning education in this country T the he united states of america furnish a most moat encouraging example in this matter their success in training teachers of the hig highest hestor order ia is often most remarkable whilst the promoters of the higher education of women are almost brought to a standstill in england for lack of emmi effi efficient clent elent teachers in america large public schools are conducted by women whose qualities as teachers teu tou chers deserve the t greatest admira admiration tian we speak from know i pledge ledge that beiter better teaching a more accurate conception of df tha the nature of its functions a more scientific and yet agreeable method of handl ing young ng peopled peo plea more thorough ay sympathy tec tee tb between een abd tbd minds of t the e teachers ci Ts aud aud and of we ulus thug UiUs ht hf la LQ nowhere in jh tiie the world orid orld more moro brilliantly li exhibited than the lady teacher ef or acl uel slilla places aa as boston and cleveland ll 11 |