| Show educational ITEMS BY W 31 S delightful task I 1 to rear the tender thoughts to teach the young islea how to shoot to pour the fresh instruction oer ocrie he mind to breath breathe ethe the enlivening s spirit irit and ana to fix the generous purpose pose in the abreast thomp tho sm soi sol school houses are the republican line of f fortifications horace mann some teachers keep school some atme teach school and some gome right fight school some inspire us with a real love iove for study some fill us with a longing to sleep and some arouse in us the spirit of mischief dont donabe be afraid to call the attention of your pupils to the goodness imo Ilo a and nd kindness of god as it I 1 is s manifested in the lessons of the day an occasional reminder of their personal responsibility fon lor their thoughts and actions will not be out of place trustees ought to employ teach teachers whom they believe know how to deac teach ets ers h that Is have learned tile the business busi nees alla aila and ard then aid them in every way possible to produce the best res results gits to employ a teacher ana anet then make a business of throwing obstructions in his way by f furnishing urnis hing no aid and grumbling at lis his its methods Is not the way to secure good results rb suits in tile the communities where the best schools are found school officers are arc not heard feilding finding fault publicly with the lu individual dividu they have employed to work for them 1 4 1 4 OBJECT OV EDUCATION OF 1 the true education Is to unfold and direct aright our whole nature its office is to call forth p power ower of ever every y kind power of thom thought lit affection will and outward action power to adopt good ends firmly and to pursue them efficiently power to govern ourselves and t to 0 la influence fluence others power to gain and to spread happiness reading heading is but an instrument education Is to teach its best besl use the in n was created no to receive pau pas pa a few words dates facts but to reactive be active for tlde tide acquisition of truth accordingly education should labor to inspire a profound love of t hut jut jutland hand and to teach the processes of invests investigation a Chann hlo hig B aas the chain that washington placed across the hudson was only as strong as its weakest link so the value of work we do Is measured blea by its weakest part the trifles of life make up the sum of its total value those who are ignorantly aiming to accomplish great things forget the th a power that lies in the little things that are arc all around us the little hidden fangs of the serpent the little whispered word little habits little s sayings small faults the little leak in the dyke little kindnesses little helps what a world of influence for good or evil lie in these and a thousand other little things rl from irom camden new jersey comes i sad story A score of boys were into the criminal court june oth charged with breaking into louses anu and and stealing property they belonged to what they called the jesse james lames gang and ranged in age from to seventeen ye years rs these were lot not a set of birou hax by any means the he exclamation was often heard what a nice looking boy atio have thought him guilty of robery they were in most cases the ions sons of very respectable parents ane cause ause is of course reading books and that glorify evil esil doing what vill will those parents have nave to bay they to have a cause of action against the he publishers of those books we hank bink think 11 faith in books and in learning from is widel widely y spread there is a tha that t book knowledge is superior 0 o that gained by observation what the he child chil d learns in the first six years of ils his life about itself things people right and wrong the beautiful and tiie tile vv world rid is heidin beldin held heid in slight conse consequence quence it learns from the re printed page pae iq supposed to be of great value to lasure masure the child recourse is had to 10 the he book what can he repeat from tb the this faith in books braio amalfo wholly choily with secondhand knowledge stand izands il in the way of real education education is mental growth examine a child after a year in its mental growth not to see how much it can remember of what another has baa seen and one will be surprised at the result let the teacher think of this let him introduce those exercises that will cause mental growth if it the people wont stand such teach teaching inz enlighten them asto as tor toc genuine education 1 A ring rin out oat the false ring in the true the holidays are just over I 1 the be schools h will oon soon b be C in be session s on f for or over oven one week the children have been from under the care of the school teacher did the children need a vacation yes it the vacation has been well spent much good has recited there is probably no better opportunity nor greater need for pare parents hits fits to care for their children than durin during a holiday many great evils can be e traced to improper indulgence of children by parents on oil a li holiday oliday on christmas what a fine opportunity unity unitt the intelligent parent can find for cultivating in such virtues as charity kindness love etc these vir can be best taught by having the children perform acts of benevolence charity love etc on new years what good lessons can be given by the mother how flow she can review the lives ilves of her children for the past ast year showing them how to avoid the he wrongs of the past and opening up to them a purer and brighter life for the future how many mothers will be iad glad giad lad when monday morning comes cornea so their children can be once moie sent to school out of the way I 1 fear too many this is wrong our great parent loves little children they possess many virtues virtue sin in the greatest degree love humanity and kindness are idols of child life |
