TION. .at commands so much at ation. The condition f our academies and the Lemes of almost every one. E 't that wherever a Yankee ity in intelligence may be r 1. But we seem to neglec y of a New England educ y more superficial. in our country, is measuredly . Whatever, in the sho or, will produce the gr le the desideratum. red in fragments. One er upon his eye, another rity. The whole man is In consequence of this we in acumen and skill in one de anifested in other matters an should be acquainted be, he is not properly educ romptly, effectually and ve the former show an aptness to encounter stances which the scholar attempts in vai In this case the scholar is not educat the word. He has accumulated knowled capable of using it to advantage. He men. His pursuits have excluded him pathy with the necessities and desires of consequently fails when he attempts to the evils which exist. The scholar must are two sides to human nature the con tive. If, in his absorption by the forme he will find his sphere narrowed, and his The objects of early training are sin with elemental knowledge and to cultiva and decision. In proportion as the yout he will give evidence of his ability in powers have been stunned with over-cra ment has been enfeebled by over-tasking thereof will be perceived in the adult. learning, but he will not have the power to advantage. Under a wise system of instruction the taken of the individuality of the studen which he is instructed. He must be tau he learns into his mental organization. his receiving assistance from others, but be comprehended, and the essence thereo out this, a knowledge of books is rather auxiliary to success. Our young men true education is that, and that only, wh bring to bear all their forces upon the ma them in after life. If education does th but if otherwise, then it becomes an em ssessor, and fails him in the time of his g ing amendments to the Constitution, proposed at ee to nominate a Board of Officers for the ensuing to nominate a Board of Editors for the "Massaher" will be appointed, said Committees to report ncement of the afternoon session of Tuesday. ll be delivered as follows:- On Monday evenlock, by Rev. J. P. Cowles, of Ipswich. . M., at 3 o'clock, by Rev. Charles Hammond, he Lawrence Academy, Groton. t 73 P. M., by Rev. F. D. Huntington, of Boston. will be held upon the following subjects. ht one pupil to be allowed to assist another in his ol Supervision." TUL VIL, NO. PRIZES a in several knowledge things to t ment that hole Engli more sense id) in uni burton's sug set every q Doctor Q private circl tack. Publ and, as is th those that h his own scho to his junior all the boys On part, do the state of have the hig too, that he out do him c are not well are two perfe leave school excellent peo become whit nts will be made for the reduction of fare on the the Connecticut River Railroads. It is expected nents for reduction on other Roads will be made ectly interested. ittee of Arrangements deem it proper to state that dations for ladies are not guaranteed; but that the nodations in Northampton are ample and excellent, ngements have been made for the entertainment tending the meeting, at a reduced price. For ulars, see Circular. . 23d, 1854. CHAS. J. CAPEN, Sec'y M. T. A. *The Novem William L. Gag the Constitution, propose ard of Officers for the es or the reduction of fare a iver Railroads. It is expe on other Roads will be m nts deem it proper to state e not guaranteed; but that mpton are ample and excelle en made for the entertainm g, at a reduced price. F s. J. CAPEN, Secy M..A Vol. VII, No. 12.] A. M. GAY,* EDITOR OF THIS NUM SCHOOL-KEEPING PRIZES are now being offered to the pu in several English counties, for the pur knowledge of the art of conveying sound i things to the children of the working cla ment that has thus been set on foot by whole English public claims to participate more sense in school-teaching, and even said) in university systems, is so very ob burton's suggestion has gone off like a gun set every quill flying. Doctor Quemaribus declares to all frien private circle, that his school is exempt fro tack. Public opinion seizes upon schools and, as is the way with epidemics, fastens those that happen to be in a bad condition his own school to be intact, for does he n to his junior boys? does he not provide lec all the boys? does he not teach the elders own part, do not agree with Mr. Quemari the state of his own kingdom at Verbum have the highest respect for that distingui too, that he is a good, earnest man, and th out do him credit. They possess much k are not well educated-for to know much a are two perfectly distinct things-and they leave school with a respect for their teach excellent people. When the hairs of Dr. become white, and when his voice of powe *The November No. of the "Teacher" should ha William L. Gage, Principal of the High School, Taur 25 ri There is r g care. this subject of teaching I have long had crotchets of which Dr. Quemaribus and many other clever declare to me that they were purely theoretical, re quite impossible of execution. Every practical ell me so. Every practical man did tell me so. Fellow," said Quemaribus, "it is a very pretty to plan model school systems, but you don't ficulties with which we have to contend. There for all you would have done, and you set out ng notion of the nature of a boy. Your could be worked." "Doctor," I said, "by the ove, and by the whistle of the steam engine, I'll en," said the doctor, "if you mean that seriously, 1. Every man will say so when he sees you lay nd butter down to make a harlequin's leap out of n into another-out of a business you understand hich, permit me to say, you know nothing whatever. you try? Where will you go?" "I will go into here there are a great many people, and say plaindesire to teach. There may be a dozen who will ful as you think me, Thus I desire my children to There is o in a snug out that scheme and met with the result that I exer two years of school-keeping, during which I put to a full and severe test, I left in a town which I as a stranger, some of the best friends I have ever shall make. I left there, also, children whom I orget, by whom too I hope never to be forgotten. did not lose money by the venture; in a commerthe experiment succeeded to my perfect satis is possible to add a demonstration to a theory, it done, and it would certainly be unjust towards the ure. In t A princip The pra ing I have long had cre of execution. Every I met with the result that! da demonstration to a ther There is no method that may call itself th There is only one set of right principles, thousand plans. Every teacher must wo man of the world works for himself. Th society only one set of right principles thousand men in one town all obeying the duct absolutely differ from one anothe among themselves the widest contrasts, a be prospering and making friends. avoids company, sticks to a few good frie in a snug corner. Wilson speaks freely in associating with his fellows, and works ing hands about him. Jackson is nervo tutionally irritable; he does his duty, end. Robson, on the contrary, is of worry rest, and never touches it when he his duty, too, and gains his end. But undertake to make his way in the Wilson, sociable and jolly; and he will n ble by clumsy efforts, and the end of the ure. In the school, as in the world, a m he would have more than a spurious modelled upon nobody. The schoolmast education, and he may study hard to rea their aid, if he can, what are the right A principle that he approves, he mus man's plan that he approves, he must as of his own mind and of his own school b Even his school he must so manage that variety of plan within itself, and suffer h to appeal in the most effective way to the his scholars. The practical suggestion that arises that each teacher should take pains not |