The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 12, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
year to consider the matter. Af
ter the state board has tried the
different publications and settled
down on standards there will be
less cause for changes than even
at present : but this will require
time, for th oboard cannot at once
determine on all the best books to
be used. When this is done a
parent can change his residence
to any point within the state '
without fear ol having to pur
chase a new outfit of school books '
mitnorntiu anil inl Aroet
IU1 lliu IUIIIIVI VW? V
ing children.
As to ihe bo ?ks being too .
diffi cult,?if such be the ca^e in
(
individual cases, it only shows
that ihe child is indolent or is
not sufficiently advanced lor the
book; and the teacher should as
sign him lesions suitable to bis
calibre. Hut even this cannot
ahvavs be done; lor the parent,
unwilling to buy the proper
book, insists on his child study- :
ing some book handed down Irom |
an older one, picked up at a bar- |
gain, or given by some generous
neighbor. Still I admit that parts ,
of some hooks are too difficult, or ,
I
abstruse. ]
Now, a? the risk of adverse .
criticism. I will proceed to i.rive j
mv own ideas about books used i
in tlie schools ami some not used, i
Before doing so,however.it on 1 > i
proper to say 11?a * in my humble h
view the whole course of study h
and books th'Teon, in all common I
schools and colleens controlled b> i
hy the at ate should be correlative: i
that is, the course in common I
school should he such as to in- j
trounce a pupil to the course of i
study he will have to pursue in l|
a higher school; and that of the L
higher school should introduce n
hint to the college course.
Another digression is, that I !
never could believe that a ehildn
should he expected to rend he- I
for?' it c ?n spell, <?r even knowsl
I ho alphabet: ii miiiiit as well he
claimed that a house can he!
built "in one time and one mo
uo'i' iii'fii<i di laying it together
)>.<'i i* bv piece.
li' MJi'il'T.s nir.v Hi line are'
nol in due ivo enough: they i
plin^O till' riij'd hen H: IIsC into
word-buiidi ntr liei'ore it lias my j
idea of the sounds i.f letters or '
construction ol syllables: these
book contain many truisms, is
to digraphs, trigraphs, diphthongs
and so forth which are
Our Public Schools.
Their Text-Books.
PAPKR NO. 5.
Editor News: Everybody luis
a fling a' school-hooks. They are
to?> high-priced; they are changed
too or they are too dif |
ficult 'or t'ie tender mind a of (he i
children: tiiese three objections
are most generally urged, but
they are most seldom true in the
cases where complaint is made
The hooks are not. quite so costl.v
as those of similar Kinds >yerc in
years past; and are generally
better printed, though exceptions
may exist.
Instead of complaining of fro
qnent changes being a c ?use ot
expense, it is the wearing out
or oookh anu laying mew tisiuo
for others in advance that causes
tlie expense. They are only *
changed (i: deemed advisable) '
every live years, this being the
just so much Gr ??k lo the chil
uid tltey are rendered uitorl
useless because there is no pra<
lice Of the the >ry Sounds of sii
file letters should be first learne
then combinations ot two lc
tors into syllables, then com!
nations of three letters, tin
of four: aft^r which words
two simple syllables mao 1
essayed. This method is mo
conveniently and im, re-sivel
set forih in the "Id hi tie back*
Webster's spellingbook. lie;
the child learns by practice i
well as theory the sounds of le
ters and their combination
Webster being our standai
lexicographer, his accentuatini
pronunciation, division into sy
lables are just as authoritative i
his spelling and definition. Bool
now in use frequently divic
words wroncly, to wit: af-ter, o
ten and sol-ten instead of aft-e
aft en and soft-en. Such erroi
should not be impressed on tei
ier minds. 1'hey should t
taught to spell by root and te
initiation: Soft is the root and e
the termination, wherefore tl
" ord should be divided accort
injjly. 1 am certainly partial t
Webster. But, for convenient
md improvement, it, might I
advisable 'o make two books of
(dividing the book about "horsi
back") and print it on betli
paper. I also advocate a spelh
And definer, the dictionaries hi
ng loo strictly classified for
chool book except for advance
pupils.
Headers now used are tolerabl
interesting to children, but tl
spelling in them should hav
words divided properly : after
diild masters the Fourth Reade
properly he might be allowed t
read History lessons instead *
going on with theseiies; an
*'so study Geography.
Now let the teacher bo o
iruard; lor, unless he is rnoi
practical than the man wh
made the Geography in generj
ti?e, lie will spend all his teri
in the road without making pr<
^ress These works are not sh ir,
iy geographies.but physiographic
?if that word ts allowable; and
is better to omit a great deal <
' ho 1 heoretic a I descriptions of n
tare's workings so that pupi
nay concentra'e their attenlio
upon (Jeography proper. It is
|)i?y tluse books have been cun
b?T?*il with so much scientif
jargon* the pupil car* s, nothii:
lor it, cannot understand it, ai
becomes disgusted. Indeed thei
is loo little geographical info
mation and too much uselei
*tufl in them Such "slutt*' is ?
right If?r advanced puj il*f hi
the beginner wants a plain stal
ment concerning the earth's su
laee, its natural and politic;
divis on*, 'he ddb'peiit kinds
government*, the animal, veget
hie and imperil products o! e ic
country, together with i:s cot
mere ; ,l*o the most remarkah
f u?ts connected with nation
dates, c,11i< h, rivers, Is?k s, m
and mount *in. Does tin- pr< se
!? ?!< in e! (lie domain!? A chi
'vatils lads (hat lift cm ronifti
her, it (>t llift incom p: ftliensi!
i henries.
Arithmetics in use have t<
rnticli repetition ol inductive rm
tor. They are correct , but n
plain enough. A child is told
move the decimal point in t
d; dividend as many places to
ly the ri^lit us there lire decimal
c plac s m i lie divisor and proceed
ii a* in div si'Ui ?f w hole numbers,
d. Win e this will procure the
it- pn?p r re u t it tails to instruct.
>i The ruse sh uld direct the child
'li to illv d-' if in whole numbers,
of poiii r 11 jr oil many decimal places
>e in "jho quotient as those in the
<t dividend exceed tlin?-e in the
lv divisor: because when the
d quotient is multiplied by the
re divsor their combined decimal
as places will uive (in the product)
it- the number nl places in the divi8.
dend, which is the said product.
:d The boy can understand this, but
1, is apt to he either tanuled or un1
instructed b.v tlie former Similar
is ambiguities or etitanglem nits
cs beset the pupil in other rules,
le I see another article will be
I- required: so, ibis one is closed
r, Tutor.
rs . . ? .
1 A Mountain of Gold
oonlil not briiiR as much happiness to Mrs.
_ IjiictH wiiae, ot ? aroliua. wis , as did one
*5c box of Uncklen's Arnica Salvo, when
11) it completely cured a running sore on ber
leg, which tortured her '23 long years
I? Greatest antiseptic healer of Files Wounds,
i nud Sores '2'c at Funderburk Pharmacy,
Crawford Bios., and J. F, Mackoy Co.
O Drug store.
,e A Moving Mountain.
it
0From
the London Standard.
sr
jr Slowly and silently the Welsh
? mountain continues its advance.
a Because the movement is imper)(j
ceptible, the mysterious torce is
the more terrifying by the ruins
of land and houses it leaves in
ly
its track. It is now slowly ad
vancing towards the village of
Troedyrhiwlwch, in the Rhym
ney Valley, Glamorganshire.
? A remaikable lact is that, alio
I though the garden of the village
j inn has been swept completely
awav, the inn itself, which is between
the mountain and the garn
den, is intact. An explanation
6 given for this is that the inn was
? practically rebuilt some time ago
ill on a solid bed of rock. Near tbe
m inn is a belt of woodland, in
n. which all the trees have (level
i? oped a very pronounced droop
e3 As lo ihe cause ot the slide,
if many opinions are express* d.
of Mining operations, some say. are
a- r sponsible, while others attri
Is t>u?e the di-tiirhacce to quickie
-and
a* Fortunate Missourians.
tC "Wlu'D I was a Uniaxial, at Livonia, Mo .
writes T. J Dwyer, nowof (Jraysville, Mo.,
" "three of my customers worn permanently
lil cured of consumption l>y l)r King's New
Discovery, and are well and strong to-day.
"e One wmh trying to sell his property and
move to Arizona, hut after using New Discovery
a short time h? found it unmcesss
aary to (to so. I regard Dr. King's Now niscovery
a? the most wonderful medicine in
ill existence." Surest cough and ''old ('urn
and I hroat and I.niig he-iter. Guaranteed
by Kunderdurk Pharmacy. Crawford
I Mr s an I .1 I' Mucupy ,V ( o Drn^mtM,
I 5 'c ainl 11 i rial ImiHIp tree,
r I
1 Tho Nowe ,)oes Jo,) p,'intin?
| 1IIC liClilJ for others. Why
!l* I can't we do yours? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ii |
Anyone rn1*n? ii ?kotcli mill donor lot Ion limy
UllrKly nm-nrln'rl our opinion fruo whollior nn
invention in probably patentable. Communion,
iionn ? ? i .< ? I y i.iiiiiiioiit i ii I HANDBOOK on I'ntente
HO "'lit fiort. Ol'loit nma.I V for nei-nrtnir palrnf*.
IVii ni- lak.fi iluoiiirii .Miinn A (i>. rmelve
tpffUU iiotlci, wli liout charyo, In Oin
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Carolina & North-Western Railway Company
AND
Caldwell C& Northern Railroad Co.
TIME TABLE.
SOUTH BOUND NORTH BOUND.
No. No. No. No. No. No No. No. No. No.
7 <>1 OH 11 7 Kilgemont 8 10 62 00 50
.... 12 00 Mortimer 11 05
. . 1 00 Collet Isville 11 05
6 00 . . 2 40 H 05 5 15 Lenoir 11 05 2 12 0 00 .... 2 30
0 20 H 45 H 33 5 20 Hudson 8 4 0 1 54 7 46 1 45
7 10 4 05 3 33 5 23 Granite Kalis 8 30 1 32 7 00 . ... 1 00
s 30 5 40 3 57 ?> OO Hickory 7 53 12 57 ? 00 3 00 11 50
5 40 .... 3 23 0 25 Newton 7 28 12 28 1 (Ml ...
... 0 00 .. . 4 58 0 58 Lincolnton 0 55 II 40 .... 10 45 ....
1 30 0 00 S 30 Gastonia 5 50 10 38 7 50 ...
3 05 0 50 0 10 Yorkville 5 10 11 48 .... 5 67 . ..
6 10 7 40 3 50 Chester 3 30 * 50 .... 4 30
< (INN NOTIONS
Chester?Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, and L. it C
York v i lie?Southern Kail way
(iadoma?Southern Railway
Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line
Newton?Sunt hern Railway.
Hickory?Southern Railway
K F. RKID. (Jen. Rasa Agent. Chester, S.(J.
5_- .? ?7?;
Southern Zvailuxiyj
THE jSOU*H?{S GREATEST SYSTEM
Unexcelled dining car service.
Through Pullman sleeping cars
on all through trains. Convenient
schedules on all local trains.
Winter tourist rates are now in
effeet to all Florida points. I;or
full information as to rates,
routes, etc., consult any Southern
Railway Ticket Agent, or
BROOKS MORGAN, A.G.P.A., R. W. HUNT, G.P.A.,
Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C.
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