Newspapers / The Weekly Raleigh Register … / June 4, 1833, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
9 - - rrrr-t - A- - : i..- - Lik . , i. li i , 4 . ' , mr- r - .- n . , . " i ;v; - vVf-:,; , , , , . r ""Y , " vhul mcis, UNWAHP D BVr PARTY KAC.K, TO LIVE LUCK BROTH EH S. LZ V -.3 V Sf ;. : -'.J fi'W ... . v- ; a. - a - : mWmam'mBmummammmmmmm:t,'i, Aii..B.jai'j viva w k . .:- -"i' ' m kj- a a w -ar u - -. . w f , -aawi . . . yliateighr iVorlh-Chroliiin. -4 yinl wlueU no app; ffnticeiip is requifjtH-'' stress-ms: conflict between feel in jr. 5i viyiicity & . s;ust unknown to lost of or.r ry 'sceptre in Ver rijrht ha!rd,& the faiililnl I). ' . L I :2 I I . . I : tlV. - Mr uucs ,mu every ; tjnan tvno lias irtei um vir. i.V ihusinSS of tearliiilcr know Iip pr'n soTnetlifti-r iinportiint eM-y year, either in the subjects onSvliich he instrncU, or in the human nature on which .he. acts. Xa'" DoutAns pjr amim;oiie liaUin atlyance ' T'lue who Jo not, either at the time of sttb sc.ribihjorsubisequientfy, give notice of their wrishtohuve the Paper discontinued at the ex- piratipn of their year, will be. presumed as (e fStri npc ilscontiuuance until countermanded. 3: d Y ii;r i s e m t s , XT L...- . -- ...'ll'k.im.aiilAil ii j Vvsxvccuuijj tun an lints, uc uutmu ihr'eetilnes For J)ollar; antl twenty-five cents 4fwreach subsenuenr oublication : those of ,- gr trer length, i(4 the same proportion. If . the number of qsertJohs"be not maijtetl oVt themjthey will he continued until ordered outaml charged accordingly. iTdhe'neWcause of the imoe. fections to m ethren th tak orinstructin f rin rnr-Wlwi.d i ,KiA I e!ii voutli.some imprvements ivhich liave oc- .I A, . . i? ' I tion,ts the scartttv of able teachers. Thev are inp.e.tieraTlrto voun &. inexperienced. The weight char? of training the minds and maoaging-.the temper:, and forming 'le.hioraldofithe ynuoj!;, is confided, in a 'teat many to pei-sonsvery Tittle , older. tJuin the p'tTpds themselves, to IiaU- ed u c, t ed y otl il g men, ir to those who, it thev have Uphmis in 'their hand", must pop -ite, to expose them to this mortifying . ner would ar 4ear. fgil nrnl spiritless in rrytw e 't tioing .justice to ine cause f cSa'calijlearning.-of which they ate fire pr.iofes.se! advocates, to -subtraet thus tangly f'oni a quantum in itself suificie:it i " . Si f I -i i i I j iy met re r e nope tins appeal m not and that he is votth fivefold A much to his emplovers atfihirty ye.ir d au;e as i be rwade in vaiii. he was at twenty f . L t a young teacher I . A:iniig the imperfections of our school therefore; be ever so clever and failhful jsysteiivv l t "flay be pardoned fur number- to; his under'akingiie yantft that whifeh uoining our nine can give mm, ana now ly rewarded l)(riothuinesytiitiI time, which ripens vvinc3ndjphe"eKet! friendship, shall ripen his majesteiial faciilii js,melloiv the criule nessw his knovvltidge, soften the sharp ness of his tempVt, and (to'kci'p up our similitude of oldl 'jladeira) give him a bo dy of sound knenl'led-re and good sense, from which his i ifu;ilsniaY Continually Il'lrtt in Lttnltit I 4... itii.nn .i ii n ,i ii v ii.ii (e ii u in n ' T . i if oe con lejibeiiio lutvc more iaiiii iit iueir ' handa thanin thVir ja,ds. Of the gradu ates (it guinumer)us colleges, many be come teachers, who were among the most oidUiary scHolar. These like other in sects propagate their kind vr.ih perni- cious lecumuiy. -iney senu out annual- 1 . . Il I f In . - . I n n. . . . a., nliil. . n. i . - J uicu nine 9aiiu is L.aiuiviiiit: iui th;seVeral college?, all carrying evident inarks rtheir academical parentage aisd, erifyiogHhe maxim of the ancieut phi losophers, that ex ititiilo nihil fit." Their'Alma' Mater cannot complain of these her pedagogic k suns ai not yielding; her back as much asthiy seceived, but reversuig the apostolic remark, she may say to tnemf 44 ye carried nothing out ot this wdtld," andjjt is certain yetan bring 'nothing liu5' ;rhese teachers, if they de serve no other credit, are at least entitled to the praise of soon making their pupils as wise as themselves. The furniture of their upper-stories ts so light atid scanty that it is as easily transfered from their own noddles to those of their, pupils, as " are the moveables of a pauper from one garret to" another, at the beginning of the new year. v Indeed it is according to the analojrr of nature? that the ..progeny of all the inferior tribe should take but a few months to attain the Vfe of tHearent Should there be aupng my auditors any teacbeWvwho ook upon the severity of the preceding remarKs as an aiiacK upon tlieraSelvctei them, spare theircsent- V ineiit by reflecting that the present com ' mny is always excepted, and thatcrit- lcs fcaVry th a kjtid f Parthian warfare ' dfscharxinffttrshfts', not authiose be- "i forelUieir-facwV but tlioio behind their ' hn r I' is -i if But it gives me pleasure to state that ThanV of out teachers are the flower 6f our thatthiipatnmae were liberal enough to trntuce sjnany more of such to choose ' for the-busrncss of their live this mot liseful and laudable occupation. lAs it is however, otheff4" nratessions. ouer moie lcmptin pVizes to their talents, and they hvote.,fo school-keeping one or tp of their g.rectJ, uiexperienceur years, uuu u, the means of enabling them to prosecute iome more lucrative and less' laborious 'nriifeaeW. uittinir the schoolroom, just v lu-tr. iinnrovetl scholarship and acquired evneriehceliave fitted then; for their work. ' tii' - -V:"'n ..,.!. hi pp this, and ouirht ing the wan.t, in many teachers, of an ad vq. n t a geni ci e r o f c o m i n u 1 1 i ca i n g tli r r seldom we find orije of huch promise suf- j instrucfron; There is often discoverable ficieiitiy rewarded to continue in this la-?(in the teacWr, a lamentable want of ani mation antl rjvtcity f manner,- a want of spirit and ierg)T in conclucting business. If intructrw!.i H'parted with spirit and life, it will Cstr ivxceiveit '--with spirit and life. If the mafe r kreps wjde awake, his pupils will 5Jso But. if he'oe listless, languid, speaking scfctly loud enough to be. heard, and afltrw ing them to answer in the same tv!?y wtijMhe wimle school will be pervaded by tJieiime llsf less hum dium, careless manner, whicfi"; sicken- a spectator just to witness it forone half hour. The manner of a school-master should-. have in it. much of tltC promptness, energy and decision of a tm'litary oQicer givinj; the wo.nl of command toa company of soldiers. Then he will receiv': ihsame prompt obedience. Then eC boy be on the alert, have all iui w.-ts about h'im, and learn to have all hi? fro, nv led ire ready at command, to maivhatyi aumient's warninjr. In this way not only wovhf the intellect be sharpened and t-lre nie.trmrv kept bright, but a va.-t deal of time would be saved, which is now consumed in wuii ing upon the indolence and tardiness of sjuggish or inattentive boys. Situated as I have been for many years, destined' to take up anil prosecute the unfinished la bors of others, I have h id considerable opportunity of observing the effects of dif- curred to me, iaid narticulai i.e some faults which my, .Observations on various schoul have brouHit under view. The first and iujist glann2: defect in the conduct of our cljassical scIkm)1s, is the neglect of i)e coiimon rudiments of Eng lish education. I tli quite usual foryounjr men to be sent jriiiu the academy to col leg; so deplorabljj deficient in orthogra phy and penmanship, sis would disgrace the urchin of .in Id fiebl school. Many a sad hour have I spent over collegiate compositions, in jjleciphering hideous & roglvphics; and in restoring to theiFpro per English- phyouomy such monsters as wright and raftih kneihborhood himous. foliage, separate, o!ledgc jenius, turriblcx nersuit. &c.v lihis is a serious evu it is t Ii f vcrv thino rinjr-.classicati earning into discredit. iMain, uneducated people j fercnt mode o." discipline on the various z to provide against it, by setting before ..UVAiin-r men the. prospect of honorable lemuneration.. Then you would sec our acafemes souglit: affer by the fiii scol hrainongt our graduatesudk sharing, iU the .othfr liberal professions, me .tio and earnmir ot the lancuy 'en i i66l would not be consuterea,as it now 'often is a mere stepping-stone to some er -station moreducrative or more hon- hleV.but wouldybe embraced as 4in tli- winess tor the whole oi uie, xnus .children would have the advantage of matured wisdom and. experience oi a L'.I. .. i. f ciinn nfii nation. . . i ... i . ..r rv.tik I are competent: jodges of .sucli blemishes as" these, and bijy very justly complain of a course of iiiskruclion which, profess ing to communicjafe the higher parts of learning, leaves the young man so shame fully untaughtfiri spelling and writing his mother tongue," tfc at he cannot pen a com mon epistle with tut danger of disgracing himsclt. Iherp lsliould then, be a com petent teacher'qf English attached to eve ry grammar schojd, into whose hands the boys sbmld pass for an hour or two every day, to be practiced in the several Eng lish branches. i ;fl his is better clone in conjunction with their classical course, because it only introduces a relieving va riety of occupation, and cannot advanta geously either ptctnle that bourse, or.be (lelayed fjll thai course is considerably advance!. ; ; A second Tpfajctice of our Preparatory Schools, aaijistiwhich I must be permit-! ted to inveigh,) lis the omission of u great part of the prescribed classical course Of this the lacujjy of the University have reason to speal-j with much feeling. A certain quantity! of Greek and Latin is required.-to be rrad in order;to admission into college. It is as little as is at all consistent with respectability less than what is demanded fljy most of our colleges. But in the paynjent even of this pittance, we aYe not fair h dealt with. Few aca demies render ips honestly the full debt One teacher clips oft' a litle here, another a iittiertnere. i-jjjror example : we. require the whole seven books of Caisar's Gallic War ; but one yuth comes prepared on on fiveanoti?v d:. four, aunt her on on I y two. We reosire, thu whole of Virgil's JEneid, or Ovid Expur ata, as an equivalent for tte latlerhalf ): we require these authors not only to j ieconstrucd and -parsed but :scanned. But tliis requisition is in most cases nottiiinplied with, & all we can extort is the first half of the iEneid, read without any attention to prosody. Here at once is Latip enough to fill up jt whole year, of wluchjpe pupil is cheated by tins system of litefa.ry fraud. Another has 'reap' the Gosfjl of John in Greek, but :,as not looked at jthe ; Acts. and surely we ....Rt.liK hfirl iknd austere men to insist the extreme.,. All denends nnon Hie te her?s heirt being in the thing. II he thinks his bt. d.ueis an important oiie, and .tliat whatev is- worth doing at :lll-is Worth doing tup 1 1, pe will be willing to use all requsite- efforts h make his instruc tions acceptable and successful. Ami here 'again --.appears he mischief of w.v sohools bring-in 1 lie hands of mere trau sient young Muen.; They cannot enter upon t 'eii'djily duties with that relish and enthu-iasin with which a man carries , on his main. ultimate business,, on which he is to depend for . reputation and for bread. Febling ye'ry little interest in tlieir tei!ipjrary occapation, they will make no-exertions' to improve their'scho la)sliip, flri't tiiMr object will be, to get over the drudgery of the day, onjiseasv terms as 0ey ca;:, and lay up at the end of a two yars cntract, as mm h monev as will beT their expences in studying a professional! No' wojuler the cause of let ters .shimbj languish under such managc ineiit. i ' , . Anoiliej feature which, I think, would be a.great ;jmrrovement in omk schools, is the oki of;iral.lec:u'es. Were a teacher o delhyrf lieij!ieiit lectures in a spirited aodjput' 'f isjiing manner, on Roman and Oeei.tJi y.tfy and anti(juities, on geo g.ra' v. ai,illthe nannersL and customs of d illeiHMif i Muns, putting question s every now and t t4i lV keep alive attention and make inenttry .'ospfMisible fitr-wUitt it has ii oaiance in her lelt ? to .. whostlTft tar her high priest, the schoolmaster, ,d d ty bnnirs eac'v pale delinquent, weighs liiurrn the balances, and by her command adininisiti-s to his shoulders. h?ck. legs, t cetera, the full measure of his deserts, lint these nurseries of puerile genius and penitentiaries of puerile misdemeanors, our school-houses, are nut o fortunate ill their construction and furniture, as they are in their location. They ought to b built with a special eye j to the "purposes to wh:ch they are to be applied, and fur nished with commodious seats, and desks, alleys and floors for . ingress and egress. Every jmpil should have before him at! accommodations for reading and vvri'ing. a separate desk under lock antl kev. where he may secure all his bonks and his- stationary, .which, in our schmdsnow, is 1 Hi H-VmJA- . ' 1 1 I ...St- - .l e . i . . . ... I v -'noceof inaceye unose hendiotlHAw he world," and "ruling all by h& tap of 4 his ferula or the n ' I of the head, . ' Slvikes his anilrosial coils a o1 jjvssi heii 'ij ' Tlie suimft ol'faie ant! sr.cviorof a irod. It anv of iny'airHience should heVe'cfianr' A... .'".I " I . I -t .- nie wn.i an oversirit in sunoosiu'r in tmi' ' 3 r with a lAid. siibterts wtvJ' sit with thei,- backs to him, tcan only 1 ayihat such an objecfur knows iioti he ' marvellous tfrjibility of the hiMnau neclSjf rior how oft-n a schoolboy is found infch',r posture of Lots wife. ' j am sensible- of the peril to wTucl f aui exposing myself by thesA iaggestio'ns for -the. reformation f y o a t h fu I c u pri Cs, t hat I am haz,artling thei!wrath of that mimer mis tribe. ; but't bone the freedTiiwof dis cussion is hot yet fettered' on this iloor. as it has bteu on some, other lloorsT and til 1 1 I ".Jialllja in an d.ni'rr of mefliniv :i any thing but stadJnan his pens; ink, ppistol or a clubs oil my u ay home. If I should, let them take cau for they know not but my innocent-looking, ivory-headed cane, ihich lnevcr yet attempted to draw, ma vj unexpectedly llv asunder, and like the Truj.ri horse-, disclose death in the inside. Let thei know, that though my profession commands me to be tio striker yet my .blood U' oFthat nation which bears the tfnsile as its emblem, and whose motto is : Xano me. imptme.laee&xel. In all these remarks I have had my eye entirely upon schools for boys ; but must of them may be. applied,, (mutatis mulan-' dh) to schools for girls With respect to uie latter, it may be added, that Hi sorm ruler and pencil having to travel 'all a round the room fir the accommodation T Ins fellowsJfsThe trustees of each academy should see it provided with such conve niences, and if they will not, each parent ought to be willing to:'ncur ttie 'expense of such furniture, fur his son's benefit, the owner being allowed, upon leaving the school, to transfer it to af successor, fr a near cost as its condition will merit. In winter every school-room should be wanned by a stove. In no other way can any degree of order be kept up : each shi vering urchin will be continual! vVuiining to the fire, and when called to recite, h received, i'-mn i'lfpjg to think i? would i cold, j oa. u.L- ,,,w.v,, ,mw uerent of tho institutions which I have seen, an iinnresji on .is nvuoe ivf.nie ttu.i, cus-i.t i- . - , , ' : : . " c "u ' Vus hhoe sinnwchinir nearest to mv hpm n pa . ... will have nothing at his lingers' end butof our fe.-oale seuiinaribs too much is at- youth who repair to this place. Softie are in their recitations animated, confident, and pour forth with fluency al! that lite v know. Such it is a pleasure to hear, ar.d their recitation, though minute arid criti cal, passes off with smoothness and ra;id- l toioiirv oirafion ol irettinr a&y tuc hv . , - . r, ? , v ,. 7 i . , : V.,' -7 a sciiooiroosn are tlie celebrated Round book, and laving it vdivered from living ir W-,&i,i- ... , ... bps, vvitiij the advantages ot biok. voice' ijLt ? c.. tJ . ' i r i - i . i r i ewoeriactsdemy in this btate. Hut it ain gestut which a tt icher ot good sen-e i Kk tt i : . i . i u-sJ--j" r i i i. i ra'ft oe .bulged-iu .the description of and Jitieef bnate ,hsposi lion could thrown ,,!! i;,i U 1 4 t- i i. f i ji . o these iitiW castles in-the-air, wi h mtii hl I 3hliMI. MM I till V 1 II lu illlirhr i . .. . .-. T ' . ' V ' t" whose Dti l-tmir I havif ome: mes amiued to hae gift asistance ot all necessary apparat i r ;? O'aps, globes, plans of town. and siegeiffiUitJtfT engines, ; id so forth. When a irUass is engageil u 51011 Caesar's campaign iri Gaul, their teacher ought t6 be able ttj.Vxhibit to their eyes the line ity. Hut in too many other cases we are on..smarKjina.ciureoiiiHuariie-groujKi Mj;,wl n iw. ,tot;, , ,.r,i.. as Hie autor describes it of the situation vuili-u W OUT lllill IIIV UCMICI I Ul lilt , livery student is so lifeless, so indistinct, liis manner so inert, and hts replie to ques tions so slow, thatit must damp the ar dor and weary the patience of any teach er, and actually consumes the hour to which the recitation is limited, before half justice is done to the lesson. lam convinced that twice the business might attempt reform the manner of delivery sfter the youth comes to college ; it is by that time incurable. Let then the teachers of our primary schools take lessors from the dril ling olficer, and endeavor to exnibit in of tin? to'-M besieged, the Oillerent col iMnns of f-5p;twir armies, and all the testa das and i)ic;e and battering ramsvAc were eiii jloyed. Then, w.t.it is now a tusk avouAI become a pleasit-e, and the authors r ad would, be far better under -tuj'd am' J rVineinbered. Ivt me here sugge-st tl-erexpediency of the trustees of to convinced mat twice the business mriit I i , tj ' . . be done, twice the instruction imparted w,,r H-vetal academies tak.nr pains and received, just by the correction f,Procuch apparatus lor the sct.oulroo this oue;lau!t. It is "in vain to attempt to A com m 0.1 -carpenter, under the direct! 00 m. on of tlie tea clier, Could make models for instance o Csesar's bridge, and of. "some of theR'ijyan engines of war ; and then that Bridge, chapter, now the terror of school bofs, wouhl be as attractive to them ! as-it is nifAVfriortoidaoie. ... ..... 11.. . their own manner, and to stnmn nnon their as u .s no.woi miua.e. iney woum uoi : . . . .' . . rum i young nniitia, the same quickness and energy. come to.Ahe river, all m a shiver," but 1.1 -aai':u r '.1 1 ... I know my pedagogick brethren T 7 ''-u , V can sav much in nalliatiuji of this f,lf. P. 1U"" f 1,1 ,ls,1MUU' "CJSU,e as 1,1 They will tell me that I talk like one who ,na fVer, c ,nvu'eft3 t,,al has had no experience in such things traverse heir - paternal fields. It is un .1 . ' t- 4. 1 1 l 1 lortuuatt that good maps ami charts and that animation cannot be kept up amid . .Tp . , . , j( 1 11 -1 1 r 111 pictures; tor the. illustration oi our school- the dull, daily round. of school-business 1 . V ? - , - . , .i' -.- 1 . 11 1 ! books av.. cither "pot yet made, or are too that it is a plant winch cann6t live in such 1 ' . u r r . , ' 1 11 1 cosllV tfi come wirhin the reach ol ordin- m i 111 iiiij9rui;i c , iiuu Liivr will ivisii iiic out i I ? ' '.! ii-'iil :i I'tus. 1 111 s 1 -A f ltvnleruTil m .1 V-i " 1 . I" , , . 1 ill Y SCH jllul ICS. IILI IU II 1? II I II 1 11 L IW1 111 1 LCII3UI r lllilll t" , . i i . i I i- . u 'i i ...:..;... u..i.. which o,Tght to be tooked into and sup- u. v.-.riiiivimjvi ir imu iii .TiivFiiivivtiH alter pinner, in a hot summer's day, and hear a cta-s of little marble-players recite a lesson in Cicsar. giving noor Julius, a las ! more stabs than he received from tlie daggers of all the conspirators in the Senate-house, and av enging the Gauls up- j oh htm lor all his murders. can keep the edge of pliei). ' 'Ehere ought to be a general call from al tltV schools for such engravings anil su i machinery, and then the book sellers tfOjild afford to have them supplied at a reonasde price. U is to be hoped jihat thivrt of lithography, which has been If 61 "iso raP'' i)r improving within a lew years, . 1 k.'V ti'l I i fv 1 1 u f I rbiilitu nil t:nli r-iui-ili inev win 4cn mc, can Keen i:ie eii"e ui . -. ?rm i .. . 1. .. i . i . c - - - , -r . . ' I ferins.it-vlii, ere long, ue cmpioyeu i.o iur your animation sharp upon such materials, ! 6cho0?0,s with agreeabh upon more thai in the course;.; ther in his ari; depends on hi; ter he enters , studied-jieogri br another of; Ai W& Ijiing we, deem it of prtme im rtanVS lo bayef the serviccsuof a mat OunPtiM ihhis profession, from th extremity oft thei must i halt of what is prescribed A third has gone no fur- hmetic than fractions, and Iking up the. deficiency af- oilege. . A iourtlHias not phy. Laboring under one hese deficiencies, a youth you must be made of better' metal than a Damascus swordblade, or the (jar famed penknives o( Rodgers.: The cxpetise of animal spirits and of lungs that would be incurred by such a lively mode ot .instruc tion constantly kept up, would wear any man out in a short lime. to this! reply. ! that the thing is not impracticable.isproved by the fact that shine teachers have exem plified it. Hnd showo its happy effects. This is particularly the case in the Eu ropeattschoolsi Inhere the master en ters urion his business with an emphasis conies to the: University, perhaps from the te State. Thefaculty are , placcdl'S this painful dilemma,.: they of solid education in the State. IWss.n: i piaceu i f mi. j m . sound tudieious mi iuLs, and g-entle, it either cfcpart trotn their proclaimed j rulated t tcmpers6 which youi " 1 terms, in violhiion of their conscience and man . il.. HO. Will fl-fllll IIIH in pi'Jtise i" uis '"i ....... v f.. iir Avfti shoes our noic, p physiciah,vW "Abom we ntfust our lives andr tlreijudge who sits upon the fortunes ,.e .inhliA In teaching alone we are eotite-itcd with the services ol tyros and j ;0vij FiVstt Smeeftte appearance of t,nvitW A physician shall not prescribe Mr. Oouul's but.ful-lntT xU,8 pe4d.t.iHi of j Urf Illv.,?fJ, 'y-V . i , .' K;?tt1 , i,ic k,th,,r.i f hire -c in be no proper ohicctioo to a hi torour-;on m a icyer, a ' pertv ?tlhlcssi theyithWioerftvf" tried L t-niiu'lffl-rc. But that synV intellect, that , ' on's. temper, mat ?on's xuoraiiv,l" 'i V ' lli detennVtiatnin ol-what kind of a man V"4h'.t son -is 3t be all mee vital matters l' ' ' 1 1 .... av in fa;. W.til' ti. Ill4 ' very -'Ttenut-i . .wjn 4 ; i w 1 v . mv , ;k.rementuf tbeyouuStort, the (ly, ar and str ycing delineations of all those parts of youthful study which can be exhibited to the ye. . . Tiie 1 rooe.r construction of schoolhouses is auot -ier " point which deserves distinct aiteiiti jii. vVhen I nave visited the classi- cal scly' mis in our large cities, I have been struck with the incoivenieiice under which .they h'-bor of being situated close upon the street, stunned the live-long day with the rut ; ib'iing of drays.the rattling of coach -es, ih; cries of nwrket people, in short the fu li diapason of discords which come upon je tor m red ear from the commingled voices ;of men, women and children, dogs, m'ocki 'ijjj-birds and pianos, belonging to a gref ?ovvn. What an advantage, thought : I, .dofje enjoy "in the soli tudes of Caro- ' hi. aw t j t fi 11 11 y mi r 'ir-iiifJin n. iii ulated, yet firm tcmpersO wlncli yoiitli Can " be so satcly comnntteu,!ie uas uevoiea la uus; me turvv.i aj v . . . . - f ' 1 . 1 1 l . S 1 .1 .1 I . . . 1 useful birt laborious profession, talents wincn , tileroU? ousttc, auu wnere our uoy can mitrht have urneu him more spfeiidid. distinction, ; and amuler emoluments in other w'ulk.s of life. A continually increasing: number of pupus show's that . ... . - . i'i. - " ...... . u Frotp tliis censure and complaint, let me be permitted to except the present able and estima ble Master of the Hillsborough Latin School. This irentleman deserves much of everv friend o . o.ssessing' one well- myself, 1 wouhrsay. let t.'iis spot, whei so many years of th s'ef ring of - life are 10 ue spent, oe tnau as pleasant ..as possible to the sense-.' Let the; dcieeted boy, just banished from the deli's oX home, as he approaches the choohouii' for the first time, see every thing to exhi liratc and refresh the spirits, and form no dismal forebodings of meeting the Momteur a Bk he-stpps rcr th'el threshold. Let :t oe one of those umbra geous retreats which before described, wilh ground smooth and a little sandy, to form a natural arena fur his sports, free from those cruel enemies of youthful toes ;md incendiaries of youthful . tempers, stumps, roots and stones -let the house be of an oblong shape, with a door in front, from which leads a central aisle down to the other extremity, where sits the sovereign of the little world, in insulated grandeur, on a slightlcvation, sufficient to command a view of all his dominions. Let the floor be of brick, to prevent noise, and let it slope gradually front the door down to the seat of tlie teacher. Let the whole area be covered -with single desks, roe bemnd the other; with aisles between, the pupils, while at their desks, sitting with their backs to the master j this ar- rangenaent answering the.sam nd as blind bridles upon -carriage horses, that thev cannot see th danger from behind, but being in' momentary expectation of it, will be always on the alert. The-throne; as Lsaid, must be situated in the centre of the lower end. Before if, 111 a space left for the purpose, must be fixed a semi circular bench tor the class. under recita tion, from which, at the signal, One class can retire. Jtiid to which another can re pair, wheeling in easy circles through the aisles, like well-trained battalions, with out any confusion. The smallest boys" I would'haye to occupy the seats nearest the focus" of light and armth, like the planet mercury, because having most mer cury in their coustitutions,ijthey would be mosuipt to be flighty, if moving in a1 remoter orbit. It I durst add .-another ap purtenance to my schoolroom, it should be a sraai I apartment in the rear, just behind the throne, made strong, with no exterior window for admitting tne whispers of sym pathy but only a grated window, opening into the schoolroom and affording suffici ent li 11b t fur study." Need I mention the purpose of thisjmysterious apartment I' ll ts , lor the accommodation of criminals tempted. The whole: encyclopedia of know ledge is embraced in the list of; studies, and in the com puss of two y'r three duode cimos j and the young Iftly, by the time she reaches her teens is in darigej of think ing herself, gramariah, geographer, astro Homer, chemist botanist, musician, pain ter and what not. She is taken, from school just at the age when she begins" to be ca pable ol appreciat ing her studies, and ha ving got by rote a little smattering of eve ry t hi nr, she forgets it all;, ami hevefwiit have any valuable kiiowteifje Unless she clvance to'fall afterwards mm the hands uf a sensible mother, who shalLcarry on jh.eul-tivafion of her mind at ni iper age. O-t'tF.-'sids for girls ought to be, a some dthrtiially are, Under the care of men -V V of agei l..jLpiriceand soiit-ij. (jpiplarship. Under such guardian -ship, yifi.hg ladys education might btf x: . p. t i n u ) d advantageously til she was ciiteeni.yesrs of age, by. which time she ni.:ht Wfae solid attainments and Jieif min i scarp a training andaii impulso which' wit.;l atry ttott in progressive im proveiaeihrnuh future life. ITher . teacher siir,ifd haye the happy facu Ity of breaihininmH!!B ypui.g female mind an ardent th:rt;f ;inVIedge, which shall raise her above tliV prill v cares artdani-"- ties of dress, Hixt'ckcluile ail desirefoftfth- teriii'r into eoitffvirtwiwii.fiL-jiii.'hiii. 'ln.; are liriis ied -snr a'aYwia! ut iitarnf r.iV3.i - y-y . yL''' W "V uvibiftv.' education would 1 eaa'rtftrat K. men that wouhl ha'y .Jt'-wntjrnt fciifUup'ii'cti . " ... .. W ifL oil society. Lmr se"X w;Ui(.ulii ft" push' forward their acillir to escape the Imua'dnviif and the whole race ol duftV rely upon the gentility of A c gracetuiuess of a bo-w, to maty i lackiiig in the head, Alljttv compelled to fit themselves f ny of the fair by a stock of ui lite knowledge. Then welsln tliose sarcastic reflect'yiyt's ll eify.of the female sex f. sarci wits, who are incapable of di between vvant of opporfunitie of talent, and whir, percham some occasion encounter h cul man, that will -make them rd rant pretensions, and cautious ever talk again of female inferta Tlie sum 0D1II J have saidrth' be comprised in one remark,! flu quale : patronage deprives the cou skilful experieticed teacher. Pat liberal patronage, will cooimivht lence in all the dVmrtments. of RfJ? ought to he willing to pay the best n tor good tin lion, as they arc lor the; tnerchandrf.e, the best mechautqab the best legal and medical advice.-VA cheap bargain is generally a.heari ohe - . - 1 - 1 1 u in nut ivn iini iin 1 1. ..i,i- ..m - . m aim 111 iiiMiiin irt-5 inn jsijivv u irlc! li b r t mm T and .lebtors, and by way of-varlety imihe ' cplymeilt ol a teacner 1 ...- .i- i .1... .U.1. ....1 vVhen a lather once brought his son.tolhu - ... of autlHrityvhr they must (urn away this young mab, who has come from such a distance, anil deprive him of. the benefits ot the rnstitution,-w.pw weanK, i iv.i. , alrDtcciatlis-merits. is-it kind, ihl teachers to impose upon us car?d cvmpeteteyicy long indaceJiimto c)nthmc 1 '" . .iM- his Usefubtoils ; and in the evennii' ot bitf days, be is not aole to mr.ice me noasi or me lamonj I oKoti 1 ln ;iol hm richness f his poetry, the v;ycity x .bis uescrip. i'.a..d oiiit irnirt .mins stovits. cannot kui to render him a ple:isim' .;ind improvinjr companion. w' ile I'm. ai.cihd tnjmolofiry. arrajeu m mico drapery, imst jbe. much better remembered di ni 'wliVn KCiiTclijed out pitcemeai in me ury p of adkCtiooarvl ' This edition of Mr. vailu is I'ojft'her -vecnrrijnendei!, by its containing some b?autihil Selttiohs from ih Ilermiks, to initiate 1 he sttuleot i Willd othel v arr," that his potent ai m has placed many a bisTtbp on the bench, he will probablv have the honour aivtl conirori 01 seeing many ot ins ni jjis fidorhiiio' the halls of legislation, and the chairs of O .V the liberal professions. " To have paid this small tribute, in passim?, to a'freutlemah whose proximity- to the University, I and vwbse well trained contributiousto its classes, ti bcnttimeter ven,e. of which he ise-l-cmain jnorunl throujjh ,h's! tjenc"f read ott day, under: a catopv of majestic oaks, Surpassing those ot unuona or 01 Bashit -where the dryads or the muses need not have scorned to dwell- skirted witKiilirubbery of chinquepiusand birch i.stle quickeners of gehius, those won- aer-Afqrkui vveapous ot the taitniui pei a'nli possessing all, the powers of the winiliif Mercury V save tliat of lulling murtitsto sleep. Tit the midst of such a TP5.ta.iids. the scli'bolhouse, the temple oSifli herself, stern goddess of justice anu ti as invidious other "teachers, more remote, may fraiifjilaken. this woi lt, yet nefe, it no dcseris well, ot whom personal knowleuge will xt enable him la speak With e.qul conn- ana wiTO.se wen i rat icu tuiiuiuuuuus iu a viiraav'i , , ; , i .1 , , enable the writer to be peculiarly well acquainted j wli .though the poets n ay feign, a with his merits, will not, he hopes, be considered Aheir Cherokees may really suppose wSelelse on earth, shebojds het -awful r3Qeatcd 011 athruoe of flint, witii hicko- ijenal code, to relieve the right hand of the the teacher from perpelyal vibration, and to prevent the too rnpfl exhaustion of those birchen. and chinquepin nurseries before mentioned. Here '.the pdeliuqueut couhi, during play hours, repent of his of fences in solitary iheditati m, assisted ny fasting : and here the truant and the idler could be tasked and mad e to pay their debts, an advantage unattamed hv the Usual imprisonment, of debtors, whose time is completely thrown aivay ilfotlv to themselves and their creditors 4 'school room thbSlconstructcd, woufd be attend ed witir -ihany advantages ;i the teacher having every t.tcility both l?r couimuni eating instruction'aud niaiiit)iirting order, com man ding, like Jupiter from the tfrp pi UlympuSj uis Whole domHiipns wim one Nota btna. The brick'must be laid upon a floor of hoards, with air circulatioi'jJlKJBenih, culnilv inatMimid atmo?pereil3,t it iihoijld When a father once brought his sorv to tnir,.- nh'dosonher Aritionu. to nut hi At nndi.-' - A L I r T T . .; his tuition, and objeutedto bs price, .say. ing tnai ne count uuy a slave lor that sum1 I)' feo," ascl aimed the philosopher k and then you will have twu.'-V . 1 r, " . There is notfiing wlijch wouil a more effect liiaiitidote for uJVi ciuenr to our -scnoois, imtiiui; would sooner brirm them to kchi danU tlian ASEMts.va riKTHE EptS a f " s 5 1 1 o o l vi a st it u s. s Tb i 5' is real(i sideralum. 'HieJart of tenchuig which require's all the lights that collected from the inventions and exi iileutsf'past ages.; As, things now are every teacher has ( acquire the art for" I-. i o I i 1 1 il i in ini , ir.irlt a.ruf'i.ii'a V IIIIII'V.'!, IV,V.I IIKIIIJ J fc. .1 r A.lll anvv, after bavini labmred under, the disad- vantages oi involuntary igiwrance ana mistakes through mist of lifel Prt! occme damp aud unwlivlsaicir prolr- I 1 1 5 cans etv iAl'iidinjr to the htefeiauiti OK Certain fwirfjh b'uf Cong i 4 - i. J V 4 1 i 5" 4f f n -Hi 1 - v if p. . .v. whole couiie m if' 1 ' v- 'i : -' -
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 4, 1833, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75