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The Three R.'S.
from a book seen for the first time . ' He go ' es on to say that Avriting is decidedly improving , and the spelling would be better if the children were to look over the piece about to be given for dictation , so as to have the correct spelling first
presented to their eye . In regard to arithmetic , another Yorkshire inspector recommends that more attention be given to mental calculation . Mr . Wilde says it is tho custom in his district to set three
' straightforward sums , ' and one Avhich requires a little thought , and generally goes by the name of ' tho problem , ' and a child is passed if any two sums are correctly Avorkcd . He would like to sot three easy problems , and only one straightforward
sum , and still require two worked correctl y for a pass . This Avould insure the children understanding tho application of the rules of arithmetic , and cause them to think Avhen at their work . But he says that , at present , if ho were to introduce this change ,
he should be torn in pieces by managers and teachers . So he is willing to Avait and hope . " And so arc we . The future is yet , to some extent , a " terra incognita" to us all , that is , AVO can hardly estimate correctly or distinctl y as yet the effect of the more general spread of education , Avith its correlative forces and influences . Still the view we
take is a hopeful one . Education has done much for the class hi ghest in the social scale . Why should it not do as much for those who form the lowest tier in tho great pyramid of social life ? In tho mean time , leaving tho future to the things and minds of the futurewe should seek to improve
, carefully the conditions of all primary instruction , and make all our elementary and normal and technical schools as good and as efficient and as practical as they Avell may be . Like Longfellow AVO too may AVCII say , " Let the dead past bury its dead ;
Act , act , in the living present , Heart within , and God o ' erhead . " W .
Lines Written In The Album Of A Young Poetess.
LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A YOUNG POETESS .
BY BRO . GEOHGK MAttKHAM TWEDDELL . Pure as tho paper I now write upon , ( And it might servo ( he Mason in his need ,
Wanting his lambskin apron , spotless Avhite , As emblem of that innocence the Craft Imposes on her children , teaching them Rather to die than soil their souls Avith sin , )
Spotless as the Avhite page I now must soil , At thy request , with my unrhyming verse , May ' st thou preserve thy head and heart through life , Young Poetess ; and Avhen thy glass of life Has run its sands , may ' st thou look , back
upon The past Avith pleasure , conscious that thy rhymes Will help to elevate the thoughts of men And Avomen , Avho may read them Avhen the hand That wrote them is but dust . Let not thy
muse E'er stoop to pander to the grov'Iing throng , But ever strive to Avake Avithin the souls Of all AVIIO listen to thy minstrelsy ,
Thoughts pure and noble , feelings all divine . Think for thyself ; and be not thou afraid To worship Nature Avith a poet ' s warmth ; For Avell has Wordsworth sung , that
" Nature neer Betray'd the heart that loved her . " She Avill lead Thy soul , through flowery and through starry paths , On , to the throne of God Himself . Fear
not To trust her guidance . Let no Avorldly thoughts , Nor worldly feelings , e ' er put out- the flame Of poesy within thee : for that fire
Is so ethereal , that its heavenly warmth Can comfort thee in all the storms of life , Whatever fate be thine . Grasp then thy lyre , And be thou true to it , and it to thee
Will be a treasure worldlings wot not of . Hose Oottage , Stokesley .
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The Three R.'S.
from a book seen for the first time . ' He go ' es on to say that Avriting is decidedly improving , and the spelling would be better if the children were to look over the piece about to be given for dictation , so as to have the correct spelling first
presented to their eye . In regard to arithmetic , another Yorkshire inspector recommends that more attention be given to mental calculation . Mr . Wilde says it is tho custom in his district to set three
' straightforward sums , ' and one Avhich requires a little thought , and generally goes by the name of ' tho problem , ' and a child is passed if any two sums are correctly Avorkcd . He would like to sot three easy problems , and only one straightforward
sum , and still require two worked correctl y for a pass . This Avould insure the children understanding tho application of the rules of arithmetic , and cause them to think Avhen at their work . But he says that , at present , if ho were to introduce this change ,
he should be torn in pieces by managers and teachers . So he is willing to Avait and hope . " And so arc we . The future is yet , to some extent , a " terra incognita" to us all , that is , AVO can hardly estimate correctly or distinctl y as yet the effect of the more general spread of education , Avith its correlative forces and influences . Still the view we
take is a hopeful one . Education has done much for the class hi ghest in the social scale . Why should it not do as much for those who form the lowest tier in tho great pyramid of social life ? In tho mean time , leaving tho future to the things and minds of the futurewe should seek to improve
, carefully the conditions of all primary instruction , and make all our elementary and normal and technical schools as good and as efficient and as practical as they Avell may be . Like Longfellow AVO too may AVCII say , " Let the dead past bury its dead ;
Act , act , in the living present , Heart within , and God o ' erhead . " W .
Lines Written In The Album Of A Young Poetess.
LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A YOUNG POETESS .
BY BRO . GEOHGK MAttKHAM TWEDDELL . Pure as tho paper I now write upon , ( And it might servo ( he Mason in his need ,
Wanting his lambskin apron , spotless Avhite , As emblem of that innocence the Craft Imposes on her children , teaching them Rather to die than soil their souls Avith sin , )
Spotless as the Avhite page I now must soil , At thy request , with my unrhyming verse , May ' st thou preserve thy head and heart through life , Young Poetess ; and Avhen thy glass of life Has run its sands , may ' st thou look , back
upon The past Avith pleasure , conscious that thy rhymes Will help to elevate the thoughts of men And Avomen , Avho may read them Avhen the hand That wrote them is but dust . Let not thy
muse E'er stoop to pander to the grov'Iing throng , But ever strive to Avake Avithin the souls Of all AVIIO listen to thy minstrelsy ,
Thoughts pure and noble , feelings all divine . Think for thyself ; and be not thou afraid To worship Nature Avith a poet ' s warmth ; For Avell has Wordsworth sung , that
" Nature neer Betray'd the heart that loved her . " She Avill lead Thy soul , through flowery and through starry paths , On , to the throne of God Himself . Fear
not To trust her guidance . Let no Avorldly thoughts , Nor worldly feelings , e ' er put out- the flame Of poesy within thee : for that fire
Is so ethereal , that its heavenly warmth Can comfort thee in all the storms of life , Whatever fate be thine . Grasp then thy lyre , And be thou true to it , and it to thee
Will be a treasure worldlings wot not of . Hose Oottage , Stokesley .