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much ; each teacher gives his plans after paying expenses to the extent
that have been a success, and teach­ of 10 per cent. He sells it, arid in-
CONDUCTED BY PBOF. J. D. HAWES.
ers, like other people, are consider­ vests the proceeds in the 4| per
All matter intended for thia department able of hobbyists—and we have no cent, at 96, the income now being
should be handed or sent to Prof. J. 1). Hawes, dislike whatever to a hobbyist if subject to charges of 5 per cent.,
Monmouth, Oregon.
heonly exercises common sense with and his net income is $16,872’ les«
The Teacher.
his hobby, and does not let it run than before. Find for how "many
“ A true teacher is an artist, not away with him. The plans advo­ yearB purchase on the gross income
an artisan. The mere imitator and cated should be suggestive, instead he sold the estate.
plodder is decidedly out of place in of something to be copied, and
Solutions.
the school-room.”
We have four solutions for the
In looking over Baldwin’s work teacher before he attempts to put
in practice what he has seen ; no first problem, of the .two set in the
- called the “ Art of School Manage-:
ment,” our eye caught the above matter how plausible the new H erald of three weeks ago. We
sentences, and suggested these few theory may be. How often do we got only one for the second. Mr-
\ lines. We remember of reading hear the question, Why do you not W. Porter, of Aumsville, has a very
something " Tikri ttm'“ wbove in teach 'like the text-book ? Why nice solution. Mr. P. rather makes
“ Page’s Theory and Practice of don’t you follow the system taught too much work of it, as there is
Teaching,” where the teacher is by the authors of the text-books ? nothing needed further than the
teaching a class in philosophy. AU and again the text-book does not old:principle of arithmetic, which
who have ever read the above work give that plan? Why does not the shows us how to find the area of a
will recall the story. We wish text-book give that plan ? and so circle when the diameter is given
merely to make a remark or two on ad infinitum. To all such We squaro the diameter and multi­
on the subject of Originality, imita­ queries the shrewd, wide-awake ply by .7854 to find the area. Re­
tion, and text-book pilgrims, and teacher can reply with firmness, verse this, divide by .7854 and ex­
we fear that all the imitators and and a feeling of being master of the tract the square root and we have
plodders are not dead yet—we situation. I have a better plan. the diameter.
SOLUTION.
wish they were. Tho teacher who And you will like it better when
you
become
bettor
acquainted
with
I will go along from day to day, and
502 acres and 104.96 rods equals
it.
In
4
looking
still
further
on
in
never give an opinion of his own
80423.96 sq. rods, this divided by
without consulting his text-book to Baldwin’s book we find the follow­ .7854 gives 102.400 the square of
ing : “ Once is enough to go through
see if he will have that to fall back
the No. of rods in the diameter.
a
book.
”
Good
again.
This
has
upon, is but poorly adapted for his
Extract the sq. root of 102.400 and
always
been
our
text.
Mister
the
work. We have seen students, and
we have 320 rods, or one mile.
subject
as
.
you
go
-
along.
Give
teachers too, who w’ould look upon
This is represented by one inch or
plenty
of
original
work,
so
as
to
fix
, any orie who invented somo new
tho diameter of the cent piece,
the
principles,
instead
of
going
plan of work in the Mathematics
therefore one inch to the mile. , An­
for instance—as that is a subject through the text book ; but we will swer—»E d .
where originality can be brought have more to say again about the
Solution to the second. 130 per
text-book
cramming
of
the
schools
out more than any other—as one
cent, of cost equals the cost of the
nf
to
day.
We
hope
to
be
able
to
who was, to say the least, very
watch with tho duty. Deducting
hit
that
a
good
blow
before
long.
unorthodox in his opinions regard­
5 per cent, from this will leave 1231,
A. teacher or anybody else can be
ing high authority. All the later
per ct. selling price, and adding 81
and more advanced methods are a original without being eccentric; per cent, of 130 per cent, to 130 per
sealed books to him, only suited for this is more required of a teacher cent, we havo 141.05 per cent.
than of anyone else. Thé faculty
those who wish to go out of the
Therefore the difference between
of
originality
is
acquired
more
by
“ old paths.” No teacher can be a
141.05 per cent, and 123.5 per cent,
self culture than any other way.
success who has not originality.
or 17.55 per cent, is made up by
Read, study, think, work, and do
What is suitable to one mind may
$21.06 cents. Therefore 17.55 per
good with your knowledge. As
be totally unsuitable for another.
cent, equals 21.06 dollars; and 1
Milnes, in his poem called “ The
The teacher should be a judge of
per cent, will be $1.20, and 100 per
Combat of Life,” says:
character, as expressed in the phys­
cent, equals $1 2 0 .__ Answer.
“
And,
conscious
that
to
in
Martyrdom
iognomy of the student, and, in
J. W. BRI DWELL.
The stamp and signet of most perfect
making his explanations, should
Correct solutions to first—L
life
adapt himself so as to be easy of Is all the science that mankind cun Ground, Monmouth, W. Porter,
comprehension to the dullest pupil,
reach,
Aumsville and C. C. Gibson, Span­
in his class. Ho should seek Rejoicing fights and still rejoicing gle, W. T.
falls.”
familiar illustrations and stato the
To second—W. Porter, Aums-
facts connected therewith in a plain
. ville.
Mathematical Column.
common sense way. David could
Temperance.
Here is a very nice problem for
not fight in Saul’s armor. . This
theory holds good in the educational a good arithmetician to test his
We notice that our old friend the
It
is
probably
as
good
a
ability.
field as well as in war, and when a
Statesman, of Salem, is after the
test
of
commercial
arithmetic
as
we
teacher tries to do what he sees
liquor saloons of the capital city in
have
seen.
It
appears
a
great
deal
another do with success, he is very
good style. Go on, friend States­
apt to make his very greatest fail­ more difficult than it really is.
man, in the good work. We, of the
PROBLEM.
-
ure. Well, what is the benefit of
H erald , will clap you on the
<£
institutes ? we hear some of our
A person has an estate which shoulder, and put in a blow well
readers say. We answer very yields him a net income ot $1,620,1 every--week. This accursed liquor
Educational Department.
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JL
HERALD.
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traffic is doing more to ruin our
beautiful State—five times over—
than all other ad verse influences
combined. Again we wish the
Statesman joy and God speed in
the temperance work.
College Journal.
The College Journal, edited by
Prof. Arnold, of the Willamette
University, Salem, is to hand, i. e.,
the January number, filled with
good things as usual. We are al­
ways glad when the Journal find
its way to our table. Bro. A., may
your “ Ledger ” always show a
balance on the right side. As we
see your “Journal ” is”well kept.
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Current Religious News.
(Gleanings from our Exchanges),
According to *a Roman Catholic
paper, their people neglect “ family
intercourse and cheerfulness much
more than Protestants do.” We
can’t accept all that compliment.
In the matter of that Family anni-
hilator, Divorce, the Protestants of
the United States do more to de­
stroy “ family intercource and cheer­
fulness ” than all the Roman Cath­
olics in the universe. Sad fact—
but still a fact.
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The American M ethodists in Ja­
pan, who number 947, have sent a
memorial to the Conference which
meets in Philadelphia next May,
asking to be made an annual con-
ference.
*
Rev. Arthur Crosby, nephew of
Dr. Howard Crosby, has resigned,
after ten years of pastoral work in
Brooklyn, and accepted a call to
San Rafael, near San Francisco.
The Pope has received assurances
that the projected visit of the Em­
peror, Francis Joseph of Austria, to
the King of Italy, will be so con-
ducted as not to wound the suscep­
tibilities of the Pope.
Joseph Cook says the death of
Chunper Sen, the reformer of India,
gives him a greater sense of person­
al bereavement than that of any
other public man within his recol­
lection. He became intimately ac­
quainted with the leader of the
Brahmo Somaj when he was in
Calcutta.
N ewspaper M orals .—We fear
that the average daily paper does
not come up to“ the morality and
intelligence of its constituency,” but
relies on its better class of readers