ilusis»2‘§.ilssi. A OOO i Helps For The Rural Teacher

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There will appear in these col

, some a weekly educational series. partioularily designed for t! JQ], and instruction of, rural teachers,

tic slowness also cures bablluoi slownesinand the spirit that makes undo some things lively mus; bs kept up and carried though all our

ooi because they peednilts 111:1‘: than iltilllflllfl. cit-y or town s r00 u e ‘Sowness. DUE T0 IMPROPE cause of their remoteness from MlETHQD is very, very comma:

iiolp; for except t-he quarterly visits oopooioiiy in you”), teacher“.

FREiiliLliS

New ls the Time to Get Rid °f

These Ugi y 8pm;

homely spots,

Tum?“ I10 llmser the ‘sllgniooi need oi‘ feeling aslhamed of your K-“Belllss. as Othine-double strength —is guaranteed to remove tbooo

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN l * e .:-

we examine further we may find, that the success of those few may, have been bought by the neglect of the others. I count that a good! rural school that turns off pupilsl who have credibly passed the; "Leaving certificate Examination”?

Home Nursing

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ditlon than the farmer. but of and very quick at sohool. as h

LlTT-LE ROSA from the ‘Ghetto, and which perm-its as few as boss-l had susrzed in school. She absonbed lbel to drop of: before that stue; , knowledge for a week. Then it be- this latter is a more desirable opn- gain to spill over. For Rosa was ten,

_ si- the inspector their help in such an important and generous task is very deficient. I-lld their W011! ll made trebly diillcult vwlns w (1) irregular attendance. (B) lack of isisi-osi on lpart of the pupils or

and

mqvements in class on coming oi "It! 11001‘. in running and concenttrated drilas prapllra lion. in conductln thoroughly tho new

llllllwller methods in getting alert ‘ through quick

8 quickly and lesson. also

simply get an ounce of Othine‘ , double strength-from any drugglst “l! lllllltr a little of it night and . morning and you should sooo 599

hrsuu to disapear, while til.- lighter ones have vRDlSlIQG entirely, n is

trance" pupils besides, it is still oiii one more commendable. but how madly. sonic time and learned little.

have ability enough to set lwllll The first time tlheknowledge spil these results. l-lclw mafry "Leav- ing Certificates" were slanted 1"’ year? Wlhat percentage of the

w which she had gone for,‘ 1‘ ale breathing.

ed over was one warm day in spring when Rosa walked sedately home "0111 B01100!- llei‘ £195 ""1118 un-- the water we drink must be full OI

parents (3) Povrl‘? WW9?“

, L rly planned buildings (4) the

rlggseuce of several grades (5) and y‘ pgfhflpi the paramouni cause, the and

teacher's 0W1! lllflllerlm“ youth

Any suggestions are welcomed, Plans and devices found valuable in the school room will be gladly

id rd. walassfllers, make this

‘ umn; do not be afraid to ask for‘

help.

Kindly cut out these columns and’ preserve. either in boolr or collect-

. lon form. Address all correspond T once to Ex-Ruralist". Guardun z oilioe.

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_. taln of childish interest and atten-

Cisn Manner

We have dealt with‘ that maune ‘iiun results in respect, more o

ltlilliulll class and out. but have not-finding out our error have

reflected on it as having an effec

ill producing good or poor class-ironously taught; or perharps worse_

work. ‘ 0H0 may DTGDETG OBITS lBtiBilllB

3 plan well. mean well. work dilig- , entiy. but still produce very pcmrl

class results. ‘l which all this is done is not. a crvr rect one. the results are verv li

able to be greatly dwarfed and re-j the English and History lesson for

tarlied.

llliii vou ever have tho occasloultime. are we lgoing to be able to do to ask seine one to do a favor for,‘ lustice to the Georgraphy and Hyg- ymi and the way in which the re-[lene lesson?

divest was rrnnteil. tile fsvnur done

lug you an opportunity

__ such a character reveal if

our c! another. and met with such u chilling‘ and half-repulsive as-l sent "l"! you wished vou bad uev-ithe pupils do or wnnt, to say, ‘but fl‘ ’*“'"’" "ll" Wllltl lllllk hlWlty intlrtrv encourage them by praising dil- _ z oblivion in the ground? And ovnu '

gtholrr-ll the favour be done. it seein- I- ullvcrse than not done for the ac-

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i. n recollection which stings iuore lljfiliy than if It-had been refus- c

5"“ that hsin you to see luto

Improper methods in oh

swing seldom that more than an ounce‘

tllélil?

your col i

ous time

one's work, is found_ too. We meet la question’ or problem and instead ‘of the teacher's being perfectly at home with itpshe must stop and lwonlf it out. and perhaps get an in- corrsct resulbdue to hurried work. Ail bhis is losing time. And if we ldo not ‘know what we are teaching land also a great deal more. we are lapt to put lengthy explanations and talks on parts that are not im- portant_ thus wasting time, and ‘drawing too heavily on that foun-

itiou which should be reserved for ‘more important facts. if we have ‘not a PERFECT knowledge of what l' i we are teachlngnve are apt to make r l incorrect statements. and upon l0 go tlover again the thing which was cr-

frnm one class tn- another. thereby causing confusion and losing preci-

IYBIowness due to NOT HAVING gUWFlClENT KNOWLEDGE of

lcxl0n_ i Be sure to ssi,

mept. health or shall not

"Pr cent“ ing into profession

gre percentage. going to other

is needed to compl», my ciggr iii. sikin and gain a beautiful clear com-

streugth Othine as this is sold un- llel‘ guurantoe of money back if it to removi- freckles

encouraging manner. ‘nient. and tlieslow pupiLAnd vou "ii know by experience that there are many 0f these whether it be caused by a natural wont environ-

now disicuss. smell percentage. I think it is four of cur children are go think of all. and not only this ioou.

works and other

for tbs double

GIICOIIHI ge-

oppcrtunity. we

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s_ that we iuust

The others are

(use to teach Entrance work lll There had been a nurse a. school our rurul schools. but. that those "

ience and that the teacher see she is not cheating the others out. of what is justly theirs. And I thin: the school day of fllve hours will he sufficiently busy if the element- ltry pupils are llnstructed correctly. A bonus to the teacher for doins this extra work from the siren" of such pupils is not out of the way, for lt is EXTRA work. llllll ‘W do it only in the great cause of ed-

severai times, but the woman

had talked about strange gasses and open wizndowls and Rosa's little mind. which was naturally orderly. in spite of the Ghetto. had sorted the infonuation into neat little ‘bundles which she was prepared to

u ti n. v ‘ cgvoonesd linteliigent farmers and" flrllldmothQl‘ Quaint, Old Soul. tradesmen, ‘ and intelligent The grandmother was a quaint women, as well as prvfeeflllllllll old soul, who wore earring, and

men and women. for i8 I101 111° seldom Wllfllltid herself, though she rural district and villaxe and the always made the small girl wash results of the work of the citizen" her face and bands and sometimes of such the very backbone 0f our her ueus. For the little Rosa had

* seeing on ihe litter of ash cans and freshness. Now I know why always ‘By this I do I1"! ma" m“ we N‘ scrap paper that strewed her street.

Ithat do]. She ‘had talked ho the taking "It "ch “Mk mm"- wk” h“ children for a long time. The pretty "lfllvl-‘lln ll! the ‘Bic-bill's "NW9" teacher had looked at her watch in in the cellar or the green grass iii white did not appear to notice. She the summer when we cover it wllh

carry homo for the benefit of her of hertb tea will I steep you." grandmother, with whom she liv- ed.

And Health

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Rees Shares Her Learning "What. itihs you, shim; 1m i boy

And the old lauy ran to the window er‘ w. lpuli it down, "No! No!" she stale air’ you an

_ And ll makes us Wllfli- W118i! you have the cold and l I have the earache, it's all from the air we breathe. The pretl-y- lady ssyls so. The air we breathe and

in tbrls street the people are sick. We do dc, bathe. We do not drink good water. We do not breathe good air. We ale always in the dark-—- like the plants when we put them

a board. Away ‘Pom the sunlight it grcs pale. it dies."

The llltie girl was very excited. Her grandmother placed a hard hand on hcr forehead. "You have the fever." she muttered. " A cup

ROSA AN ARDENT omelet?‘

But thr little girl was an ardent disclpll. ci the new school, and its teaching-i. -

"No! ‘it! I have no; the fever. l itleil you, i1 is all wrong what we do

Ke ‘must clean up the house, and

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wood to heat the fldigilllvrllutlu!"

but ti lid I - i course if wecln have thew lflfilllgrandlmoiher said. And the new to her carnescly. ' m c h ems

800d results and successful “Ell sdhool was very different from tho- cried. "I-i/s poison

v sidcrs its many advantages.

l-‘fllllllzs and is it ' not for us to Bive them the best equipment, ed ucntionally and morally. to enable "Wm t0 successfully and intellig- ently carry out ‘their work in what-

isiood, yes, of all Canada? and

dlistrlct .

not the school the backbone of the wqlmilaththen encourete We hick"

l‘ pretty, dark ninglets. all! 011s “'88 ‘apt to observe the little neck he. the

nenth. 'l‘herell'one, sclmcltlmes grandmother wet the ‘end of

if the manner luils it such a great fault in itself?

and the spirit of the whole thing seam to warm vour heart towards tile ricer ivvl make vou feel glad _ you Iiad asked. since it fcsillteil "ause or careless l 1.. showing such a manner an glvqwoiilf, ' lo makefmlsslnn of much that is important.-

itself?! -Nexr we must have on ENCOUR- liave you evelathen asked n fay--

not go over it at all, so all the time ‘token in ltesching tilie incorrect ,fact was worse than wasted. Why do I so stress slowness!

forced to choose?

would cull

dull. must we afte several '

- No. not in itself but in its results. seemingly mime“

-.lf we are slow in going througlit

ginutance, and take twice too much

"cromnllshmcnt in "school!

This is where Slow- TF3 FAR’ persevere m Your

lress has criminal results.

when I say alert I do not mean hurried. Hurry should be chased from tlie classroom for be is the and half-done and also the cause of om-

plsnatious to him

"l l-llllt he gplMlWlll-HWNG even tllflllgh slowly

"no crude (or rather

9V9!‘ sphere they will choose or be "Phen because Johnny ‘is what we

t. tempts to wa-ke his faculties. gills us‘ Aglltllgblilnlii iillctw him‘ to dwaddle

. ‘I us l l I years as best hgallrlzyn zxilgdsztlllzevl chap’ doing his him to think himself impossible of

BET- H ntten-

"n and encouragement and ex- or any other like llllll. ll-Iltl 2W6 him a, ciiavioo in CAN Accent-Plush ““

and better to spend two veaJ-g lo

_' doing tho l ork assirnod to that grade) and

ward and make him see that i! essential for lhlm to become intell- igent and that he CAN achieve un-

r thmlirht 0f "Elms l’ he pflwve" most falling over and old "battered

girl's neck.

I had in my class once. a lltl-le stumbling Arith- mollo was his stumbling b"0l=l:-l Ho seemed unable to concen rs e. his thoughts on it. and would dilly-l risiiy in putting down some figural ‘lcov- after the others 11M! Cilllllllal-‘j ed llmlrfl. He was 401115 la"l““°"-,l btraction 811d 5mm!” mummchl‘ tinn. and when clmiing “m” “W?

’ orrlve he would rarely have lint? l‘

be one cf the dreadful gasses of which the pu-etly women had told the children. It was poison. Deadly poison! And the child loved her grandmother very dearly. There-- tore lt would not do that she should die oi’ zas poisoning.

So tll-Il child rushed to the win dos- and opened it. very wlde- The grandqnnlllel‘. pinning n dingy wash

n il line lfl flie yard. ‘sawed w ed the second problem @1111," t3 and rqporflve snpflllg wind billow. l‘-""5°"“e“°° m“, to stay ‘n s. ins; the Lnttercd lace cultniilx-i. stlirr

grimy towel and washed the small Entering the little house and al- es. and if Yo“ “fly he") ‘md 6mm“ pot in which geranium slips were

planted, the little Rosa sniffed long ,and deeply. What a smell. It must

‘ill 11mm 111 a wou: manner lsitjliidi ole child has the insulin-ugh

AGING MANNlER. By this we do not mean that we should encour- age evervthing we see done or that.

igent workers, well .

and those doing And if an answer is given in the childish way and you see

‘literally it seems fur from correct: ltitke that answer. and turn it so us

der of their school

lr-dgc, yet om.piv_ ,1 . moi yo" M, ma" he" a teqchprli- h’lfl its hidden good effect in n Ito he correct or, better, question in the mixed. one 1.0

compieoe his work. and with m help he would some and srmetimes he had

then have mastered the work thor- "llglllv. than to carelessly and criminally promote those unflr for promotion and liuys fliem (isms.

"ll grasp and so

flo d i ‘ thrnusil their work so u“ er n:

for the remain. days and em-iMWblEmS kit-bag full oi’ know-

altogether.

Prge with a in...“ m, improvement.

0m rural schnol d ‘

amount to do and to (iorrgalfst 212$ ‘"1 - ‘ , ~ , ii t. t mr-uo on

pork he) 0nd the ken of their men-Qizrllll, gamisugolmm wishsui finish- inv. although there lwere only three

Tlllt! k917i

- _ {the child so as to bring out u. bet- , allot I hm ‘going to try to tell yqufhioi- snows,‘

agy

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i» 1i, vmpel‘ flewena in front of tlmessuillzflllgo-b; plrdnnna. seeking out. the "ll-Pk

‘comers of the lillsmelling dwelling-

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ssriwsmls bound writer lie is al- most lwitliuuf d rival.) ‘ tatteroil nld slippers that toast at the bars. . yimi .. ~"‘{>"(\" old jacket perfumed ‘wiill r-iFTTB-

open the windows. And every day have a bath."

The grandmother stared. Then she shook her head till the gold earnings tinkled.

"I send you to school to leain English. To read. Tc write. You come home and tell me I am dirtly. Thai the house is dirty. That we ‘must. open the vvlndowls." And, half angrily slio stalked away.

But in a week llle old place had a dlifffercnt loos. The little lgirl was persistent in her entreaties that the grandmother shuuld “clean up". Over the openlinz, of the windows the grandmother had proven slubb orn. The beliefs of the pnfll; seller- ations do not give up their ghosts

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KNIIW THE INIJIVIUUAAL

i O. E. MacKENZIE ' i ' On almost every farm in this nlzuount of feed but the scales nbd

province, no matter how small, Eitest may show a difference ofsay few milk cows are kept, ranglngiilve pounds of milk aind penhaps ‘lfrom two or three to perhapsbne-hal-f of one per- cent iii fit Ind

These cows arelslt present prices let us calcnhtd

‘twenty or thlty.

hers of the family, and the milk niocl of say ten motnthm-albout 1500 either sold as whole milk or skimm- pounds of milk at say 3.8 p. c. fat ed and cream sold. or again it may would amount to almost 840.00, be wholly manufactured at hommlwhlch either means a profit on According to the last month's re-vone or a loss on the other. Taking turns from individual Cow testingcl herd of tcn cows, swmltlsing one less than one per cent of the lndl- half would make the gall! 0f $40-00. Iidualll-y of our cows is lCIIOWIl. lthls would squid $200.00 on the But a set of spnin-g scales and about herd. See wh-erc the dafrwhan one half minute for each cow will Would b8 i! by 195N118. WBIKMIIS hell exactly what leach one is doing and weeding he could bring his for her owner. I have been told whole herd up to the standard‘ of nany times that keeping records the live 500d Ones‘- is "too much bother," imd coilsidci-l Da-lrynlch who are keeoluu re thl: a lame excuse when one coil-fwrds have stated. and the writer lknows from actual experience that Now, what is neccssnry- for, lhqfir-‘l! YPM‘ 0i’ Weighing Blld keel)- keeplng necordgf’; about oiio nflipélllg records showed tllc cows which ute for oacli cow or gay sight oi-‘Wfi considered best were actually ten minutes for the average lICNliaXHOIIKSI i110 DODIVSI Ones. In on three days oi‘ rlic month; u. siltlsflml- vases some of the cows woro of spning scales costing nnytvlioroikcin ut a loss und better results from oiio i0 flve dollars. according lvcrc obtninctl by reducing the llierd to the kind and a sheet of paper. ,l° ("Ill llflll- This smull outlay will give you Individuality breeds and the tmountii from boo-ii (low om] if yo“ keeping of records should show us wish to list for butter fut all _\'0lll‘vh1l'll “-°“"H Qlllvffl tihOI-Illl be kept have to do is to apply to the super- l ml‘ bleed“!!! Dllrllflses. lisor of Cow Testing for the prov-l I" Cll-“Pfl 01’ llllllilllg sales heifers luce, Mr. C. J. Cooke, Kerislngtonpfmm llii-Zll ilrflillwlllii COWS llelllif and be will be only loo plglgged is more than ordinary ones, and tho have your samples tested monthlinlflldl Ill-Willi)" ."ll\l hear from an in- Now so lo iioyooolgss iisi-ivsd tending purchaser of a male is from ibis srooni ooiioy si- sims. and what records are behind him and money, [the prices obtained are in accord- ln the ill-st place it teaches 1155""? “Till the refiords. to know the cows ‘and, instead of F1513“? kflelifng Pfflords is busi- li5 guogolrig oi, ii omd roiling our nose: What merchant or menu, neighbor moi, "Nancy" or "K11" is frivturer will continue ‘along any

Winning Granfilmlother Over.

, A h... l..t.s “or... Uufsblctl the sym‘ - 1min‘; UL lite luau rstiiu-zo Hid illltgt. no was ll. mule prosperous ilaiiun ‘Wilt! lulu liven tong iu fluid-nus. him’ had money in the balm. flu plan..- ed to leave his neatly paiiiicd iiousr 4500A.‘ ‘tor it lmsiei’ usuDiiusuxio-ou. in: too, uai gone L0 SUliuUl in Alllltfil‘ 1011,50 no unfilled ltliiti I\.uS‘¢i. win tho,- giandimother over.

u WlihlUW was lolwcreil about ten inches from the top and a pieco of Jaonrd about uiat ueptn placed un- lder the lower sash. Tllli uiiowed

the nir to cmcr ‘bcaveen the sashes

u very good cow or that this one's 11'1"‘ ‘hill Nil-ll"? lllm MOM-y? mother was a heavy milker, you " l‘ l"“"3"‘“* m“ hill"! ll-‘lll’ "an tell exactly, by roger-ring i0 :. w.‘ illi"ll n iirirlc in thc herd, it the record, just how much milk and "‘ ‘ ilvrlriv to know his ‘at either “N-uncy" or "Kit" pro. v ' 1rd ll V14 r-d nut. tlle hotml- rlucetl during the month or year. Still another thing l-iind it

iii sloblos iviioro rosoriis “so givl-s ills tlziirymnn a deeper inter- kopi l-iiiioi- iiio fur-mu iiimssii‘ or est lu his lDIBlIIDSS and induces sun oiio of iiio boys iokos iii-iris iii m llmIl lllliiill‘. One records are showing yrisitors the best cow in ltclll illlli’ Will Bllvlly-‘l b6 Kelli-- ‘Jhc stable, while the bcnrdcr is iiis- Tlll-‘Pvfere if other men find time posed oi’ for beef, to spend on keeping record returns

From outward appearolucc one MIKEY‘ lllvlllfilllll. l! W!" My you cow may look as good as uuotlic ‘<1 W"! Why not do n0 this

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milked twice daily by some m_em- the difference in one lactation pa»-

without a direct current o1 nir. Til;

both consume ulmut,

mo, 5mm. xvllllel" uiiil know your cows?

T"! our manner is the cause of tilt} greater part of your results. --,._,.fnrl _r bag. for nmmaltcr howex- ,_" "P179531? "ymsygliiey- have prepared your work and carried‘ such pre- pnrittlrn out. our effects will he it izrnllilv injured if all this lo not i‘: done in a proper spirit. ‘ The first two points ‘in connec- tion with subject we shall consider today. are_ (1) alertness and (2) eur-ourageulennt. There are mnuy other points, and we shall take those up in turn. . in teaching or taking a lesson, drill. class or classwork. we must first of all. ALERT. ‘Sloth or laz- iness or even slowness has no place in the classroom. or on the list of a 'g00d teacher's qualities. You must be olcrt_ for if you are nrt. you cannot expect from your class alert lwork, which is an essential of good wonk and the re- spit of alert and direct concentra- t on. lAs to sloth or laziness we need not say much, except that those he lug unfortunate enough to pos- sess these qualities must banish them entirely uud at once, or else retire from the teaching profes- sioll immediately. and indeed_ hav- ing retired from such, I do not know 0f any work where one with such bell-ttlin qualities could hope