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Ljl.lren '» the public spools
UlitvtoRiHiww.rrrwIi. more
[disconnected questions on the:
L l0 be tnu^'t in the schools;
|l,v reviewing these euljocts as
|,el in the ter--books, the teach-
I answer fnwn year to year a
> per cent <>f the q t estions
the license is renewed. Km
, reflection will show bow -it
InHiiiqnntte such a testis even
, ol) e item of knowledge of
matter, for it not infrequently
j tlmt a boy or girl can au-
mtich larger per cent of these
i than some of the Inst teach-
| the country, and more than
m iver answer again, even
lh they may study for years in
Lit colleges of the country.
Lully is this inie when the sup-
[, m lant or principal ot (tie school
. out the examinations, putting
v of his pet questions on which
„ drilled his pupils from month
Jmth. Kverj one knows of such
■mations and their results. .
there are oilier important
Ificiiiiuns which examiners should
jfoi, which parents and school
L should constantly attempt u
vate in ourselves; and some oi
i are of much greater importance
I those for which teachers are
Illy tested.
I) First should be named a strong
puulity—the thing we call man
I ami womanhood. The teacher’s
i is no place for weaklings and
Live characters, for persons who
|lH)ft with a constant apology on
■ facts for living and breathing
lair. The man or womau whom
- cares for out of the scliool-
hi, whose opinion no grown up
or woman values, whose iiifl.i-
■ is never felt outside the Lilli-
|an world of children, has nobusi-
i here. They are not good seed
i lo lie planted in the soil from
It is to he reaped the harvest of
racter in the men and women ot
(next generation. We all know
i teachers, and we employ them
ause they will teach tor less mon-
lhan men and women can afford
pork for; and then they are inof
rive, good, compromising « p e
fcv must be supported in some way
(the community, being unable to
ke a living in any independent
linens, and it is cheaper to let them
mil out tlie public money” than
i to take care of them »n the poor
|*e or in our own homes. Again,
will teach for years—till death
I marriage—without increase of
irv, always receiving thankfully
kt we are willing to pay, thus
(venting any demand for an ni
ps of funds. Usually they have
ply good mechanical memories,
I so come out year after year from
i tirery-fnruace test of. the exann-
f * seta of questions, beginning
“where is,” “what is” and
lliat is said ot,” like pure . gold
Jm the furnace. Such teachers can
k’ht the lives of all the children of
I’mm-jiiity for years, except such
are 100 strong and manly to be
ll't in their schools. For the pro-
r-'tion of manhood and womanhood
h tei<J her of strong personality,
llf-resnciu .. i i
fwe with true freedom. Every
\ilt.iLi t»s a right to expect stu-.h hon
esty in i is teachers, and some bo I y
has made it serious hi nder if it does
not find it: It is. a sin 10 fetter
young people with prejudices until
they are afraid to think or tnq lire
for themselves, lest tlie heavens may
tall about their ears. It is a sin to
trail) children in habits of mental
iishonesiy until they will accept for
the truth whatever may seem to
them for the me mi-.nt to make for
AN INDIAN CEltEMONY 1
THE “MEOIC:*!!! SWJEAT" THAT MAKES
THE RED MAN CUEaK.
|t IsOIU Tcrkhh Ruth. So (s I»mA.
■uA.lt la *• Uiaa ■ Rita. Roth n>y»-
kal n»4 SHrltml.Saklm CnU-
tha t* tha 8mi •ytalt.
Few. If any. of the writers <k» the
habits, folklore and history of the
American Indian have devoted any
spucw fo the red man's Turkish hath,
i an institution homemade, to be sure,
: . j but a recognised necessity In every
their personal miertvt. Tnnhv ru.. ramp snri sitsmw of the ‘h'uj pfr. ^
qiures diligent, persistent and piiu-jtbe Indian. On the contrary, eom-
fnl.seeking; lienee every indolent or - owntators three conveyed the tnrjsea-
lazy teacher is ofnecessity dishonest.
He will teach a lie liecar.S" to find
the 1 ruth will require labor, lie
makes up Ins mini! quickly, because
deliberation ami holding the mind
111 suspense are painful. He pretends
to know that which he does not, and
to be wise when lie is ignorant, .lo
calise he has never caught a glimpse
of the great world of truth, and
thinks he can deceive children and
<i
ignorant people into believeing that
lio knows it all. One confessiou of
ignorance would ruin him. The
honest teacher must open his eyes
to every fact and interpret it fear
lessly and humbly in the light of
universal truth. Like Qdiu, he must
be willing to hang his nine days ami
nights on the Yggdrasil Tree and
fact by fact seek out facts, word by
word. Like Odin, he must be wil-
+i v ng to leave even an eye in pawii
for one Gjallarborn drink of the
water of wisdom from Mimir’s well.
Our children should come from the
school irulh-seekeis and truth-lovers.
To this end their teachers must be
such.
(8) The teacher of children should
lie i mah or womau of culture—such
culture as comes from the constant
reading of great books of prose and
poetry, history and fiction, some
study of good art, an intelligent,
sympathetic communion with nature
and conversation with cultured peo
ple. There should always oe that
indefinable breadth, fineness, sweet
ness and sympathy which give their
possessor magnetic power and obtain
for him or her an. entrauoe to tlie
hearts of the children and their par
ents alike. The teacher must be a
reader of goon books, constantly re
freshing his own soul with the deep
draughts from the current of tlie
world’s thought. The best books of
tlie ancient ami modern world are-
cheap,.and any teacher can have as
many as he will read. At least a
half dozen of those should Vie read
every year. An hour a day will ac
complish it. O11 an examination a
teacher was asked to name some
English or American authors of the
nineteenth century whose books she
had read. Her answer was: “I do
not know any; i don’t lake much in
terest in matters of that kind She
could not be a suitable companion
for children. How could she give
turn life? when rhe had not received
uiy herself? One does not knnlie
Ins torch at an iceberg. Another
teacher hauded in the following as a
PI-ANT SYSTEM.
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• TO * -
Montgomery, Tiby, Ozuik, Dothan, Elba, Bainbridge,
Thomasviile, Valdosta, Wayorous,
SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, BRUNSWICK, JACKSONVILLE
FL1UDA PUir.
and.
all'
respect, and some hope and am
10,1 in the world is worth a hale
them, though they all held first
'*'1® certificate* with a “perfect
U'k’^on every subject.
(*)Next in importance is strict
' c ’ 1 - honesty in speech, in act
in thought; loving trutli and
- "■g it above all things, willing
J 10 ' 1 il wherever it may be found,
: 'r ilesg of personal, family, racial,
jj t i ar | an * or partisan prejudice, be-.
K that truth alone can make sic of the spheres
aton that habits of cleanliness use (or
dim to the Indian and that he baa an
Inborn aversion to water except for
culinary pur{<oses.
I>> the avidity and frequency with
which the Indian Indulges in hts home
made Turkish bnth he proves the fal
lacy of this belief and shows that be.
as well as his white brother, eau live
up to the precept “Cleanliness Is next
to godliness.” only In the practice the
Indian puts cleanliness tirst.
The term Turkish Inyh Is unknown
to the Indian. Ur calls that method of
ablution a "medicine sweat” It is to-
him a rite t»rh physical and Spiritual,
for he cleanses his person smL then
“111 ukes medicine’' to his Ureal %p!rlt
That the rite Is religiously otiaerved
was shown by a. band of Brule Sioux
Indians, who made n journey across
the continent to the east and went Into
encampment la to them, a strange
land. ’
On their arrival, even before they
raised their tepee poles, they erected a
“medicine sweat" tent. The framework
of this tent is of hoop poles no trained
that it Is about nine feet In diameter,
four feet high, flat topped and almost
j circular In form.
1 Just within the framework there is a
bedding of straw about two feet wide,
and In the center of the tent there Is a
whole Id tlie ground about three feet In
diameter and three feet deep. There
are no stetttu vents or pipes, no marble
slabs, no rubbers ami no sheets. When
the Indian Is ready for bis “medicine
sweat” a number of* stones or rocks
are heated to almost white beat and
dumped Into the hole tn the ground.
Then the red men, 2(1 or 33 of them; In
11 costume even scantier than Adam's
after the fall, range themselves upon
the straw. They sit mummy fashion,
their chins on their knees and Ihelr
arms around their shlus, packed so
close together that .even If they would
they eould not move.
When they are all ready, blankets,
skins and caucus an* thrown over the
framework until the - tent Is almost air
tight. two or three buckets of water
are [Kissed lu and thrown upon the hot
stones and the. “medicine sweat” be
gins. The moment, the steam begins to
rise the Indians begin a chant, which
Is kept up without Interruption until
the sweat la over. Packed together,
enveloped'111 steam so thick that none
can see Ida neighbor, the Imlisns sit,
singing and perspiring for an hour or
more. Not an Indian moves. lie
neither can nor wants to.
At a signal from the chief or the
medicine muu a section of the tent is
torn uwny. and with a heave uml a
whoop all. the becks make pellmell for
the water. A run and a jump, and in
they go. it is just as imu b sport lor
the oldest warrior as toi- the t>oy who
has not yet Won.Lis war Ixjunet. Once
mere on land, the Indian, having [*•(-
formed a duty he owes to himself and
his neighbor, is ready to “make wedl-
ctue." This Is always done after the
“medicine eweat”—lu fact U is part
and parcel of the ceremony, for K Is
regarded as a ceremony.
The Indian, clean In person and at
this moment, before his communion
with the God of his fathers, supposed
to lie equally clean of wind and guile
less of soul, now proceeds to the high
est point of laud In the vicinity of the
camp, thus getting as Dear to the
Great Spirit as It is possible to do while
ou earth. Ou the way he gathers up a
little solL a stray leaf, some old tobacco
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li«l of the ten best liooks lie had ever j quids a dead fly or hug or two—lu fact
nythlng which may be deemed refuse,
for he Is ubout to convey to the Great
Spirit that he hag cleansed his person
and that all things unclean have gone
from him.
These things that be has gathered he
places lu a piece of white cloth, which
In turn Is fastened to the end of a long
stick. The other end of the atlck Is
thrust Into the ground at the top of the
hl!l or knoll, and the pood Indian has
made medicine. Two dava seldom pan*
without the repetition of this cere-
mony. It Dever varies. The scene may
change, the Indian may wander to new
lands or be driven to them, but where
he is there also is his “medicine sweat"
and culturing, little to leave a j tent nm l there be “inakea uiedlcne,''-
New York Times.
read: Buffalo Bill, Kile No. 1.18,
Bill ami Buck, Willul Gayrell; L01-
etta is My Darling: or Wooed in
New York and Won at the World’s
Fair; Married in Hants, A Fretted
Lover, A. Dark Marriage Morn, and
Ruby’s Reward. The alliteration of
the titles is very taking, ami there is
no doubt much sweet simpering and
silly sighing, much, lurid lightning
ind woeful wailing; but there is in
it all little health, little that is tip-
liftin
good taste in the mouth.
An txeeiieiit guide would this man
make to the mountain peaks from
which seers have caught visions <d
eternal truth! How could he bring
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