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Show • I June 4 , 1869 h 6 f' o ll ow i ng e u i t or i a w a s pub ..Li s ·. "i 6 d in t }: e n Des ere t Eve - ning Ne·vv s n of t his dat e: The first t erm of this i nst i tut ion closed on Vednesday ; t h e second term conm1ences on 1\'[ onda~r ne:x ·t . The success w.h.ich has a ttended the labors of Qrofesso r :ar k and is ass·s t ants during t h e past quarte r is very g r c tify i ng to all the fr iends of e duc a t i 6 1JVho are a c quainted v1 i t~1 pr o ,:res s of t he pu::Ji ls . All vvi t h whom we heve converse c' , b ot11 paren t s and pu ... ils , express their satisfa ction a t the manner in vvhi ch t he s c.h ool is ~anaged . This i nstit u tion supplies a want t ha t has Leen long fe lt , qnd it i s to be h oped that t h e effor t s of t he Ch a nc ellor and BoPrd of Re genr;s of t l1e Univ e r sity to sus ain it will meet "Nit 11 the cordial co- or:-) era tion of t h e public . de have now h e foundati on l aid f or a f irst clas s colle g e; · if pro_t) erly suppor te d , it Nill 1 nd o ub tedl~7 b ec oe e all t ha t v·e can desire and be a re n own ed sea t of le arni g . Ar rang ements are nov periec~ed f or t eac llinx~ ev er;/ desirable bran ch of e due a ti on , and our y otll1.g pe ople have fa cilities extendea to them ~1i c h they shorrld i mprove, end upon which t heJ cannot place too hi gh a vs l u e . It is no t the intention to have t he ·~o ors o:t' t h e Uni versity c los ed a portion of t he y ear , as has b een t he case with m~nJ of our s c: ools; but to b s Kept in op eration c on tinuously . The advan es of this will be r eadil~ perceive d . ~ nother evi l also will be a voide c , which ha s b ee n a cause of serious comp l a int : P1 _g ils will not c)e re quired to _purc:nase n'"'w text iJ ooks everJi quart er . In many of otu" districts t here has been 2. nevJ te a cher al_oos t ev r.y r-1uarter and ever~/ te ache r h2s lad .L i s pre f erence f or s ofu e pa r ticular re ad er , g eography , a r ithmet i c , etc . These changes ar e ex.._ ensi ve to )arents s.nd di s couraglng to pup ils . Under t he SJStem vvhich has _prevail ed in r:.--n,y of our school districts it is not a matter of s ur_prise t ha t c h ~_ ldren be c ome di s gus ted with t heir s tudi es . wh en a child is mal i ng iair pr ogress , saJ for i ns t an ce , in ari t .. J.Ele ti c and g r ammar , the q_uarter ends a nd tl-e sc hool is c los e d , sor:1etimss for we s.ks . When it is again opene d a n ew t ea"her , a~d with him pr obably n ew b oo ks , or if t he old books are re taine d , the chi l d i s put ba cK to commence a t t te begi nning ; and thus it fr 4uen tly i s un til th e v er y nam e of a rithmet i c or g r arHTlar IJecomes hat eful to t r1.e ouoil . Ad ded to t h .:..s is t he l a cK of interest or t.'1e l a c ~ of' kn owle dg ~ on tbe par t of t h e teac h er . In many p l a ces when a man canno t do any t h ing else , he a t empts to teach s c h ool . Some p eople se em t o ha ve an i dea t ha t i f a man |
