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KIHIKIHI.

-♦ - SCHOOL MMlll.s. Mil (JooinwN, in-i>LCl'<i of "chnols, paid his atiuu.il visit to tliw school .md examined the childien tlio othei day. He was veiy ninth pleased with the discipline of the school, the appeai.imv i>f the childien, and the, piogiess tn °y nm> "i-xlo since Mi Isemonjjjer took charge. Ninety pel cent, of the children prest nted passed, the oiilj failuies being in the thud and tiftli standard-'. The younger childiun under the chaigeof Miss Wilson woe also examined by the inspector, who was \eiy ninth {leased, and he complimented that l.idy uglily on her caiP of them, and on the •sati-factory piogies-. they have made. With a view to making the school attractive to the children Mr Isunionger ha-, adopted a plan new to thin district. He has sevet.d flowei-nots aritiiigi'd in brackets louud the walls, each pot containing an eveigieen plant (principally feinsofditfuont varitus) , theio are also pietty pictuie-. and punts hung around, each in n frame made by Mi Isenionger or some one connected with the hchool. One of the«c pictures is \eiy notice able : it is .m cnguiviug fioin one of Lmd seer's celebrated pictnies of animal life, and lepicoents some horses dunking at a trough. Apart from the fidelity of the pictuie the framing attracts attention, for it w the common lichen that grows on fimt trees. It is tricked to the wall, nnd "simple as it is it makes a very nice framing to tl o engra^ ing. On the inantloshelf aie several Minplu •nnaments, such as shells, jneces of l>etrifiefl wood, specimens of sulphur fiom the Hot Lakes di-tnet, iron r\ti acted fiom the iron sand so common in New Zealand, and various other little thiniyi, the whole hiving a. very biicrht and cheerful effect. Not only are these things intended as <>in iiripnt-', but they M?r\e a useful piiipo^e •dso, for descriptive Jnxsoua on them nrr given by the teacher, and their u-e* and piopeitios e\pl.vinud. Many of us will doubtless rcinctuhur oui school djiya, the cold, (.heeiless looking loom, and the stern old head-mastei perched behind hi* high desk with the well-used cane loady t'> Ins hand. I know my eutiance to the schoolrnom was alway.i accompanied with a fueling of diead and an iuvvaid shudd-i. not lelieved by the bloik aspect of the room. Here it is quite different. The hllio >1 has a lionielook about it that tend* ti til ike the childien look foiwaid with pleasure to kcliool hours, l^iicipline is Ktnc'ly enfoiced, but more by moial than physical force. On each desk aie two 01 three pen wipers, so that not a spot of ink can be seen on white desks or seats. All this tend* to inculcate habits of neatne-s and tidiness in the pupils, and will have a good effect on them in after life. The old adage, " spaie the lod and spoil the child," does not hold good in every case. In fact, in the majoiity of cases, it is a complete mistake ; in few countries do childien make such progress as in New Zealand, vheie teachers ai a rule rely moio on moral suasion. One rarely heais of severp tlnashmil's being administered by the masters, and Vet then authonty and influence over the childu n both in and out of school aie unquestionable. Of com He, the cane is used, but m a very different way to the manner in which a good many of us have expenenced hi the Old Country. A gentleman in To Avvanmtu told me the severest threat he could hold over his son was that he would keep him at home fiom school. This speaks volumes foi the kindness of our «chool teachei", and the high percentage of passes nt examinations in o>ir district schnolit shows plainly that though the children like going to school, they do not love it, because it is simple amusement to them ; the whole M-ciet lies in the fact that teaohuis make learning attiactive to the childien, and teach them to i -*ti em and love their mstiuctois instead of feanng them.— (Own Conespondent )

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 15 September 1885, Page 3

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KIHIKIHI. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 15 September 1885, Page 3

KIHIKIHI. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 15 September 1885, Page 3

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