1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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us problems to solve in all sorts of busi¬ 
ness. For lessons in grammar, we often 
had to tell stories and write letters, 
using correct language. In geography, 
we were sent on imaginary journeys, 
learning all about the country and cus¬ 
toms. The spelling book was used in 
many ways. 
We had no time for either mischief or 
ugliness. We loved and respected her 
so much, that those who did not study 
for the love of it, studied because she 
asked them to. The dull ones were 
helped outside of school hours if need 
be, but each one was to rely on himself 
as far as -possible. She did nothing for 
us which we could do for ourselves. Out 
of school, she was one among us, and 
one of us. When the bell struck, all fun 
must cease, and every pupil knew it. 
Obedience (that element so essential to 
good citizenship) was taught every day. 
By both precept and example, we were 
taught to reverence God, help humanity, 
govern appetite and temper, treat with 
respect the aged, scorn revenge, be cour¬ 
teous to all, and use correct language. 
The lessons in the books must be learned, 
and lessons of morality practiced. She 
was a very successful teacher ; not be¬ 
cause of her superior book knowledge, 
but because she loved her work, and had 
a way of her own of doing things. Many 
of her pupils are now good citizens of 
Chautauqua County, N. Y., and they 
would, if questioned, say that I have 
spoken truthfully. Her teaching has 
reached all through our lives. Her meth¬ 
ods might seem a little old-fashioned to- 
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day, but she turned out good business 
men and women. Could I know that a 
teacher like her had the training of my 
children, I would be content. A. s. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Bov and Beefsteak.— Vei - y likely the 
bright boy in the following incident, 
told in the Youth’s Companion, knew 
more about kitchen work than his 
teacher. It is recorded that the teacher 
in a New England school once said to 
her class in mental arithmetic : 
il Now, boys, I have a few questions 
in fractions to ask. Suppose I have a 
piece of beefsteak, and cut it into two 
pieces. What would those pieces be 
called ?” 
“ Halves ! ” shouted the class. 
“ Right. And if I cut each half into 
two pieces ? ” 
“ Quarters ! ” 
“ L’hat is correct. And if the quarters 
were each cut in half ? ” 
“ Eighths ! ” 
“ Yes. And if those were chopped in 
two ? ” 
“ Sixteenths.” 
“ Very good. And when the sixteenths 
were cut in half, what would they be ? ” 
The answers had been growing fewer 
and fewer, but one boy meditated a 
moment, and answered : 
“ Thirty-seconds ! ” 
“ Very good,” said the teacher. “ And 
now we will chop those thirty-seconds 
in half. Can any boy tell us what we 
have now ? ” 
There was silence in the class, but 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
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presently a little boy at the foot put up 
his hand. 
“ Do you know, Johnny ? Well, you 
may tell me.” 
“Hash!” answered Johnny, confi¬ 
dently—and truly. 
Coeducation at Ann Arbor. —Julian 
Ralph has visited Ann Arbor College and 
gives some facts on coeducation in 
Harper’s Weekly : “Coeducation has ob¬ 
tained there since 1870. There were 
some women applicants as early as 
1856-58, but they were not admitted. 
The regents were then opposed to the 
admission of women, but the gentle 
pressure of public opinion gradually 
diluted the opposition, and at last, at a 
meetiug, one regent observed that there 
was no law against coeducation, and 
there was no further discussion. The 
women were admitted. At first the girl 
students were picked; that is to say, the 
girls who came were such as were felt 
to be able to live independent lives. 
Those first-comers were let severely 
alone, and must have had a cheerless 
time. They were not wanted or wel¬ 
comed by either the faculty or students. 
Now all this is changed. The girls are 
of all sorts, and come quite as a matter 
of course, as the boys do, from the high- 
schools of Michigan and of nearly all the 
Middle and Western States. There was 
a time when the girls wanted to be 
noticed by the boys, because at first the 
boys let them alone, and afterward 
noticed only the brighter or the pretty 
ones ; but to-day. when the girls number 
600, the girls hold the whip-hand, and it 
is the boys who seek attention, while the 
girls bestow it sparingly. On the broad 
topic of coeducation I got many points 
from old and young, and boys and girls. 
Hear this, from a girl of 22: ‘Coeduca¬ 
tion destroys the desire for woman’s 
rights. Perhaps education destroys it, 
but coeducation certainly does. I don’t 
know why it is ; perhaps it is because we 
see the character of the male man in 
process of development side by side with 
the female character. We see what 
forceful natures they have, and with 
what ease they dominate us, and every¬ 
thing ; at all events the woman’s rights 
idea vanishes from the minds of the 
women in this college.’ ” 
CRUMBS FROM DIFFERENT TABLES. 
As for women, though we scorn and flout ’em, 
We may live with, but cannot live without ’em. 
—Dry den. 
....Amos R. Weeds in Golden Rule: 
“Folks as have children don’t need to 
buy mirrors.” 
....Rebecca Harding Davis in The 
Century : “ When will we learn in this 
country that the education which a 
human being can use for but his own or 
his neighbor’s benefit is a blessing ; the 
education which he cannot use is a bur¬ 
den and a curse !” 
....Dr. Cuyler in The Evangelist: 
“ The besetting sin of American house¬ 
holds is lax authority and filial disobedi¬ 
ence. Reverence for parents is, in too 
many families, giving place to pert self- 
assertion, and determination of children 
to have their own way. If parents are 
not master and mistress of their own 
home, they may soon find themselves the 
sorrowful slaves of ungrateful Tyrants 
and tormentors.” 
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