Word: teachers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...power developed by practice in criticism is of the highest value in the subsequent development of the creative power: a writer who cannot distinguish the good from the bad in other writers, will scarcely succeed in producing good work alone in his own literary efforts. Experience is a good teacher, I admit, but observation is of no less value in literary work...
...prescribes everything, and tutors, who are college men themselves, perpetuate the traditions of the university. In France, the system is regulated both by tradition and by law. In America, whatever uniformity there is between college and preparatory school methods is mainly fostered and promoted by the fact that the teachers in preparatory schools are generally college graduates, and so bring with them the college methods. The speaker believed that there ought to be a difference between the quality and quantity of studies for those high school pupils whose education is to end in these institutions and those...
...following rather curious piece of composition was placed upon the blackboard at a teacher's institute, and a prize of a Webster's dictionary offered to any person who could read and pronounce every word correctly. The book was not carried off, however, as twelve was the lowest number of mistakes in pronunciation made...
...educated at the Boston Latin School under the instruction of Epes S. Dixwell, and graduated at Harvard College in 1857. He was a man of wide attainments in literary and classical lore. At the time of his decease he was and had been for several years a teacher in the English High School in Boston, in the department of French literature. He was also a prominent member of the visiting committee of our college on languages...
...examination in English, I have read from 4000 to 5000 compositions written in the examination-room upon subjects drawn from books which the candidates were required to read before presenting themselves. Of these, not more than 100-to make a generous estimate-were creditable to either writer or teacher. This year I did not read the books, but one who did makes this report: "Few were remarkably good, and few extraordinarily bad; a tedious mediocrity was everywhere...