A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR TEACHERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED BY EMERSON E. WHITE, A.M., LL.D. NEW YORK: CINCINNATI: CHICAGO LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY, JAN 3 1901 WHITE'S MATHEMATICS Oral Lessons in Number First Book of Arithmetic New Complete Arithmetic School Algebra Elements of Geometry WHITE'S PEDAGOGICS Elements of Pedagogy School Management WHITE'S SCHOOL RECORDS New School Register Monthly School Record COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. WHITE'S SCH. MANAG'T, E-P 17 PREFACE. THIS treatise is a presentation of the subject of SCHOOL MANAGEMENT from the standpoint of the author's experience, observation, and study. It has been his aim to avoid dogmatism, and, to this end, he has carefully stated the grounds of his views and suggestions, the primary facts of mental and moral science being freely used. Great pains have been taken to be clear in the statement of principles, and practical and suggestive in their application. A free use has been made of concrete illustrations, largely those which have come under the author's observation or are a part of his experience. Many minds that have difficulty in understanding an abstract principle, grasp it easily when presented concretely. Moreover, the illustration being associated with the principle, assists the memory in recalling it. The It is hoped that this treatise may satisfy the most thoughtful and experienced teachers, and that it may also be of special interest and profit to those of more limited professional training and experience. author has kept constantly in mind the condition and needs of teachers of ungraded rural schools. It has, in short, been his aim to meet the professional needs of the great body of American teachers. It is the author's belief that the time has fully come for a more earnest consideration of Moral Training as |