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THE SEVEN LAWS OF TEACHING.
1. Know thoroughly and familiarly whatever you would teach.
2. Gain and keep the attention of your pupils and excite their interest in the subject.
4. Begin with what is already known, and proceed to the unknown with easy and natural steps.
3. Use language which your pupils fully understand, and clearly explain every new word required.
5. Excite the self activities of the pupils and lead them to discover the truth for themselves.
6. Require pupils to re-state, fully and correctly, in their own language, and with their own proofs and illustrations, the truth taught them.
7. Review, review, review, carefully thoughtfully, repeatedly, with fresh consideration and thought.
These laws from one of our ablest instructors, underlie and control all successful teaching. Nothing need be added to them; nothing can be safely taken away. No one who thoroughly masters and uses them, need fail as a teacher, provided he will also maintain good order, which is required to give free and undisturbed action to these laws.
Every young teacher should have these laws thoroughly established as his guide, before he attempts to teach any school whatever.
A petition was circulated, and signed by most of the senior normals, and presented to the faculty asking to be excused from chapel exercises, for the last term. We hope the action of the faculty will be favorable to this movement; as nearly every normal has four studies until commencement of his last year.
On account of absence of the Chancellor from the city at the last meeting of the N. L. S., the continuation of his lecture, "The solar day as a measure of time," was postponed. The lecture will be continued at the next regular lecture day of the society.
We most heartily commend the action of the other societies in following the example of the Normalites in giving the "girls" a chance on the debates. The next step will be orations. Who will take the lead?
The long looked for and much talked of has arrived, and is at last located as a permanent factor of the N. L. S. Misses Pierson and Ashley, with Messrs. Cassad and Knowlin discourse sweet music to us.
The Normalites have decided to elect their June programme on Friday, February 15. As this will be an occasion of considerable interest, It would be well for those who are in arrears and wish to take part in the election to consult with the treasurer immediately
After thoroughly discussing the matter, the Normal Literary Society has come to the conclusion that they must have a printed constitution, and the last half of the next regular session will be devoted to arranging of both by-laws and constitution into a proper form for the printer. This is a move in the right direction, for it is what this organization has long needed.