g his papers in his desk, at the close of
school, he found a small piece of paper neatly folded up in the form of
a note, and addressed to him. He read as follows,

Dear teacher,

We are very much obliged to you for writing us a note. We were
making a paper box. We know it was wrong, and are determined not to
do so any more. We hope you will forgive us.

Your pupils,
Edward,
John.

Which of these teachers understood human nature best?

13. WEEKLY REPORTS. The plan described by the following article, which
was furnished by a teacher for insertion here, was originally adopted,
so far as I know, in a school on the Kennebec. I have adopted it with
great advantage.

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c. A teacher had one day been speaking to her scholars of certain cases
of slight disorder in the school, which, she remarked, had been
gradually creeping in, and which, she thought, it devolved upon the
scholars, by systematic efforts, to repress. She enumerated instances of
disorder in the arrangement of the rooms, leaving the benches out of
their places, throwing waste papers upon the floor, having the desk in
disorder, inside, spilling water upon the entry floor, disorderly
deportment, such as too loud talking or laughing in recess, or in the
intermission at noon, or when coming to school, and making unnecessary
noise in going to, or returning from recitations.

"I have a plan to propose," said the teacher, "which I think may be the
pleasantest way of promoting a reform, in things of this kind. It is
this. Let several of your number be chosen a Committee to prepare,
statedly--perhaps as often as once a week,--a written report of the
state of the school. The report might be read before the school at the
close of each week. The Committee might consist in the whole, of seven
or eight, or even of eleven or twelve individuals who should take the
whole business into their hands. This Committee might appoint
individuals of their number, to write, in turn, each week. By this
arrangement, it would not be known to the school generally, who are the
writers of any particular report, if the individuals wish to be
anonymous. Two individuals might be appointed at the beginning of the
week, who should feel it their business to observe particularly the
course