The divisors of 24 are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12; 2 twelves are 24, 3 eights are 24, 4 sixes are 24, 6 fours are 24, 8 threes are 24, and twelve twos are 24.
The next pupil recites as follows: The divisor of 25 is 5; 5 fives are 25.
The third recites: The divisors of 26 are 2 and 13; 2 thirteens are 26, 13 twos are 26.
The fourth recites: The divisors of 27 are 3 and 9; 3 nines are 27, 9 threes are 27.
The fifth recites: The divisors of 28 are 2, 4, 7, and 14; 2 fourteens are 28, 4 sevens are 28, 7 fours are 28, and 14 twos are 28.
The sixth recites: 29 has no divisors; it is a prime number—a number that can be exactly divided only by itself and unity.
INSTITUTE LESSONS. U. S. History.
Most pupils are slow in learning how to study History. The plan here set forth will lead them to understand how closely and intently the eyes of the mind must scan each line, if nothing is to escape their vision.
The teacher selects from the lesson words and expressions indicative of the prominent ideas, and classifies them into those of times, places, persons and miscellaneous items; the most difficult words, for “dictionary work”; and general topics, of which the preceding divisions are analytic elements. These elements thoroughly learned, recited, and properly combined bring into use, language and understanding to help form a foundation for mastering and reciting the general topics. The teacher’s analysis is placed upon the board. From this (or a copy of their own) the pupils may prepare the lesson. First, the pupil is to read (study) his lesson through once or twice, and then test his work by noting how many of the elements of the lesson he can “recite.” To recite an element, a pupil states how (or why) the author has used it, or in what connection it occurs in the lesson. If it denotes a person to tell who he was; if a place to tell where it is; &c.