But let him, on the other hand, when a boy comes to him to ask some question, the answer to which many in the school would equally wish to hear, say to the inquirer, "Will you be so good as to write that question, and put it on my desk, and then, at the regular time, I will answer it to all the school." When he reads it, let him state that it was written at his request, and give the other boys permission to leave their proposals or questions on his desk in the same way.

In a few days he will have another, and thus the plan may be gently and gradually introduced.
So with officers.

They should be appointed among the scholars only _as fast as they are actually needed_, and the plan should thus be cautiously carried only so far as it proves good on trial.

Be always cautious about innovations and changes.

Make no rash experiments on a large scale, but always test your principle in the small way, and then, if it proves good, gradually extend its operation as circumstances seem to require.
By thus cautiously and slowly introducing plans, founded on the systematic principles here brought to view, a very considerable degree of quiet, and order, and regularity may be introduced into the largest and most miscellaneous schools.