Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-24
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or preliminary exhibition Of certain aril.
Giles designed for The Welt Ausiellupg, has
been held In the city, thus giving the PEG.
pie nm opportunity 10 enjoy 10 advance a
part Of the great treat In store for them.
was particularly pleased with that part
Of tho Vorsiollung which illustrated the
method Of teaching. The United States
has tho reputation Of being In advance Of
tho world In educational matters.
Object teaching, which IL TO a certain
extent adopted by us, especially in prima-
ry schools, Is here carried through all
branches Of learning, and must make Of
study a real pleasure.
We know there Is no ''royal road to
learning" but there may be corduroy
roads and railroads, may there noi2 How
much easier to understand that two pinis
make quart, and four pecks make
bushel when one has the pint, quart, peck
and bushel measures and demonstrates
the fact for themselves, than TO sit down
and learn the words out Of book, having
no definite idea Of what the words mean.
And so with all Of these dry nriihmc'ical
tables Of weights and 'mcasur q. Tho truth
is We may have the theory well learned,
and yet not know much about il when IL
comes to the practice; hut having once had
tho practice, the theory is merely IA o. fir
nation Of whit We already know, so that
1t would seem that our general system Of
teaching is wrong.
We first learn theories. If we were first
to have practice the theories would take
caro- Of themselves.
In the room devoted TO the exhibition
Of the articles used in their practical
method of teaching, we saw in small boxes
the seeds Of different grasses, grains and
vegetables, and in some instances the
plants themselves dried and properly ar
ranged. Beautiful, enlarged specimens of
flowers made in papier mache, help in the
teaching of the Cryptogamio, and sections
of these flowers show tho internal arrange
ment of stamers and pistils. In physiolo-
gy, also, papier mache is Of great value in
illustrating the form and position of the
different organs of the human body, and
| the woman who invented the manikin ought
to be acknowledged as one of the benefac-
tors, not only of the medical world, but
/ IL
In natural philosophy the three differcn,
forms of levers we've shown, and pupils
who have once actually demonstrated
the different amount Of force needed in
raising weight according to the relative
position Of power, weight and fulo rum,
will never have to learn the proposition
from book. There were also dis play ed
'uiiOus apparatus demonstrating row
water always seeks its level, how il il
drawn into vacuum and how its weight
depends on the height Of the column. Diff
forent forms of mirrors, levers and prisms
illustrate the laws of light, and the power
Aof heat is demonstrated in the locomotive
and steam engine.
In teaching geography they have assur-
edly made great advance, their maps md
globes being not merely smooth surface
with certain lines upon il, but show in re-
ality The uneveness of the earth's surface
A map of Austria, several feet square, is n
fine specimen of their SIX i'll in this line. 1t
is r1a!c Of some pleetio- material, and
shows not only the lakes, rivers, noun lains
roads, railroads and telegrnphs, but the
actual elevation Of the land. Thus the low
land along tho sea and river bottoms is OF
bright yellow color; he second bottom
is dark yellow and elevated, say, the six
tenth OF an inch.
The table lands, still more elevated, is
brown, the low hills light green, the
higher ones dark green, the mountains
blue, and the fields of perpetual snow ap-
propriately marked in white. The highest
points Of the mountains are perhaps two
inches higher than the rivers at their base
|
sets off the exact height Of each color a bow,
the sea level. The whole forms beauti.
full birds eye view of the country, and
will teach more in few hours than whole
, days of studying words in book can
J possibly do. The propositions in geome-
try are made 10 be easily comprehended
by means Of fgures in paper, words o,
formed Of wires, or Of glass with the dia
! meters shown in colorcd lines running
through.
Galvanism and electricity are explained
J by the needed apparatus for making, II,
also by apparatus for illustrating, iheil
practical use.
The INSECT world is represented fully
u by prepared specimens. The bee is show.
III, connection with the honey au,
, the silk worm in various stages Vt deyel
, opmsat, accompanies its product 10 df
ierents stages of manufactures. yiiiereH
models in paper OF cylinders, balls, pyra
mids, &c., are used in teacAing perspeo
tive drawing. Most OF these were sen
frcm Prague, aud forty pieces Cost abou
six dollars.
A second room was devoted to the exhi.
bitiOn of articles made by the students IA
The Prague Industrial School. 1t wal
Prague that founded the first university
! in the world, which became in time 50 re
, nowned aud SO overwhelmed by student
D that it was thought necessary TO legislat
against the acceptance OF foreiga tudeats
nd it is Prague who has orig mated an,
demonstrated the value of an industrial
+, school, where students may learn trad
while having advantages in other oranche
Of knowledge. Ten years ego the idea wa
Z; actually lat into operation, and althoug
, meeting a. arst some opposition from tn
wo. ..ng people, the very ciass they desire
TO he Up, they have continued 10 grow uRti
they now number some twelve hundro'
!; Students, who receive instruction l.
!, ,.rcnfr-.o,,r hrarrhea NJ learntnr frot