New-York tribune., 1880-04-03
MORE ABOUT THE KINDERGARTEN

PAPERS AND ADDRESSES DY MISS ANN BUCK
LAND, PROFESSOR ADLER, MISS PEABODY, DIR.
sEGUIN PROFESSOR BATcHELLoR AND THE REV.
DIR. NEWTON
The FrOebel Union met again yesterday
morning in the chapel of the Church of the Incarnation,
at Madison-nve and Tlirtyhfthst. with Thomas Cus-
ing. Of Boston. in tie chair The room was half filed
with ladies and gentlemen who are interested In tie
kindergarten work which the Union was established to
promote. Miss Elizabeth z. Peabody read paper by
Miss Anna Buckand The Use of Stories in the Kim
dergarten."
Fro bel notices that Of oil the mental faculties, the
paper asserted the gsthctc of the first to un
fold in tho mind OF the child and he concludes. there
fore, that Its training and culture have immediate
claims the educator. The first perceptions OF che
child are OF beauty. We ud, therefore, In tho kinder
garten that tho means provided by which the es
tnetc facnty may be developed and trained to keen
perception OF beauty FORM color and sound, well
as in character and life. Artistic designs les
sons OH form, combinations Of oolors, drawing.
modelling In clay flowers ami beautiful natural objects,
music poetry and imaginative literature are AL pro-
vded necessary the rect education OF the child.
It ia Of tho imaginative literature alone that have
now ~ speak.
"Stories the child's first Introduction into that
grand world of the ideal In character aud life: and the
rsi and highest Of stories s to enable the child to
form q puro and noble ideal Of what man
may be and do Secondly they illustra-
tlOns to the children OF tho laws governing
life, for they are the lessons Of experience. Again,
third OF stories Is the they give child OF
world beyond his Ow and thus next to cOmpanionshp,
they to destroy that egotsm which looks on self as
centre of all things Stories. too, develop sympathy or
the ina gnation OF the heart and bring the power Of
ample to bear children. In the OF stories in the
kindergarten the stock should not DC too large for chill
drcn delight In old story and 1t cannot be thoroughly
understood nor can all OF the purposes 1t is
meant until it has been repeated many timcsThe
stories for the kndergarfen should be- Of bright aud deli
cate fancy sweet tender and Stories are divided
into and realistic. Under the former head comes
imaginative literature such fairy slOries aegores
and fables. II anayZe OF the genuine old fairy
stories shall nearly always ud that there Is at the
heart of 1t great spiritual truth which forms the
sou wcre Of the story AcgDres are more spirit
uaizrd fairy Stories and have less Of human inter
est while fables stories OF imagination In that speech
Is given TO animals Realistic stories show to children
that consequences which follow conduct arc as sure
az the sequence OF and effect. In telling story
must look for the leading item ana then make the
strong points Of the narrative, keeping TO one single
linz, and voImg episodes Tho first person should be
used In order to make the story dramatic aud TO keep
up thr Clldrcn's interest,"
Professor Felix Adler made an address on tho
why The children of the greater need Of the
Enic -arcn system than le childe IN oI the wealthy
"Tbc children Of tie pOOr he said, mO-t or al need
l,nanzlng influence nj The age of CHI drcn in the kin
dcreHrtcn. These hmmHniziug Influences consist.
MT nit 10 laws. THUS the via YOUNG ARABIA Of the
street learn that The community submits To Aw.; SoI-
eudiy ti.sc aWR mfOlccl with kindness The chl-
rn arc used 10 the haran cmpera OF their parents, but
tn the kadergartcn the bily or oi ~ II sileors IS
urliorm nn, -" form hm.lne-3 IErn AZ h llusir
1. lumanizug influence. We t,kc The c irrn II. IN
eur ai 20 s Tutnt % M That tey ask E 1t such
tunes about all oits "i things.
poor than - The rich II dev los The elem MS Of
rh For In after fc they 20 depend upon he sill
% tcr hand, or tier i've iho"i. ,,
"Thildy. the VVOr need this kindercarten training
fI. rfof fact piifsh Ia 4. llnf
and chariabio prope 10 realize tho good That MAJ DO
have one yorI to say In regard 10 my experience.
Two aud half years ago We started kDdergnften
h,d nuly lew pchuafs-s SIX ,lgA-Or The IMPRESSION
s.cnird 70 rrcynl that We were kidnapping society
lLauchiCfl Now. however we have over l3O scholars
Tho essential. elements OF succcss.ul kindcrgarlcn
school are IN ms opinion lares aIry rooin, innehcons
supply ciothug FOR those VIII" insuicicntlY clad
Almost nll uf children taken from lhr lowest
ssaLof sorlrty. No children ehod be- admitted unless
u j. rn.iiiYrlS known that the rafcEls aEO unabic 10
prt Vide fpr them Themselves. Now We have moved 90
Broadway aud Fortyntst, and there Is no doubt that
the pinciiie Of ir'e Kindergarten has been fully
This. then. leads me 10 the p"cond part OF what
wish 10 ,a! List smncr tue question camc w, in con
tho adsieablii'y OF opening brtncl khler<ht"h' IN
yar'.ns p'i. Of The ely point 81 gIrli mp r'ansr
veop lfOeb"'a ldet I'D higher classes luoht 'hmk
tnai he pncr VII D. r'rr'ri with iay"r Unless v"
when thc kinieIH mcihOd l. supposed to stop The
thing 10 do Is 10 nrtl' Ihe prhrlpe - Great nE WIN a
Wnringnr.-lr cxtrusirn OF Fiorhcs IDEA IA whlrh
there are over forty p'rsohs 70 Tue ch'lhTeh are ~ he
strun OBJECTIONS to TIE kin lcrsart'n mrthod IA that
nr,if it, imincrcc Th eau b. myoidc by ext ming
the prncp and 1t vii rcsult III great ben III to the
Dr Z agila formerly Of Paris. spoke OF the necessity
~ keeping strict witch upon the first impressions thai
nnihrr ronlh nll ciIls ulrd with Lleas ard could
cld how express Its thoughts iu after years
WIZ lurucy ana bTIllanry.
MI, Peabody men spoke In Interesting way, show
rrt Frorhci', Mother Play aud TO rad the notes
since one IS continually hning new mcannGs IN his
words. " If you wOnld make u child religious" she
said, lyon must mako hin happy. have studied
Fr0ehrl Tor twenty years. ana hc Scrns inrxhnustDe
WHEN speak the Iraiaing school ask the teachers
To hook back their 'Nprrencc. and by seeing wlt
did them od aud what bad 10 learn from tins how ana
Ml.s lcaboay then hGId up h%sc ycllow poster ,cI
hearing TIE picture ~ DradTo"d Dlrk'' i'r" ihht
igurrs In nVcry bloodthirhy way Ia several hhlIriH
story Duukr. Ihs formed the text Tor some remarks ON
The prrnicons innncnc ot such literature rue mntheis
OF Amcncu, slr sud- must awake Ia the Importance OF
! this question Of pure and Interesting stOilss Tor
Turrr WIS largo audience in the Afternoon. wien
Professor aichrlor OF Boston. srok" on the Anal0.l"s
of Tone and <olr" wih an explanation OF how lttln
Eiwnrd A Spring. 0r New JrrHry, nftcrward begun
day. "A th" hour wiH latc he onlv b' gan hl' Irhihk
dwelling tho necessity Of trachirg children 10
carry OIt snSo leading idea la clay "oi rather lhah
The Rev Il. IIrbcr Newton spoke last evening before
tho Union church work IN thr klndcTkrtrn. Tho
years. he said, wren the child Is under the influence OF
the hndcrgaren system are those Jdst preceding the
time whom the STATE taxes him III clarge-he age when
the character is plastic and casily modelled Children
b. saved by goO society. ana this Is the oirct OF
attended the Kindergarten in connection with hls own
church. They hal sixty or. seventy pupils A.! that
was best In them was drawn out ana tae eVii was
ThG Rev. Mr.. vcrmlyc. OF Pttsburg. and Miss Pea
| inEB of tho Union.