The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-11

SUGGESTIONS ABOUT W-4T OUR
CHILDREN SHOULD Learn.

Home Training superior to That Re-
reived While Wearing -s Book fairness 90
HINTS Tor TbougarraI Parsnt- and
Teaoher5-- Beginning In science
Ny object s only incidentally 70 call a.
te1t5on 70 this still persistent mecie7aiisrn
n sfucaCiO1 and more part Cularly 70
cal attention ~ the possibility Of escape
fgoTn &C. 4 ve only begin early enough
and use s0ue degree Of determination
about wnar our children shall earn ]
may oe very radical. but believe chat the
children Of vei-r0-30 families should
have far more home education
schooling is largely unnecessary -rnat
before - children OF teceutiy e3I-
cs-ed parents can 30 All their studying ~
home, that those who nave educated pa
rents shous never. or rarely % sent TO
scnool That the time is coming when al
most al education vii 30 home educs-
tion. How about the grand democratic
influence u sending children Of all social
grades 10 associate together I have
heard that argument to surfejt. if you
wish 20 level society get the children II
the whole town together Tor dancing
for games for soc{al intercourse But
just that you viii not 10 You VIII not
let your daughter attend q party " p her
10 ler home
TRAINING F0K FCrSG BRAI@s
re is al stuff, The children viii see the
world quite ss freely # educated at home
n Chls way only can Individuality he
5horOU Ihiy considered and each one
trained for what be is especially lgarta
Most boys are trained that their brains
either can not grasp asubject or if at ALL
with excessive toll Those who known
Nr.r,r 40
horse has 70 DO with its power to draw
loads viii understand what I mean By
training brains To do work easily Two
horses Of equal strength can be 50 trained
that the working ability Of one shall be
four times that of the other One works
easily and enjoys 10 while the other MAKES
uphill work Of All things Why T Say we
should have more home training is because
not otherwise is the child likely 10 be kepu
from wearing the patent book harness. .
What want Of my boys is. T. To iuvesti-
gate, examine, inquire, nnderfoot. over
head, all about them. 3 To be abso-
lUteIy at Ghe bottom Of what they
interrOga6e. 3 Never TO become brain
weary, or look on study * task g. To
become accustomed from the earliest
years 20 use their brains discreetIy 5 T
wish ali their questions answered trath- .
fully and an no account A false answer .
given on she sUppostion that they can T.
not grasp the truth as easily az a lie and .
I wish their questions answered, not the
questions put into their mouths
One Of the most repulsive features Of 2 .
school tau Zht on the mental discipline" .
plan is the positive rspUlston which the
pupils manifest TO facts. There is nothing
70 them 30 ludiCrous As any attempt at
anatomical or biolo0icaI information. To
is quite beneath them to inquire into fha
location Of the heart and lungs; or 10 .
trouble themselves about 5he functions Of
the kidneys. liver, pancreas, or digestive
fluids. Ny young lazy who is quite u , in
French and algebra, recognizes botany as
r possible accomplishment; bat fouCs the
idea Of being Interested In the sections Of
bullocks stomach, OF the habits Of p
crswfsh, Horrible things. The early
education once biased ia the way Of a
fashionable accomplishment, and the
chances for a true scholarship are mini
fed
COLEEfsT8N WHO KNEW 40 THING.
Three eollegians, Just abou to gradu-
ate, were in my study, when 7 asked them
which Of the sciences they had especially
pursued Two Of them wers good chem
lists one had a loose knowledge of physics,
but none Of them had the least acquaint-
sncc with geology. physiology, biology,
zoology, botany, microscopy aS an art or
indeed prOfessed to any real knoyvIed1e Of
or their relation to the world Sociology
and political science we're equally ne
elected Drawing had not been thought
Of These young gentlemen knew no
thing it would not be courteous to say
they knew nothing
The only remedy that is in Our hands is
to teach our boys and girls science from the
outset Here the first difficulty c0ufr0nts
as in the way Of elementary text books
a vast mum Der Of such books are in the
market but the difficulty is in securing
these that are adapted to the needs in
hand
Up to 3, for the most part, the young
people should be kept almost wholly away
from books. and be Taught to observe ma
tGre. let them learn to use their eyes
Let 5heTo be encouraged ia make cotiec-
tions Of birds nests, minerals, rocks in
Sects, plants, with such suggestions as
you are able TO give them Every one boy
or girl, should by 3 have explored his
farm, or yard, or naiQhborhood, and found
bat = good deal about what kind Of soil
he lives on; what birds make i6 their
habitat; what insects hide in the foliage.
and good deal else of this sort. This
will prepare him for the proposed study
Df science-it IS science Cor. St Louis
Globe Democrat.