Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-12
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STUDY
An Eminent Physician who Thinks He
Knows All About IL.

Dr. tcorgG j.. Sbrady, General 6rants
physician, talked recently about the phil
osophy of study. lie said
"Studcnts should not study more than
four, or, mt the very most, six hours day,
and, in my opinion, the best way for them
to study is to devote two hours to ii and
then take a rest for short time; then take
two more hours OF study and another rest.
BY studying continually for six hours the
mind gets overtaXed and does not retain
easily what il has been trying TO absorb. |
think IL Is just the same way with student
as with man at dinner. He can cat until
his hunger Is satisfied, and then he should
stop. A student will take into his mind n
certain amount of material, but after
while the mind gets taxed and refuses to
absorb any more. Then he must have a
rest; and change of scene or change of
study Will cause the mind to become
rested and prepare 1t for continuation of
the study interrupted.
81 don't believe i'm following any set
rules. i believe a great deal of harm Is
done 10 children by making them learn by
means of coercion, rather than by getting
thcm TO enjoy their studies and finding
pleasure in the development of their minds.
Children begin TO learn just as soon as they
first open their eyes. They watch thirgs
and take In everything,and so during their
whole child lives they are always learning,
and If properly and carefully trained they
| will develop "A love for study.
81 think II mistake to send children to
| school mt a very early age. / know when
was youngstcr was made to study hard .
/ studied, too, from fear, rather than from
love of study. | went through college
when very young, and obtained my diplo-
| ma as doctor when / was Younger than |
| should have been. I shall be perfectly
| satisfied if nv bows get through college at
| much later age than did, and am salts
| fed that they will have more substantial
foundation than had, because they will
study from love of study rather than from
fear or force. II depends entirely upon
| the temperament of the student how he
| should study, and he himself is the best
| Judge as To what Is the best way for him to
obtain knowledge He must not think,
| however. aller he is Graduated. and. If he
| is to be a lawyer or n doctor has Obtained
his diploma, that all his study is ended.
| Not at all He is then only better pre-
| pared for n more serious kind OF study
| All great men are constantly studying.
| "The special student does not generally
| amount to much. The general student is
| the best The professional men are the
leaders in this country--men who have a
good solid foundation for all their studies
| and on which they build their profession.
lam no great believer in self made men,
| We admire q self-made man. But the self
made man is not the man who is going to
| elevate the brain workers or the intellect
ual standing of the people of q nation like
this. Self-made men are like mushrooms.
They grow up in damp places in night.
They cause a sensation, but it is not a last
ing one.
"The time to study, | think. is when one
| feels like study. one does not eat when
one is not hungry, and we don't slcep
| when we are not tired. | can't see why !,
man should attempt to study when his
brain is fatigued and when he is not feeling
in the mood To study, simply because he
has set rule that at such am hour each
! Iny ha
orally accepted best time for stldy, how.
| ever, is early in the morning, amer the
brain has been rested. | would al wise the
student, however To commence his studies
| after breakfast, when the body, too. is
easy.
| "Men who make the most fuss about
study are, in my mind, frauds, We otlen
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