Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-24

| 'hc SSnool-Toom ana with the scholars, and
who understands the children, their ways
and capabilities of docility thoroughly,
and then let the man of science look the
book over and verify its scientific accuracy
without changing its system language
have seen little girl hardly larger than
her slate. trying to learn to read number
equal 10 the length of the slate-larger
| than there was room in her head to put it
ln-quintilllons. or something of the
Kind. am sure could not read Il my
self. Now what earthly or even heavenly
use is there in keeping that child ON that
number day after day and trying to make
her learn it. l. there not better use Of
time and life than that?
Teachers, be independent of such svs-
tens OF teaching. and do not torment the
| little minds Of Your scholars that way, and
/ render them di>gusted with learning and
| hatcrs of education. Learn from the kin
! iergarten which is the true and natural
method of teaching. This was the meth.
( od of Socrates. Plato and Aristotle. a
/ dialectic and perpatctic method-to walk
and to talk. And % there are many and
/ wise ways of teaching which can only be
! learned and applied through careful
/ study and knowledge of the powc:s which
/ hercdty has put II the minds the teach.
cr has To come in contact with Socrates
taught by conversation. and Christ. the
great Teacher, by parable and illustration
And this /, the best method after all, " hen
YOU try to make abstract truths tangible
We have already brancfri u the
second head VI education. environment
Heredty a. we have seen, works from
within. It gives quality and capactt,
% the organ Environment works from
without IT. power !, inrmatiyr, and
when applied ~ the plastic organ
gives it form X checks the tendrn-
cy Of .hcredi,y. The influence, which are
autagunIstiC - hcredity and produce va
rlations and exceptions are important not
only % science Hat II the well being ~
/ human life They prove that we are not
mere waits on the ocean of existence. or
the subjects Of Irresistible fate and ,a.
progrc>, which u-c~ even ania.onizing
forces foT the purpose uf W., cioumrut,
aud the liuaI result of The struggle il large
are changed and checked hy thr environ
-,
pN' !" t"''' go 'du'a'loh. Inherited
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s"'u-'" anu e'"ee ~ "a'A'hS' i'a'"s'
""'H-' i'H' '"- anu u"n' '''s' OF I" teach
'N' e'''i'h'N o' >'Hcfh' 'aheua-eN' no" 70
lh- lAeHe -iNr ~nptFh'lai w" OF
s'''h'' az" pH4l"N"P'S 10 >H"rt' h'"-t "l
WHAT i taught lh modern schools 80 a. l"
C'hi"Im youth |" Inc u>A-'e ana C"hNeh-
u"hail'ie- 81 society lhlN iattcf : hot
education, hut peer pTetthtt and >nb-
sltHtc lof ~ "c ought not to a>crlpe
even I" true educ atioh more than belong,
I" II. 1t may develop the body, harmonic
the intellectual! faculties INFORM tue mem
"ryr strengthen thc power of reasoning,
polish the manners y tht requirements
Of civil. Lation, but IT cannot reroiutlonlZe
the character. "Entru-t me with educa-
ton said Leibniz, and in less than Il
century viii change the face Of Europe
But TWO ceniurlc, haNe elapsed since ne
SAID IL, and All that time education mas
been oroodng over the lace OF Europe, out
the change lie spoke OF mas not come yet
'oiten the beauty OF education Is very
thin covering, glossy safhish "hlch
scales on on thc slghfest lrlctl"h ana re-
veal, the oru'ai ana sensual nature Win
all ITS savage instincts ana uhpridleo ap-
petites- tafIyle caIlS ciFillzaIioh ohiy
covering underneath "hich ING savage ma
ture OF man continually Durn> Win an IN