The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-01


ken inssoduaff. es.s sid il ;s natural that
oHs wbo has srent life III tsscbing sis9nIa
iaks an interest IL Il There i grave re-
spoasieililv resting on Old teachers. esYe-
cislly and tlsls fseling Is insensisiesi IL the
rrsastks uf your coanty sEpsfinisnfsnt
which. may SAG we're tbs nest spprorsiase
and exhsaaise - whieh ! hAve ever. listen
IL There is slAnse N tisr s<ofk Of fassi
tn,cs fsom xhE tbey had when lastlusss
siafsesi. AfH-st they iIscusss,. he branch
6 Us sciences. low TO teach his --or ihaf way
70 answer tbs or that question next came
IneThc,ls Of seasEiag iise bfaisch then came
The teaching. Of The andeasing pfiusipie of
the branches These are slse three stages
Ea:teriy the science Of the mind has come
i,elssrs tlse Institutes f,r wads and this is the
mus important Of tlse discussions thus FAR
attempted Twenty years es1 no instructor
wou.a have d4resi 70 announce THAI he
woald diseass psychology or metaphysics
But to-day they are discussed at every In
sttute A nsaB. 20 be . skilifsi workman,
must understand the nature of the material
on which he works Suppose ! were sue
c.,ssigl blacksai.tb. bat should haze a mo-
rive to work az carpenter without having
any experiences with wood, no matter bow
me a blacksmith Was, l d be failure as
carpenter
II Phiia6eipliis men are kept at work the
year round polishing lhe nsarbie Of the pub
lie buildings-bow would one Of these work.
men gel along IL he were placed at work cii.
granite, or on diamond would be not
make saa work Of al Aud yet without
knowledge Of the mind, the teacher is in
precisely the essne condition As marble pol
asher working on diamcnd
As between culture ard knowledge,
would yU,e lor culture. Nineleen tsenlieshs
Of the mistakes inads in teaching have been
made in lo, knowing or aot regarding tie
relation of the science 10 the mind Ny pur-
pose shall be 10 try 70 arouse liIile interest
ia psychology. Definition should usrally
end tie boy6 ne don know what either
mind or mater IS Bus We may say matter
has length. breadth aud thickness, and this
Is a re-ii good ,ieaaslion Of batter Matter
cannot exist without lensiB, breadth. and
thickness. The teaching OF the German
philosophy IS that mind is mere phenome-
non, resulting from certain conditions. A
great Fnglish philosopher Iay dying-a NOR
81 man. powerful thinker. A friend said /
10 him, Have you any hope Of the exist
enoe Of mind after death p He answered.
:. long for i. wish for it, bat I've no
hope This teaching Il Pervsding our
schools to-day. But ny thought leads me
to different conclusion. Gravity is force
ri has no leog,h. breadth, or thickness,
hence a faree cAunot possibly exist
witaoui extension. The mind is force. as
proven by the mere aet Of raising book
from the desk by force OF viii So mind
can and does exist without dimensions.
Intellect. seHsihiliiy ard viii are the di-
visions OF mind triGHe division Intellect
IS The power By which We think aud know;
sensibility is the power by which we feel;
viii is cAniee and volision Here We have
a representation Of the trinity. Bat must
leave this al this Time. Institute adjourned.
IA fun account Of The proceedings Of the
Institute viii appear in next weeks HERALD.
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