Milford chronicle., 1893-05-19

SO that an may work ia uni TRAIN the
whole e1id iu such way That his inward
mental powers may act efectually through
q instruments, upon external surroundings
The old adage Of the philosopher Is. NJ
~ ~ 1nfefiecfa aisi btius IA seiisa, no-
thing in the intellect unless FIRST ia the
senses. Man perceives through ahis senses,
he forms ideas according to his perceptions,
he establishes principles according to the
relations Of his ideas
The quality and quantity Of all mental
operations depend upon the number. mature
and correctness of the primary operations Of
perception L is great discovery that
strict correlation exists between the brain
and the nervous system on the one hand, and
the mind and its phenomena on the other.
A given period ia the growth Of the brain
being related to corresponding degree Of
mental development The virtue Of mental
ity depending upon the size or condition Of
the brain. I'VE train the hand for the pur-
pose, at the same time, Of ftTaining the mind
through the sense Of touch The han
cannot be trained to accurate methods With
ont compelling accurate observation on the
part Of the eye and # these organs are
trained 70 accuracy the brain IS benefited
and--sina- 1890 sIfsa,I opened up.
some Of the possibilities Of the child real-
lied, and the mind enabled to exercise its
faculties Of attention, comparison. reelection
and judgement.
brom the foregoing 1t is to be inferred that
dullness may be overcome to a greater or
less extent by the use Of tools upon material
substances, Such Use develops the entire
circle Of the faculties. am pursuaded that.
manuel training supplies q great need. Its
introduction into every grade of our own
public school, beginning with the primary
would result in increased mental, moral and
physical growth. IT is 10 longer an expert
ment. It's processes are well established.
III
study its practical workings, ] advocate II
because believe il is not only useful, but
psychological and educational aud il seems
especially ordained to bring out the latent
intelligence that lies beneath a child's seem
ing dulluess.
Too much attention is paid to mind train
ing; that is, ia the effort to act directly upon
the mind. The chief effort is to open up
the avenues to the mind and thus afford q
freer manifestation Of mentality. Enlarge
the instrument and the mind viii use it to
It's own growth and benefit, or TO be more
il harmony with the notion Of equal men
taiity ia the absolute) to its own more sat
isfactorY manifestation. Dizziness is not an
absolute quality. It is relative 10 physical
organism. Improve the condition Of this
and ia the same ratio duliuess viii disap-
pear.
The term dull is alter all often a n5fsH00ser.
Ia a large majority Of cases the dali boy is
not duh, only seemingly 80, and although
no one may be accountable for this apparent
condition, some one is very much 70 blame
if it continues. aud that some one is more
than likely TO be his teacher. have known
children TO be considered dfiii because they
were slightly deaf or near sighted, or tiuid
when no such thing as actual dullness ex-
listed. But the most fruitful cause Of this
seeming condition Of dullness is to be found
IN the fact that the custom is so general Of
teaching subjects beyond the comprehen
sion of the child. The children are fed upon
words at a time when they can have no
meaning TO them. There must be sufficient
antecedent experience Of things to interpret
words into ideas. have seen a teacher try
to get into the mind Of chiid about years
old. the definition of an attribute compli-
ment. To use homely metaphor the attire
butte compliment was about foot square and
the opening into the child's head measured
about one square inch. There was failure
upon the part Of the teacher, and the child
was dull of course. It would have been
moustrosity otherwise.
GrsRaAaz.'Ss ~ z : fsSsiu, cannot be
about what it amounts \ = -sis. si..l'f ca
to the pupil before he has g. - -
tance with the concrete pnenoussus1 s. - -
guage
I AS DR.. Raub, at our recehz institute de-
clared English has a grammar althoughS
this is denied by some. But on. account Of
its almost entire absence of Injection; its de-
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