Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-19
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Minneapolis, MINI, will open new
kindergarten In the non partisan w. q.
r. u. Building, which will be prscs
tIcalIy free.
The child Ia bapplest when employed,
but his employment must be within
his capacity aud lead 10 tangible re-
suits II lac Ia TO regard industry as
pleasure, aud acquire industrious
haUits.
The child OF over tbtss years loses a
powerful educational influence n de-
pnved Of the compsnionshIp Of his
equals, and the wise mother will place
him III kindergarten II there Is one
near her
The schools must InstIll into the
coming generations greater refine
ment, keener discrimination between
good and bad, and an ability TO appre-
ciaie worth not represented In cash
value.
Child Garden In the popular per-
Iodicals Of Child literature; and the last
0umber IL even better than those mum.
pers W hich caused subscriptions to pour
In to the publishers at the rate Of one
thousand n month.
Columbus also enjoyed brief visit
from Miss AmalIe Hofer,a the many
here, who only knew her through her
writings, will hereafter read with the
accompanying memory Of her anima-
ted face and wonderful voice.
III have watched children as an as
tronomer watches the heavens, or
botanist the earth, and believe that
multitudes Of men and women who
are, ruined had their doom fixed al
eight or ten years of age. Mrs. Scud-
der.
The mother should never use words
thoughtlessly with her baby; every
word she sings or speaks to him, even
ut an early age. ought to present a
sound to which he may fasten a
thought as soon as be 10 able to think.
Froebel says, 1.-THE impref sions Of early
childhood are the root fibres of later
development"
Miss Amalie Hofer, editor Of the
Kindergarten Magazine, was rendered
u reception by the klndergartners Of
Grand Rapids, Mich, during her re-
cent visit there. A most enjoyable
time was spent. Miss Hofer lectured
In Grand Rapids, on the Educational
Congress to be conducted at the worlds
fair In July.
There Ia a story told Of a man whose
blind eyes had been opened and who
went about proclaiming the discovery
of a new sun. Still II was the same
old sun that had been shining for GEN.
turtles. Even so II IL when our eyes
are opened 10 the clearer light Of truths
that have been shining down through
the ages. They seem like the discovery
Of new truths I'LL we realize that they
always have been, only we have not
stood upon plane high enough
TO sec them.
"The kindergarten takes the chill
dren before bad habits are formed,
keeps them out Of the street, teaches
them how to play. to work, to think,
To be clean, orderly, economical, honest,
truthful and unseliish. This early
training more than doubles the value
Of the public school course which fol-
lows It," The above Is an extract from
the annual report OF the superintend-
ent Of the public schools Of the city Of
Albany, N. ". and II shows In a gen
eral way the benefits derived from the
maintenance Of n kindergarten school.
Asa corrective TO many prevailing
erroneous ideas OF the kindergarten. we
revcrently write what the master him.
self has said Of It. "In the kindefgar-
ten the bodily aud mental powers are
to DO awakened aud developed, ways
aud means for their exercise Indicated
aud provided, and assistants trained;
so that every child, no matter OF what
rank or condition, may here be able TO
work oat and faithfully express his real
nature. character and true vocation In
life; educating himself AZ being educa-
ted"
"Llttle children, especially those un-
der school age, ought not to be schooled
aud taught, they need merely to be de-
veloped. II Is the pressing need OF our
age aud only the Idea Of garden can
show us symbolically--but accurately
proper children" This idea
lies la the very name Of kindergarten
Iohild-garten) which Is destined TO full |
Iill the need OF true ehildwaId care;
would Il We're universally acknowledged
and adopted!