The herald., 1894-04-06


the general assembly and Prof. Earl
Barnes Of Stanford university was the
frst speaker.
Prof. Barnes said: Only within the
last 10 years have people paid any spe-
cial attention to the study OF children as
human beings or sentient beings. About
10 years ago g. Stanley Hall indicated
line Of child study which might be pro-
fitably pursued. Since that time nearly
all such work has been done on the
lines indicated by him.
Among the most important books on
this subject are Preyer on the Senses
and the late excellent work by Califor-
nian, Mics VI. Shinn OF tie University
OF California.
Mr.. G. w. A. Luckey, with whom
many Of you are familiar, has done much
excellent work in the way OF finding out
the age at which certain peculiarities OF
the color sense are developed. He has
mapped out the child's eye to indicate
the parts OF the retina which are eensl-
tive to certain colors, and in many ways
he has gathered mnch valuable data.
Within the past five years more than
100000 children OF the large cities of
the United States have been carefully
measured to show physical develop
ment.
A short time ago I was talking with a
prominent physician of San Francisco
who hae praeticed there more than five
years. He claimed that the children in
the vicinity OF San Francisco are weaker
and smaller than formerly, and that
they are deteriorating in every way.
Five Thousand school children OF Oak
land "a raf1tlU ms and fhaU
were found to be larger and better de-
veloped than the children of Philadei-
phia, st. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago,
Milwaukee or Boston OF the same age.
Professor Barnes exhibited series OF
charts prepared by Mics Shallenberger
OF Stanford, to exhibit the results of the
answers of 5000 children to the question !:
A littls girl, whose mother was absent
from home, painted the parlor chair
with some fancy pRints. What should
be done with herr
The charts showed some astonishing
results. At the age OF ak years the chill
dren who were in favor of excuaing the
child were very few, while those who
were in favor OF whipping her were
numerous. AS the ages of the children
| increased those in favor of leniency in
creased. The boys and girls of the same
age were of remarkable similarity OF
opinion. Miss Shallenberger is now
preparing charts from answers to the
! question: Have you ever been unjustly
punished?
Three thousand children have sent in
answers to this question and some in
teresting statements have been made.
Professor Barnes is making many in
vestigations in the way of child study
and the study OF mankind in general.
especially in the way OF mental growth
and possibilities and the wonderful re.
suits OF his work are always oil great in
terest to the friends of education.
Mrs. l.. M. Hutton read paper on
temperance and physiology. She quoted
statistics to prove that the world spends
more money for intoxicants than for ed
ucation and that there is little apparent
reason for expecting an early reforma-
! ton.
Miss Katherine Ball of Boston spoke
on drawing in the elementary grades.
She gave some very amusing incidents
OF her experience in teaching drawing tt
the teachers of st. Louis.
In drawing representation of Jacl
Jumping Over the Candlestick 95 pc
cent OF the children drew the candle a
several times as large as Jack.
Within six months the class had dom
excellent work in illustrating poems an
To- -6e- IN aGh 7Ukrg bf.. -rnB -uraWing tool
care OF the boys. a1
Prof. Pellissisr of Whittier rendered
9 very fine selection on the piano, anC
was recalled. Both selections giver
were OF his own composition.
A. E. Winship gave his second lectur,
on Psychology. He said that the psy
cholog7 of yesterday was not the psv
chology of today, and made guess thai
we would soon reach bedrock in thil
important branch of study and ascertain
truths of great value to all interested IL
the matter OF education. He finished
with story showing the political wit O.
a red-headed man from the Rockies.
TODAY.
Today in sections l and 2 Miss Ball
will teach drawing.
A. E. Winship will discuss reading in
section 2, and Mrs. j. P. Rice, music, in
section l.
In the high school section W. HI,
Housh will read a paper on Physics; H.
O. Fall one on Chemistry, and N. F.
Smith one on Other Sciences.
In the afternoon Prof. Earl Barnes
will lecture on Why Study the History
OF Education, A. E. Winship on The
Boy Out of School; then will come the
roll call, miscellaneous bueiness and
adjournment.