The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-09
Froebels Great Discoveries in the
Field of Education.
PRINCE OF WALES A KINDERGARTEN
n Maui School Teacher Writes n Strong
Paper on the Growth OF the Kinder
garten Moyement-From Small Begin
nings 1t Spreads All over the World.
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The first kindergarten in America
was started in Boston in 1859 under
the supervision of Miss Elizabeth p.
Peabody. Seven years afterward she
visited Germany, there studying the
subject with Frau Froebel. She re
turned to her work, which had been
discontinued for q year, thoroughly
enthused with the refOrmer's spirit.
Through her efforts the American
FrOebel Union was formed in Boston
in 1877, and she has been instrument
tai in bringing about general awak-
ening over the whole country in the
subject of "child culture" continuing
her work with undated energy
till her death which occurred January
8, 1891. She has been rightly named
America's s first Kindergarten.
In 1876 Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw
daughter of the renowned Aggassiz)
opened her great "charity kinder
garten" work. Seeing the wonderful
effect upon these little waits and
their poor parents decided her to start
more nurseries. Mrs. Mann SISTER
of Miss Peabody has been influential
in beginning a similar work in Cam
bridge, having her subscription head
ed by the venerable poet Longfellow.
1t is now a fact that the kindergarten
with the various branches has become
a permanent thing in the city and its
suburbs. Five schools have opened
since last September. Mention should
be made of the successful kinder
garten work among the blind chill
dren at the "Perkins institution"
South Boston; also in Jamaica Plain
there is still another of siXty-nine
pupils. Even these unfortunate ones
are receiving light in their darkness,
through this new provision for the
child-life. 1t was in st. Louis,
that the kindergarten first became
part of the public school system in
the United States in 1874. Miss Susan
+. Blow obtained permission of the
school Board to occupy public school
room, and there she started her work,
feeling it to be an experiment, but
strong in the belief that good results
would follow. For two years her ser
vices were gratuitous as regards the
training OF kindergarten, and in other
ways. Only few months elapsed
from the beginning of her work be-
fore the minds of educators were
aroused to the fact that such training
was to form the basis of an extended
school system. When the kindergar-
y
schools, the effect on these schools was
so marked that the school board de-
cided to organize twelve kindergar-
tens, and these Miss Blow superIn-
tended without compensation. In 1850
there were fifty-two kindergartcns in
st. Louis. 1t is now twenty years
since Miss Blow first entered her first
experimental kindergarten. She may
now contemplate with deepest salts
faction the work at the present time,
for in the last report is this statement:
"Today nearly every public school in
the fair city of st. Louis has the in-
ner temple for the little ones.n Miss
Blow may be called the founder of the
first Charity kindergarten in the
United States. She is still engaged in
advancing the interests Of the cause.
having recently written book en-
titled " symbolic Education.p
ON the Pacific Coast, in 1876, the
kindergarten principles were brought
before the people of san Francisco
through the efforts of Miss Emma
Marwedel, who opened n kindergarten
training school. Two years later Prof
Adler visited San Francisco and i'm
terested prominent men and women
i'm the subject, and the result was the
organization of the "San Francisco
Public kindergarten system" The
following wear GS1g) the first free kin
dergarteu was established, this being
the only one west of the Rocky Noun
tains "The Golden Gate Association
hnd thirty-two free kiudprgartcns i'm
charge in 1891. under the superiutend-
ence of Mrs. Sarah II. Cooper, to
whom San Francisco owes the best
kindergarten system in the country.
In the report of the work for the
year 1898 we find 10000 have been
trained IN fourteen years, l6I kinder
gartens have been organized In LOB
al nereut states.
Mrs. Leland stanford, president of
the \ Association has given SiT4, 900 and
maintains seven lsindorgarteus.
There are twelve Memorial Free
IIiudergartens' The first in the
world being founded by Mrs. Leland
stanford. Five free kindergartens
have sprung into existence through
tie liberal donations 81 husiuesa men.
The san Francisco Produce Exchange
waa the FIRST commercial organization
in the country - support free kind
ergaripn. Now four more nre on the
list Men aud women are giving
their tiua and wealth ia placing the
work ou substantial fuun'SRtin
san Francisco leaJs ail the cities of
the country, and of the world, ia the
rapid growth of free kindergarten
work. Chicago hoe also taken its