The Washington times., 1895-04-23
FROEBEL LOVED CHILDREN
Celebration of His Anniversary at
Memorial Church.
REV. DIR. SENALLS ADDRESS
The kindergarten System is Based On the
Idea of Receptivity -swedenborg's Doc
thine of Remains-Life Is Not the Man
But Is God Manifested in Man-Pretty
and Intelligent Girls Made Picture.

twenty-five pretty and intellectual young
women, the normal training class at Miss
Pollock's school, took the lead in the cele-
bration of Froebel's anniversary. which
occurred yesterday, at Luther Memorial
Church by the Washington kindergarten
Club last night
They were grouped, under their teachers
direction, in a recitation, "Froebel, the
Lover of Children" that made a beautiful
feature at the close of the evening.
Their names Mrs. Bessie Mulford, Mrs.
Walsh, Misses ALA Vickery, Lille Talia-
ferro, Matte Pope, Daisy Kerr, Sallie
Moss, Amelia Mahr, Madge McKelden,
Helen Mcyea, Mary and Caroline Slack,
Alice Morgan, Helen Potter, Misses Cur
tbs, Bentley, Thompson, Leasher, Robinson,
Fuller, Daskin, and Galbraith.
FUNCTIONS OF THE KINDERGARTEN.
Rev. j. c. Butler, pastor OF the church,
opened the exercises with prayer, and
DR.. Frank Sewall delivered the address
His subject was 'The trIe functions of the
kinderg arten." He said PestaloZZi at
Goerduu and Froebel in Thuringia gave
FroebeI followed and developed what
Pestalozzi had begun. The one taught
the piety of love, the other the piety Of
the intellect. 81, .a...-
The systems Of both were based upon
the two ideas Of receptivity and develop
meut of the child from the well known to
the less known, in q natural way and with
the thought of usefulness always present,
aud nurture with the bringing out of the
affections i'll their proper relations so as
TO give correct and wholesome notions OF
the purposes OF life.g t gts4rrf~
To these should be added third idea
from a great philosopher who preceied
Pestalozzi aud Froebel. This was the
doctrine of Remains as taught by Sweden
borg. 1t was destined to- play much
more important part in the future.
TEACHING OF sWEDENBoRG.
The doctrine is that in every child there
are the remains of the ideas OF truth,
beauty aud love, as they are found in God,
and these forming the highest ideal Of the
| human being are to be developed The
| teaching OF Swedenborg is that the life ii
not the man, but is God. land is manifested
| in man and the highest. purpose is to allow
! his divine life 10 develop in the most per
| feet and useful way.
The kindergarten. he said, had come op
! portunely, when the public schools are
! crowding out religious teaching and supp
| plies true religious instructor-:hat Is
most beneficent. 1t supplies the mother:
! place, whether she is absent by necessity
! to labor, through a cruel neglect due tC
! wOrldliness, or 10 a mistaken devotion tC
what some consider the culture OF a higher
/ life. 1t does more; it supplies, by gather
| ing the children in groups, opportunities
| for mutual helpfuluess and love that ar,
| lacking at home.
vor7r ARTS OF THE PROGRAMME.
Other parts of the programme were a
follows:
Vocal duet, Miss Sara Katherine Lippin
colt and Miss vickery; reading, Miss Pope
building of the FroebeI Tower, Misse
| Talaferro and Mahr; Instrumental duet
Hungarian dance, Miss McVea and Mis-
| Henrietta Smedes; Instrumental solo, 9Th
| Witches Dance" Miss Grace Bryant; Gel
! man triumphal march, THE Dream of tn
| Fairies," parts, Queen ana Fairies; tn
| celebration of Froebel's SEVENTEEN birth
day. Miss Kerr; Froebel as a student, Mis-
| Moss; Froebel's ideal OF childhood, Mrs
Aulford; vocal solos, Time and Tide" ant
"Tnzah's SeTenade, y Miss Lippincott.
"The Fairies Dream" was q uuiqu
allegory iii which the participants wer
introduced asleep and when awakenedb by tn
| magic wand had each a story of Froebel Il
| tell
The entertainment was in the Sunday
school room, which was crowded from To
| hour OF opening.