The herald., 1895-03-10
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cipher any particular word on lobe OF
the BRAIN as, for instance, the word
musician, we often injure our eyes trying
to decipher the scrawl beneath, which
seems to be pianist, or cornist, or vlo-
linist, or anjoist
sNature, in thus fitting kink in each
brain and adapting all the balance of the
brain to the bent of the kink, has been
thoughtful, indeed! Without the aid OF
the wise men we would never have dis
covered that part of the human brain
was intended from all eternity to fit the
fiddle bow, or piano keys, or medicine, or
divinity, 'or teaching school, or selling
peanuts. Nor could we have seen W
fortunate we are to have had inventors
precede us, so that all sorts Of kinks may
have their peculiar instruments prepared
for them.
For thousands of years, the blind
world had supposed that the mental power
would be useful if applied in any direc-
ton. 1t is now shown that we must see
the bent of the kink and follow it.
I'VE perceive that it is best to let chill
dren grow to manhood or womanhood
without any bias in favor OF any partlcu-
lar calling, that they may choose anything
or nothing freely and ignorantly. We
seem to know also that children under
thirty years of age should not do much
regular mental work. or be curbed in any
way; Just as garden vegetab les should be
left to struggle among the weeds for sew.
eral months before they are cultivated
We seem to have discovered not only
that ideas can be transferred perfectly
formed to the minds OF children, but that
we can teach them how to think in order
to survey realms beautiful and opulent our
selves have not cared to explore. Our
text books on rhetoric even undertake to
teach how to invent. How we do pile abb
surdity upon absurdlty.
"At another time hope to have dn OPP
portunity to show you why | consider
that children OF every grade should have
proper motive for study, and that topics,
time, manner, text books, teachers and
all other costly trappings are OF compare
lively little Importance either as AIDS or
hindrances to real students with good
motives. Edward Hutchinson
10 this was appended, presumably. by
the editor by way OF comment, the follow
ing: while we cannot lndorse all that
Mr.. Hutchinson has said, we admire the
bold and fearless stand he has taken, the
vigorous and novel way in which he ex-
presses himself, and we hope his incono-
elastic views will lead to renewed and re-
doubled efforts to arrive at the clear, the
real and unmistakable truth. " The fol-
lowing letter was enclosed with the re-
turned article.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, Jan. is, 1895.
Edward Hutchison, Principal seventh Street
School.
DEAR IR:-After q careful and thorough
reading OF your article. the Teacher, we are
unable to see what you wish to prove by 1t.
Many OF the statements seem to us contradic-
tory You assert certain things but fail to
maintain them by logical, convincing arg u
ment We believe, Mr.. Hutchinson, that you,
as a teacher, could not or would not care to
su bscribe to this article. We regret. after in
wing a contribution. to be forced to reject IL,
but it is our aim to print nothing but thor
oughly sound and accepted pedagogical doc
trine. Respectfully,
PROFESSIONAL EDITOR EXPONENT.
To this remarkable epistle | replied as
follows:
PROFESSIONAL EDITOR EXPONENT Your let
ter enclosed with my article on teaching is
received. Allow me to say that your remark
able style OF addressing that letter when you
had my printed address on every page OF the
manuscript was worthy OF one who took
month to find out whether he wanted to use
. the article or not OF one who appended
note OF commendation to the article then
vcered about and wrote letter OF condem-
nation and forgot to erase the eulogistic
script.
You assume that would not care to sub
scribe TO that article"
Did yon notice that l did subscribe to it as
plainly as posi- Bile and that l read it before d
convention ~ 'rstiti OF city teachers?
Did - uuueo fis, Yourself had written
quite ucrs1us'9 ie by way of advice and
rejecto aad nad 1T the manliness to sign
your ne q .le said personal letter?