The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-12-25
THE CHILD STUDY
TIE FiiH SlFai d KiliGIaI
ten kSthIz
THE CHILD AS A TEACHER
Physical Incapzoities Must Sc
Carefully Asce-1ztned % a.
fscc Best Results.

Ths nos intelligent sld persistent
s-u5y rhz- las ben given 70 the IA
ru-sl hisru-y q childhood has come
rhus Ez- from the kt7os-sz-tsns- says
PFC. Ear Bs-1ss q The Stanford Uni
vs-sf-y- Nov -Lz- tbs wave Q. Child
S-u6y~ l. sweeping over ths country.
-he kzz5s-Ezrrs-s VII have % look 10
-heE- lzursls. for The systematic study
G -Ee child L b.si1E taken Up hE-S1ztl
- ~ zise- z-6 older heads O. 0y
cl5s- heads rhz- are striving 70 -
=iss- People begin 70 TsslIze that E
cLlE i ScZs-EizE more than 8 mere
zc-s--l-T- -kEr Il has been TOO long
ESzs5 -Ez- Es give E16 LOpSU 10
k- 81 thai he knows thai Ee srs
rhs u-es IL j. &c study and Ne have
zu-6z-e6 TEsz CC- ends aimed 81
tEZe5 20 mex O-r expectations c
S-E-iey Hal zvs AlzS, TO- ne
rszcas- whc Goes 1o, learn Do-s tro1
his Children LLz- h can ever hope 70
-szcL -Es- And CIR cw1 dear IeSc1
e Froz1sl himself has sid ~Wo-ll
vr- E-cu hos -c iezE -As child u this
natter Observe the child Il vii
-=zcE Won wzz- 20 CO. Too long has
tbs ocu-ss- hss- overlooked b1- nov
-EE- i = ha@=5 and having bssC
r-LeE II e vs-v snail way L Is found
10 l. OF 5-ss-l1-z1-z value The desire
tc- means OF pursuing Child study
: becoming u-z- CIR Cs-rzC-C-s are
PLEASED rC cz-l- = fad
O-lv 6 very fsw years $50 people
Ec-z have 5ez-e5 e the idea q form
IN c-t Wl-E The sole idea @ study
~ tie individual cEl-G- and then con-
pz-z-E his characteristics with those
al E--5-e5s 1t other children II order
That -1e teacher night better under
SIND -Es material sEs had 20 handle
ye- -o5zv Mothers Clubs and clubs
lo- child study Tor he sole purpose
o. s--5vl-E child character are being
GRAINED WIKI TIE hearty support and
cc--sz5z--1- a us- and women who
z-s 6sT1---E their lives 16esvoring ID
solve The imperfect educational prob
lens q. u- LES
- much literature has lately appear
e up1- this Subject from The pens O.
nezr-y Al Tie leading advocates Of this
line c- s-u5v t1Er 10 uI1u-sly describe
TIE system woul6 y undoubtedly :
vase q space bit to- Tie benefit q
-Losz VIC have lc- had he OppOTCU-
-5-T -o investigate TIE theory : light
description OF r1e course OF work nay
prove q interest The plan adopted
h r1s S-u5e1r teachers O. he CslifOT-
IA hE-a-Ezr-e- Training School nay
possibly best serve 70 Illustrate lhs
method IA question Is i i being
thoroughly and colscisCCOuSly pur-
suz5 EzcE S-ELsn---ssc1sr Sslsc-S
-EC Children s. sZujsc-S for continued
study recording in books kept for the
purpose the different -z1i1ss-a-iOns o.
character which occE each day. Once
g EAk -Eei- reports are turned into
headquarters where they are assorted
EE1sr The heads Of sex age. n2-iorzli-
L and Is nearly - possible their home
environments companions. Occupz-
tons and social atmosphere The Ee-
s--- u1 this : 10 enable The teacher 70
have & more ps-tec- understanding II
cElG nature thereby preventing The
tremendous waste q power which must
necessarily OcCur when work OF any
KIND l. undertaken without z full
k-oEle5ge Of the principles involved
n nothing e-Se cz1 ignorance OF law
involve more Eosfully fat failures
-hzz II ths training OF E little child
Whs- 1y means OF these classes Us-
vo-e6 70 child study an enthusiastic
Interest shall have been aroused among
parents. when every teacher shall resl-
il that IN class OF ten children she
nay have a many different tenperz-
E=z-s and capabilities 70 deal With. and
knowing how 20 handle he TN differ
Ell dispositions 70 tie beS- advantage
Is wilE1g 10 Go 50. then and not Ill
then VII ne have E psTfacI system OF
child e5rozu0l Because some plants
require great 6ssl Of water il doe
zo- follow that AL C-Eers are able @
co-s-Ze the sane quantity, and yet
-Ez sane amount u work i given ro
z Gzss regardless % The capabilities
q each Individual child II VII pro
hzt-v take years before The full sal1-
lEy sEe1- of -E5s new method OF pro
cetu-e Eiu be E5-I II tie edUcz lo1
world SCI e suZcie-r amount mas IL
ready ben accomplished % warrant
The statement thar II lis influence upon
TIE tE-Es status q both pupil and
teacher i Is q lhs greatest practical
value
Many teachers GO l0I realize that
eiE1J-tszths OF The children under their
care are defective physically; but sys-
-s1z1c child study has shown that ont
C I've thousand (51lsll pupils. between
fry and sixty Per cent we're found .
have more o. less seriously impaired
eyIEhL
II EE also discovered that II many
CASES TIE children whose eyesight vas
TIE poorest occupied The desks situated
il the darkest part q The loom. while
The bsS- seats were used By those whose
sySighr vas normal Following this
discovery OF detective Vision seats were
changed and The evil rzmedied in =
great degree The tests were made
With S1euon's tSt cards. which we're
distributed among he public schools
II saginaw Mich The discovery OF
this serious physical defect among
sI6s1-s TzS due solely % the newly
aroused desire for child study
Nzxr the attention vas turned 70 IN
eIz1inzri0n Of the childr=n's hearing
for S vas rightly argued that 2 teacher
Dus- have . knowledge OF Al least The
nos important physical conditions 0.
2 child before she could even hope "a