The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-18
1T MEASURES MEMORY.
New Apparatus Used i'm the
Science Of Child Study.
MODERN METHODS OF TEACHING
DE-. VIM o. krohn, One OF the Nest
Noted EfucatoD In the Coun-
try. In seattle

Or. william .. Krohn. one Of the most
prominent educators OF this country. and
publisher o. the Cnld Study Monthly, q
periodical whose name indicates its mig
sson. lecture1 Monday evening before tina
King County Medscsl Society on subjects
Of stssy best calculated 10 bring CUT the
developing forces IN Children Pc meet
ing vas held In Dr Eagslsofs ofire.
where DR.. Krohn presented for the benefit
o. the medical men os King county the
results o. years OF careful inquiry into ths
mental and physical organizations of
children ane their relations to each other.
Beside the address OF DIR. Krohn TO the
above named society. he has been engaged
70 deliver series OF twenty lectures be-
fore The simmer school conducted BY the
Aane Business college. OF this city. Of
which opportunity many OF the Seattle
teachers are taking advantage. This
course % lectures By DR.. krohn Is OF a
nature calculated 20 bring teachers 20 a
better knowledge OF their OWE shortcona-
Ia1s. as educators. than q dozen Institutes
coisla possibly be, a. they are the direct
information on subjects most familiar To
the distinguished lecturer, who occupies
the chair % psychology in the University
OF Illinois.
we now have an apparatus that meas
urss the tension Of memory, fatigue. and
their relation TO the circulation Of blood.
Fatigue fnieets poison into the blood the
same as fever does said DR.. Krohn
yesterday.
f'our apparatus also exhibits the change
in circulation OF the blood caused by read
ings Of different Kinds For instance. the
apparatus - attached 20 the pulse OF the
child and reading Of sonefhing. perhaps
embarrassing. is commenced. Without
any notice. the character OF the reading
In changed TO something exciting and the
eeiieats machine Immediately records the
change. by the accentuatsd circulation. On
discs OF smoked paper.
One Of the questions we ask ourselves"
continued DR.. Erohn. '+ts what studies
are best adapted 70 the various periods OF
mental development. We have found by
an examination OF 81 GO children in the
Illinois public schools that II is best not
TO start them in arifhmetic before the aga
OF 81 years. and from that age up 20 II
For a long tine II was popular among
teachers 10 rate a pupifs aptitude accord
Tag 20 the showing made In the stereo-
typed curriculum OF the old schools Now
We endeavor 10 find the trend OF the chiia's
mind before attempting 10 direct IL "a any
particular channel Charts are now placed
so as 70 test the eyesIghf. and those (and
there are many OF then) who have de-
fectlye eyesizht are seated so that their
defects win not handicap them. Then we
investigate the hearing OF the pupils IL
was popular 20 suppose. according 20
methods that happily are now almost ohso-
iete. that IL the child did not readily grasp
the teachers meaning. he was dull. The
new methods attempt 10 destroy this I'M
preston. as the defect Is. In many cases
one OF hearing. In a great many pupils.
particularly boys. there IL growth that
presses upon the eustachian tubes. making
their hearing bad. which by very simple
surgical Yprrraza nav pa rerua7f%%
we have demonstrated by practice that
the average child recognizes words before
he does letters: consequently the theory
that We work upon in such cases is TO teach
the child a vocabulary or words before We
do his letters. These impressions that
speak OF are those taken az a glance
ITO be explicit. the new process %
mental development IS 10 at the study for
tho child. rot the child FOR his study
To revert 20 the matter OF tests I would
say that we have found II per cent. OF the
children defective IN sight and II per cent
detective In hearing. Defective sight and
close study are productive Of headache.
eyeache. and dozen other Ills that have
not until recently been considered as aris-
ing from any cause other than physical
weakness. or course they are physical
weaknesses bat they are aggravated by
mental application. and we study them as
such"
Bssides pr. Erohn's professional engage
rnents here. he IL making Inquiries as 10
a possible meeting 81 the National Etuca-
tioHal Association in Seattle in 1897. The
meeting az Denver last year was attended
by 1000 delegates and visiting teachers
and thia years meeting ar Buffalo Is ex-
peete5 to show list OF AZ least Is zoo pr.
Krohn represents that there IS a great deal
of interest taken in the Pacific coast by
educators who are 1eslrous OF visit
srz - -
matter Of next years meeting win he a
choice between los Angeles. Portland
Or. or Seattle. with the chances fl favor
- the latter place Summer would find
Los Angeles as 10. as the east while ire
cool ana pleasant weather OF Puget sound
eonnends Seattle Or. Erohn has found
that this city could accommodate the iarxs
erewj. and Sea,tls's claims for the con-
vention ~ 1871 VIII receive due attention
at Buffalo next week.