The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-16

possible variation OF color may De
shown. with their various tints, shades,
hues. lustres and uansparencies. They
are produced in the order OF the spec
! rrum. The baby watches the wheel
/ closely, and when he is older he will
he taught 10 discriminate between an
/ increasing number of variations. Pro
! fessor Gates told the writer that the
/ average artist has not seen more than
( ten or twelve per cent OF these possible
{ variations. and is therefore lacking in
memory structures corresponding with
all OF the variations not seen. He late
/ Iy examined q well known artist and
found that he could distinguish less
than Is per cent of the combinations
shown him. Another instrument TO be
! used on the child ehen he is older is
case containing three large prisms, so
arranged that any variation OF the
/ spectrum thrown by one can be COW
I cred by any part OF the spectrum
brown upon the same screen by either
or both the others. Any desired COM
bination OF colors may thus be purely
made with the original light. BY other
instruments the effects OF .cOlOrs upon
I emotions can be measured. Such train
/ ing, the psychologist believes, is the
best possible foundation for an artistic
education. Just as his eyes must regu-
l larry perceive every variation of color,
in natural sequence this child must as
Systematically hear every possible de-
gree of sound. As a beginning he is
being trained with two little whistles,
each having a rubber bulb at one end
and arranged to give any pitch in the
musical scale. In the beginning the
professor held in each hand a whistle,
one arranged TO give much lower note
than the other. A piece of candy was
always placed in the hand holding the
whistle of the lower pitch. Although
The whistles were changed from hand
10 hand, the child soon learned TO as
sociate the lower note with something
good to eat, and thus TO distinguish
between the two pitches. By gradually
altering the pitches so as TO give out
sounds more nearly the same, greater
acuteness in this discrimination is be-
ing developed. When further develop
ed the child will be trained by means
OF a large electrical instrument, which
its inventor, Prof Gates, says will give
all possible variations of sound in sys-
tematic order Two electromagnetic
are arranged on either side of small
steel disk, about the size of Scent
piece. BY means of two commuuicators
the current may be alternated between
he magnets at any desired velocity. (
With each alteration the disk yibrates |
once. When vibrating less than Is
times a second it creates no audible /
tone, merely a series of tappings. The T.
faster it vibrates the higher the lone I
the treble limit being 2O0 coo yitra-
tions per second. By inserting different I
disks and pulling OUT certain slides,
all OF the possible tone qualities, The
chordes or harmonies of each tore, .
can be mathematically produced. Most /
exact lessons in discrimination be I
tween audible variations of tone viii
De taught with this. In similar man
ner the sense memories, as the psyche.
Iogist terms them, of smell and Taste.
are registered in the brain of Baby
Gates. There are in the Laboratory l.
500 different smells bottled III small
vials, classified and arranged in order
Starting at one end of the row and
smelling in order gradual differences
can scarcely be appreciated until the
two end bottles are held 10 the os-
uils Practice on this piano of smell
viii build up what the professor calls
the necessary smell memories IN the
baby, and will teach him gredl acute
ness in discriminating 0dor from door.
The same Yials are used for training
the taste memories, the harmful sub
stances being omitted a straw Is
dipped into the substance and touched
10 the tongue. Taste and smell train
ing was begun on Baby Gates when be
was 10 months old, and now I-e can
and 30 different smells.
The development OF touch As accom-
plished by requiring the child % feel
all sorts OF surfaces, and, according TO .
the father, to allow his mind 10 live
in his skin for the time being. He is
permitted to go barefooted a certain
number OF hours each day aid to
touch with both hands and feet various
substances and materials, such rs vel ,
vet, saudpaper, brushes, leaves, grass, /.
earth, glazed surfaces, sticky surfaces, ]
etc
That all of the brain cells governing
his uuSNuldI SelsS Nin " lulls uC-
veloped, this same baby must have
every Cne OF the many muscles Of his
tender body moved syste natically and .
at regular intervals. During rhis ex- {
ercise the father keeps before him
manikin showing the position and di-
rection of each muscle. At jirs. the i'll
fantile limbs, head and body were
moved in different directions by tie
fathers hands, until the memories of 4
the muscular feelings we're mentally
unregistered. Now the little fellow is
TO stand on the floor and TO
pick up toys and other o5jeats froE
various attitudes, which exercise serves
as a mild form of gymnastics No SIN
gle muslce in the child's entire mus, u
lar system is neglected by this action,
contrived to combine mental memories
of motion, speed and direction III his
brain.
When he is satisfied that the funda-
mental training is sufficient, Professor
Gates will adopt for his child elaborate
courses of athletics and manual skill.
All of this odd training is combined l
with play, and is as thoroughly enjoy
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