The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08
So Professor Mulch Says Of Seat
ties Institutions.
HIGHEST RESULTS ATTAINED.
s.PrbIic school system the Most Adj
Authority ON Child study ana
Primal or Hereditary Forces Has
Been studying Pupils Here and
Elsewhere With n Critical Eye.

akfAftSA - La&AS 1<tS s%@T-~ -SN~%-'
an expert Investigator n the realm OF
| mental and physical laws. The press Of
| the leading cities East and West gives
/ him credit fer being an authority on The
subject OF the hereditary origin Of genius.
character. crime. insanity. etc. Being
writer Of wide repuTe, he comes % Seattle
! fully prepared 70 obssrve accurately ard
report fairly on the local Influences that
must al or hinder In the training Of the
young He has given the past four years
10 the study OF like conditions in most
parts OF the Central and Western states.
/ The pas. month has been given 10 Port
/ land. Dr. Match has also been at work
In Denver. Ohio. Michigan, Kansas and
California.
Prof. Mulch is known 10 the scientific
world as an alienist-one who accurately
studies others while he remains .
| stranger. He = a waited contributor in
| medical ard popular journals While IA.
| California three years since he made an
! extended report IN regard 10 the causes
( Of the criminaLty Of Fredericks, Kid"
/ Thompson. and numerous others. In every.
| line OF human existence and condition he
is an untiring and original Investigator.
| Being skilled in psychology, physiology,
/ physiognomy au1hr5Pology and olner Ike
/ sciences. he has great advantage over tbs
| ordinary investigator.
He spent the past TWO days IL a preiim-
| mary visit at the Columbia and univer-
| sitg schools Having the friendship and
assistance Of TIE educational workers Of
| the city, he IS able to report disintercsted-
| " and promptly. OF conditions already
| noted he said last night 10 q Post-InIelh-
/ geneer reporter:
The plan of work. as touching grades
! promotions liberty of progress, etc. OF the
| Seattle public schooI system. IS the most
| advanced TO be found in the nation No
| where Csc is the working of the great
| educa tionai machine-of 4 large city-at-
| tended by SO little friction, such freedom
| from high pressure, and Its attendant eva
consequences, as il this Northwestern
| metropolis. With great pleasure have l
! noticed the freshness, visor, brightness.
| and delight Of pupils OF al grades in the
| schools visited by me the past two days
/ But few schools. in an occasional metro
| politan city, ever attain tr7 goodly results
/ seen in several OF the rooms visited. Ii
/ seems 10 have been reserved to the most
j distant Of elites to become eliminating
! point for the westward course of empire
! During the past four years l have
| devoted large time 10 the influence Of the
/ leading phases Of environment upon the
| primal or hereditary forces in child-nature
! Sectional climatic effects anG local public
sentiment have been found 10 almost equa,
! the home influences. Often the largest
! FACTOR of all, in the undoing of most ex-
| cellent inherited abilities. IS the belief on
/ the part OF the parent that the home aud
| school should supplant effort on the part
| OF the child. Such cities as are the resi-
| dences OF the retired well-to~do for n
| stance, Los Angeles. Pasadena. Colorado
! Springs, and even the larger schools OF
| Denver. show an overwhelming public
! sentiment that says that earnest effort
| on the part Of the child must be injurious
| to the development Of mind and body. Il
| am glad 70 say that In Seattle this IS
| emphat.cally not the case. Here the efTeta
| boarding school idea Of polish only as cd
! uca;lon does not obtain. With this cond,-
| ton OF self-reliant energy ard healthy
! pubic sentiment supporting H. the future
| or Seattie's children Is assured. There can
| be no substitution OF effort is Il law uni
versal n all the power bu ldiuc process of
life.
/ Having the favor of educators every
| where i. Is my custom 10 present study
| problems from real life 10 the pupils Of
| the school In such way as TO determine
| accurately n what age the Judgment and
| conduct OF the child can he promised upon
/ the conclusions Of reason. In California
| the pupils would stand by their reason
when sentiment FLASHED with H. in the
| proportion or three-fourths IN seventh
| and eighth grades: while Michigan Ore
gon, and Washington pupils are practically
ii u1it for their reason. Sixth grades n
California and Kansas will stay by their
reason II mum he~ of one-third, while the
other states named VIII show two-thiris
Fourth grade win b. ore righ. 20 twenty
n error in Califor1ia--ore 10 Ten IN the
ether states. OF course. the problems sub
United To the pupils are points upon which
f1bFEnfTrn - r-ss.
show that popular sentiment is in the
wrong At a later date I shall be- pleased
- report more fully upon tA.s problem 20
the p0st-Inte.HVeucer
The most surprising fact II connections
w!th local climatic effects upon the mini
- the child. IS that seen IN th. euerVat-
ing effect OF lanis having but scant raiu-
fall, particularly IN the Summer months
california y children are more UeYvelsly
alert ard less profound a. cou4parea with
M!chizan's IGt she chldren Of t2so lake
states are Sow AMI lshored IN their mental
processes. There depth - a. the expe1-e
CO avail ability. Colombo S. very rnuCh stl-
i%r.oc So California ard Kansas iu fhe
iffru AZ endurance tu profound neuf5! work:
and a. n" sane t.Ue has marked AIvsn-
r3Er "ver u r.l.ga1 Fra ava4 ab.ilty ~ mint.
Seattle ara vicinity SHOULD b. superior "a
tciyFA3o, because ~ felcE free from the
special ~ of hlxA attitudes upoE the
nervous syst e1u~-an stem that j. especial
/ 'V undesirable v.tA H~et worrsa. arsI
trf~af ere ugust influence fhe native born.
Il, - rnF intention so make au tx:caIed
s.aiE - trs Children 80 thi- r.tv During
sssy stay I to1e 70 take vne testimony ot
many parents concerning ehe.r chtlarc~.
especially = - u1asIa' tatrats. Science
calls for .sfse and accurate resa arch.
SHAH p. c.a3 - vep.v 20 correspondent
from parents ~ very Capab.e ch.itfeo. IN
h-EEs cGst t.es- r@,cs ti3rS ~ the-- own