The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-15
MORE LECTURES
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| Modelling assists the development OF
| the perception OF form. It is g eater
| than sight or hearing. Painting. the
! conception Of color, is one CT he first
! of arts. What infinite pleasure the
/ child takes in his diStr- button OF col
| or, his painting Sometimes it was i'm
! possible to see that the painting Of
the child is a picture, but the child
knew what ii meant he sees the pic
ture and bye and bye the parent and
the teacher see it. Next comes draw
ing and writing. None of these, except
writing, is language, yet they are all
modes of expression.
The child should not begin by learn
ing TO write or learning to read, but by
using some of the other modes CT eX-
preston. This lead Col. Parker up to
the discussion of the use Of workshops
in the school Even if it is but
shop with a knife and pieces Of wood
the child perceives that he can make
something. His personal power is evOl-
we'd. The little garden is a great Ell
ucator. 1t is better than any other
means. Through it's cultivation read
ing language, arithmetic, all things
are taught. In the making of the box
to hold the flowers comes carpentry,
the study of the woods, drawing, the
study of the seeds, and their marvel
Gus life, the study of the soil, mineral
ogy, chemistry, the influence of mois-
ture, planting the function of the
plant and it's use, food plants, coffee,
for instance, as practical ilIustTa-
ton All these came naturally. They
interested the child They are of spe-
cifc value to him and they are edu-
cation. Through them he is learning
q orc al
Of vastly more Importance, the child
is learning the idea. OF work and Of re-
sponsibility.
1t is all simple, said Col. Parker.
People in general imagine that learn
ing is a great mystery, that the value
OF knowledge is in proportion to the
effort With which it is acquired. Gram
mar is ght in it's way, but there is
no mystical rite so absurd as the pres
ent mode of teaching grammar in the
public school. There is no reason why
it should be taught in the isolated
fashion of parsing, analysis, d agram.
Col Parker talked of methods con-
coted for the injury of children and the
ignorance of teachers. Reading is not
the ultimatum. 1t is merely one mode
of bringing images together Each
mode is a mode of expressi on Of pro-
found observation.
Mrs. Parker emphasized the state
ment that the body is machine. inns
should constantly be borne in mind.
Pitch is under the control Of the vocal
chords they are under the control Of
the emotion as the whole body is a del
icate instrument to respond. But it
cannot respond without skilled use. she
made difference between voice quail
ity and speech quality The shape OF
~ I o4o,,y If,,lC. h. /
ity of the voice. The voice que lily may
be good and the speech quality bad.
The mouth CAVITY, the tongue, the lips,
the teeth. determine the quality of
speech. She said she got her best eX-
ercises in vocalizatiOn from infants.
The sounds made by children are iden-
tical the world over. If a person con-
uuers the elements of ones own Ian
guage it is an easy thing to conquer the
elements of all languages. During her
lecture Mrs. Parker used frequent IL
Illustrations to give the specific vOcali-
cation of which she spoke.
Miss Allen met the mothers at 2:3O
O'Clock in the High school building.
She will meet them regularly at that
hour and place each Wednesday after
noon during the session.
The sessions yesterday were we'll at
IGuuGu.
at 8 O'Clock to IA large audience and
followed with her kindergarten and ther
valuable talks on child training.
I'm a kamaaina now" said Col.
Parker as he opened his lecture The
audience applauded and the Colonel
smiled and smile, as only he can smile
He said at one of his lectures that he
had nearly worn himself out smiling,
but he still smiles and wins a re-
sponsive smile from all who talk with
him or hear him talk. He addressed
his hearers yesterday as fellow cit
liens" and said I'VE can all cOngrat-
ulate ourselves. The history OF the
Islands has taken you through the
Monarchy and through the Republic.
Now we can join our histories" His
little annexation speech was inter
rupted with applause and Col. Parker
had the entire sympathy Of the audi
ence. Col. Parker is having a quiet
little celebration of his own. He re-
ceived news from Chicago, by the Cop
tic. that he had been reelected pTin-
cipaI of the Cook County Normal
school. The Colonel has a political
opponent who has been trying for thir-
teen years to GUST him from his posi-
ton as he has pursued his educational
work in advanced lines fearIeSSly and
with no though of politics. His re
election was after a hard campaign,
during which petitions were circulated
and Corporation Counsel Turner and
Mayor Harrison joined efforts to dereat
him. His successful election without
an opposing vote was a complete trl-
umph and he received the hearty con-
CALCULATIONS of his audience yesterday.
Col Parker then entered upon his
regular lecture. The images must be
in the mind he said. else the reading
is naught. and they must be educated
images. They must have fundament-
al conception of geology, botany. The
center of all education is work. It
must be work with the brain, with the
hands The child is interested in his
work. He is interested in everything
he sees around him. There is no spe-
cific point at which to begin with the
child, no regular order to proceed with
Begin with what is at hand nearest