The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09


derived from the word thing Herbert
Spencer said forty years ago "In all its
effects learning the meaning Of things is
better than learning the meaning of words
Whether for intellectual moral or reig-
ious training the study of surrounding
phenomena is. immensely superior to the
study of grammars and lexicons." Again
he says: Without an accurate acquaint-
an0e with the visible and tangible proper
ties of things, our conceptions must be
erroneous, our differences fauacious. and
our operations unsuccessful The educa-
ton OF the senses neglected, al after ed
ucation, partakes of drowsiness a hail
ness. an insufticiency which it is impossi-
bic TO cure" This is a forceful utter
ance from great authority but all the
more forceful because il is true
Hallock in his great work on "The Ed
ucation of the Central Nervous system
says; The greatest mistake made in ed
ucatlon consists in shutting children away
from nature, and in irving to teach them
almost entirely from books Sense train
ing ought to be continuous and methodi-
cal until at least the age of %. In those
ages when there Were few books. the age
when Chaucer, Dante and Shakespea~e
lived the tfaining Of the senses conun-
ued during the entire life. Instead OF
reading amout Things. men studied the
things with their own senses" Shakes
peare knew next TO nothing about books
He had little Latin and less Creek. and
yet he knew everything about men and
things. In AS You Like It. Shakespeare
has mentioned the text books from which
he learned most
And this our life exempt from public
haunt,
Finds Tongues In frees hobs e., .,,,,t.,..
brooks
Sermons in stones and so,, =, -..-..-,,,,...-
l would not change If
The .,.,,,,, :, = 49,
wa 'lUuDis Is we nave changed It. But
cbo,e,, 0'' wv out e2eS 70 the folly OF the
io,, a15 20 49,, - ,l,i,',''S ou, ~ our great
tbat ~ hoaili-. 9leaeet 10y Oh me chlldien
o,,I. 'l,ouia IONS OF 'he pnlos-
of % ,t,iiI t,.1,l ' e INTO 'he nr9lh
,,bs. - 'No9 ~ loiClus IN" phlIoso-
-, So ny are coming now
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80 a. 49, Iii ~ "a, 'IViSiofe T, Is seeklAg
MINING tba Who'll ~ III we worm 10y
sense Of to,,cb asraoi,,,, - sciIooi; ne
hand &c tho cbiaf arr.,,, e. - " mn wy
inonortart nar+ -, 49, - ~ pay more
fore Cbi.d,,e,, ,,;ii -, nan eN 81
thinL- +binas ~, t, = no" 20
thinos Tba INA Nh 80, NV 20 20
and CORRECTLY, onlv u,bo,, IL ,,
design ana nold a,5 r,el. ~ aiiH
its hand Tho cbild VII go, ~ ~
tanned in hooks a,,e, ia ,,.lr,o,tt
ts familiar win tbnso tbirys - - 90
rneets Them in books
Ana vet tbere arc -,,,l,,,o, nh ,,,,,,,-. ~.
introd,1ctton ~ mann -; ~ ~
tire studies in the ecboo1s o. 80 10,
must nor teach anvth,uog il, ,,,,,r' o,,,,,,,,s
schools event ..rsadiro- ,,,,i,i,,e, 80 lrttI
metic. because the consfitntion forbGe
But the constitution docs not forbid r.
saws nothing about reading WRITING ara
arithmetic bur if does saw sornetni,o ah7u-
"Elementarv branches Of an Fnplisb e1fI-
cation. and the Supreme Courts have be,d
that to mean "everyibine MAT is necoes,r,,
to a complete elementary education " An
other saws: ct win dts,urb the oId ma
recognized way of training children in
book learning only" That is exactIv
what needs to be done. because that old
way is now known to be the incomnlote
and unnatural way of training children
Besides some folks need TO he disturbed.
they have been going round and round TOO
iong already in the same circle "Rut "
said man The other night in A public
meeting, Your manual training will lead
to materialism, and tnaterialism leads TO
iufdpjitV and inddalitV will 1eod 10 m