The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-20
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A special line OF educa tonial wor
which is at present being urged upo
the attention OF club women Of Rhod
Island and elsewhere is that OF IN
conference OF Contemporary Though
The work is already organized in thi
country and the leaders OF the sam
are interesting and securing the asso
citation of the most eminent scholar
abroad One OF the chief objects OF tn
work is to associate more closely tn
scholarship OF this country wlth tha
abroad and through the combined ef
forts OF these able workers here and
abroad secure a literature which vii
present the progress Of modern thought
The Prospectus sets forth that II Us
proposed 60 have a central and import
ant subject in several departments II
knowledge treated comparatively m
four essays by competent specialists.
The departments 10 be represented are
History, Philosophy Psychology. So
ciolcgy. Comparative Religion. LJtera-
ture Fine Art. Industrial Art. Physics,
Biology Medicine. Hygiene. Geology,
Geography
''The four essays in each department,
making forty-eight essays in all, rep
rcsenting the twelve departments.
W4li be published in journal 20 be
issued ten months in the year. Atter
one series OF fofty-eight essays has
been Issued another series Will begin.
After the forty -eight essays of a series
have been issued In the journal, the
four essays in each department will
be published IN one volume, max
ing IL volumes, representing the II de-
pGrtments."
The Journal win start in january.
1900. ia America and England. The
nIst meeting OF the confer ence will be
held az the University OK Vermont,
burlington, Ia September. 1900..
The Wosk rs L. De representative OF
the highest scholarship, in the several
departments. II is to be educational,
OF value in connection with the grad
uate work oi the UNIVERSITIES, ,ol m
tercst 70 al students and helpful i'm re-
laNng 20 the work of the student and
education TO the practical problems OF
lie.
49,
Among our Rhode Island clubs there
have been some delightful club meet
angs during the week just closed.
AT the meeting OF the Read, Mark
and Learn Club he'd on Monday. No
Nember -, program of much inter-
est was gwen. as follows:
Ron call minutes. business. question
box. Subject for discussions: lis
Public Agitation the Best Way to In
sure the Suppression Of an Objectiona-
BILE Publication
Paper, Norway and Sweden" Mrs.
Lincoln Davis; piano duet. Norwegian
oance, Grieg, Mrs. Rich, Mrs. Jenckes;
piano AlDumldaf. Mrs. JenCkes. pianO
Humoreske Mrs. Rich; paper. Belgium,
Miss Butts; piano. Country Dance.
waltz No. 2. Jensen. Mrs Rich; paper
Holland. Mrs. Jul4a Ashley Rich piano.
Spring Flower" Gade. Mrs. Rich
In the absence OF Mrs. Davis, her
paper upon NORWAY and Sweden WAS
omitted. The paper upon Holland.
however, by the president OF the club,
was OF most interesting and origi-
nal character. 1t was written in dia-
logue style, the scene being a school
room or the present century and the
characters. the school teacher and her
class in history and geography The
class, however, displays a remarkable
proficiency in detailing the physical
and historical features Of Holland, |
which leads us 10 the conclusion that !
the teacher is typical of the twentieth I
century educational system when the I
resources Of possibilities of child study
snail have advanced to a higher plane.
A birds eve view OF Holland" as
given by one of these precious pupils
is as follows.
From the syy we should look down
on fertile farms. studded with cattle
ana bright red cottages: short waisted
men. women and children moving
about in wide jackets and big wooden
shoes; trees clipped into fantastic
shapes with trunks colored white. yeI-
low or red; country mansions with
roofs ~ brightly tinted tiles, looking
like PIE plates.
bitches. canals and rivers trail their
shining lengths i'm every direction;
railways. too. connect most Of the prin-
cipal towns, bridges. gates. canal locks
and windmills silver and gold weather
cocks perohed ON Cne foot and tremb-
ling in the wind
low-spirited bird might see only
and puddlcs. One OF the prac-
tcal scgt would notice common place
things country roads paved with yell
low bricks, cottages perched on wooden
less 10 Keep them from sinking i'm the
marsh horses wearing wide stool like
sAoes Tor the same reason--wagcns
pumping along with drivers sitting {
Vntside' women and boys harnessed 10 ,
toWing ropes. meekly drawing loads
~ ~ InafSet SCUM up and down the canal Q
bfats of every kind from the fishing Z
smack 10 the water omnibus carving I
Tnen ming 4na esnfllsetly y
WIFI niests. wlndmills and sails are the [
iong rows OF Willows, frs beeches and q
ems planted on the highway stiff. ]
ssIiiinetiical gardens with nodding tu- I
nps and brilliant shrubs-great white | =
storks lying 10 and fro-water fowl O
dipping into the tide, birds OF all kinds II
loved. respected and protected bv law "
Tor the sOitest, Warmest nest is nat G
softer nor warmer than Tho Dutch u
heart has proved itself to the birds n
Continuing the paper describes In 81
witty dialogue. the People. Industries W
Climate. PRINCIPAL towns. etc OF UoI- OF
and. Miss Butts. in her wei vrT,tn, m
paper on Belgium. described frst its 10
situation and extent then paesed o.. III
consider the important cities OF the an
''' a.,
or Antwerp. she said 1--WE e~a oi
amused IN our walks about the civ AZ m
the quaint old houses With stonne5 by
gables. the topohng appearance az tho Ia
'ronts owing TO upper stories being n,
Dn'f out beyond the lower and the e~ IN
lremelv small paned windows Relait,r, OK
$ real place. 20 women are out IN XII
lne early morning sweeping the streets io
"a broom drill which would not no g1
popular In America. The princinal at et
traction az Antwerp Is the ca+hod,-ol le
one or the most beautiful I'm Tur,ns ~,
naNlng spire 400 feet . yb ara
cnlme OF ~ bells. Here We fna ono - n,
me greatesi paintings in me world 60
nupens Descent from the Cross +" ID
me musical program was exeolto,.