Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
on,rs ,norr CHILDREN.

rho Chicago school-teaehers rceenu'S
have been listening TO some very 81.
,o.,,res ON the education OF Children anu
-, ORIGINAL ideas have been advahceu
by the speakers. ,ra,k
~ :, stanley Hall, president OF 'ia'A
,-n,verslty. worcester. Mass, VINO 'e'''e,
"a a. address last week. created mn"
sensation by some OF his theories 'ie
..,1o,,,v an enemy Of old-fogyish' an"
80. ,ot fear 20 tear away the most s"-
a.oa educational presidents. Great "a'
the fiutter OF excitement ne cauS'u -
ha exnressed the belief that e"'ioi vi
sho,,d not be restricted in the use VI
-, And greater still was the ainahe-
hte hearers when he sald 'he
-..,1,. - geography Is IAN anonymous
reuc OF by-gone days lie eaine.
vocated the practice OF story-'en"S
,oocbers rs a great stimulus to the Ju''
nile Imagination. III. odaross
Tho subject Of the remarkable adares'
-.s,oh he came out so boldly for ie-
80, u.,s "From Fundamental to Aces
sorry Educauon"-a theme upon "n''"
bad evidently bestowed much s'uuE'
npotoro adolescence, from the ages u
- ,ov no said. there is great increase
.a,rer in the development Of the iln'i'
- 'oaossor,, muscles-those which "oiA
Tho face. throat. and fngers-and nv
sreat danger Of laying too much s'res9 90
80 muscles too early. before they nav
,.,,,rod maturity" For this reason n'
.,,,,,l,s children are taught writing 'oo
- lie believes that this period III
,,to &c tbe time when piano-paying anu
the study of foreign languages SiOu'u ~
taken up. o,,,s,
,rho sneaker warned his hearers againS'
king the powers Of very young CHIT
aror and in this connection. again re-
commended storytelling as pleasing anu
instructive medium Of relaxation
In explaining his position about sans So ~
soia "Cbildren who are speech-DouH0
n,ic,b+ become eloquent if allowed 10 use
s,org The purpose of education Is 10
o,,i,iyota expression, and speech IS one
form of expression. Alas tor inc 'i''',
,,.bo can write really good theme anu
,rho has nothing TO say in that perfect
y. o,.,,~oseed composition. Nobody mas
Ia,. 90 sneak or write unless he mas
something to say 90
'', - sneaker. DR.. John Dewey Oh
chicago. spoke on dish-washing anu ~
line in cultivating the imag'ha'ioA -
ahil1rer He said that such an occup'-
toD enables the little ones 10 enter INV
social life about them 49,.
lady teacher took the grouhu Una
childhood is too short LOT su'n 20.
nlovs and asserted that juvehhe Ieoi'
nons should have the elements Oh 'ie III
| usual and romantic.
mr. Dewey in his rejolnder insis'eu 'i,'''
o,,,dren take play as seriously as aoui'S
take work. and that they sho" ITO sPV"
taneitv in games. on the other manu. ~
thought the child would place pei'"-',,
bra Of glory about commonplace '"'Ae'
such as DISTINGUISHING 40,
| II &c indeed, most Interesting u ie"'
! 10 theories about the education Oh ou'
bovs and girls, and to study the pii"OSo
,,b,, ON which they are based. but We uei'
any teacher to lay down a set Vi u'0
,hat would be applicable to chiloreh aS
class. If there be any philosophy ANU
c,,ob things. we think it can be fouhu Il
Mark Twain's inmitable producuonS'
..,rom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn Inn
1ren have equally as much indiviou'i''S
&c adults. and the one general piii'o,p'.
ornlicable to nearly all Of them Is 'ha'
thew despise school and yearn LOT eAe'
c,se and open air. tom Sawyer ""ei
delegated TO whitewash fence utterly
failed TO place a ''penumpra OF s'o,'
around this occupation, ana oeVo'''
great mental activity to trick which en-
abled him to avoid it. And So we lear, j
would be with the dish-washers' ~
educational pill may DO tenpoi ~
sngar-coated. but, let the child be ROBUST
healthy. and natural, and he VIII surei'
find it nauseating ere the swaiio"ihs
nrocess Is completed.