The colored American., 1899-12-16


| betteIing ones condition, IL viii APP
ply 20 all ones relations to the family
To bread y Inning aud TO such knowl-
edge uf affairs ss will aid one In pre-
serving himecli and his family I'm the
fierce struggle for existence which is
always going on, Now, the value of
Science teaching In this part of COM
plete living IL paramount, for IL teach
es us To do ss well "a la know. ScIen.
titic methods have penetrated and
changed the manner oi imparting all
knowledge as exemplitied by Pfof
WaTder in his paper on Mathematics,
I'm which he has just demonstrated that
such abstruse ideas as proportion, or
that slgehraic equation can be reduced
TO object lessons by piles OF blocks and
swinging Pendulums Ii has changed
the method of even Bible study, for
now the real student Of the Bible viii
go to AssyIian and Bsbylonian inscrip-
tions and monuments and tombs for
information and corToharatlon of his
toricsl references found in the Bible,
Also the study of language has been
mcditied hy the introduction Of pic
| lures and plaster casts of statuary, etc,
ca illustrate Greek and Latin literature.
Tit erection ana maintenance OF the
"Halls of the Ancients" in our oW II
city Is another illustration Of the scien-
/ tho spiIit pervsding the study of his
tory and language,
This scientific or natural methCd is
now fully recognized and used IN the
study of Medicine, IN Lsw, In Com
merce. IN journalism, in Farming, IN
Manufacturing and in ali allied de
partments of human Industry. The
second division Of complete living We
will call the making If y Good CtIzsn,
Does nature study help IN thisF lt is
easily seen that II does, for instead of
the older methods ofteachiug, History.
Political, Economy, aud Clvics. We
now Sjops the scientific method Of
learning about this subjects $, first
hand IS much ~ possible. The citizen
begins in ,he child and scientific child
study belongs &c my division ~ this
symposium,
Ike only exhaustive study ~ Msn
that We have begins with him even
earlier than childhood, even back in
the physical and mental sgiributss q
the lower animals, snd must include =
Snos ledge II hsrsdl,y Sud snviron-
ment, The climate, Surroundings,
i,'>><i, clothing and houses have much
IL 10 with tile difference in ssmpers-
meut spd habits of thought between
the jNSllsrs In New EnSlSnd SOd New
T Orleans No one can he = tnoroushly
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