The colored American., 1899-12-16

to bread " inning aud 10 such knowl
edge Of affairs as will aid one in pre-
serving himsclf and his family In tn
fierce struggle for existence which 4
always going on. Now, the value o
Science teaching In this part OF com
plete living " paramount, for 1t teach
es us To do M well as 10 know. Scien
tihc methods have penetrated ant
changed the manner Of impartipg al
knowledge as cxemplitied by Prof
Warder in his paper on Mathematics
In which he has just demonstrated tha
such abstruse ideas M proportion, o
that algebraic equation can be reduced
to object lessons by piles OF blocks ant
swinging pendulums 1t has changed
the mt thod Of oven Bible study, foI
now the real student of the Bible wH
go to AssyIian and Bsbylonian inscrip
tions and monuments and tombs fol
information and corrobsrstlon OF his
torical references found in the Bible.
Also the study Of language has been
modified by the introduction Of pic
lures aud plaster casts Of statusry, etc,
10 illustrate Greek and Latin literature.
The erection and maintenance OF the
Halls Of the Aucients" in our oW n
city Is another illustration Of the scisn-
titic spiIiI pervsding the study of his
tory and language.
This scientific or natural IL cthcd is
now fully recognized sud used III the
study cf Medicine, III Lsw, In Com
mercs. III Journalism, in Farming, in
Manufacturing snd in all allied de
partmep,s of human industry. The
second division OF complete living We
will call the making of y Good CHlzen,
Does nature study help IN thisS 1t is
easily seen that II does, for instead Of
the older methods oftsachiug, History,
Political, Economy, and Civics, We
now siops the scientific method Of
learning shout this subjects 81 tirst
hand IS much ss possible. The citizen
begins in she child and scientific child
study belongs 10 my division u this
symposium,
The only exhaustive study of Msp
that We have begins with him even
earlier than childhood, even back in
the physical and mental s,iributss Of
the lower animals, snd must iGcluds =
know wlsdse cf hsrsdny Sn& environ
mont, The climate, Surroundings,
t,N~i, clothing sud houses hsvs much
10 do with the difference in ssmpsrs-
meut Snd hscits of thought between
the &w'sllsrs Ia New EnslSn6 sud New
Orleans, No one can he tnanoushly
S,Ncd citizen wuil he sucws and rscoS-
uiess these scientific fS:Is,
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vslopmsut ~ the mogsl faculties
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