The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-01-02

is Just such problem rs confrontS the
the civilized world. a mans value TO
the world in thought and action depends
on what he contributes TO the world. 4
man who does not help the world on
ward has blocked the wheels of progress
There are two kinds of paupers in this
world. The ploboian who is kept
at the expense of others, and the young
man or woman in the palace who is kept
by the father. Environment makes the
man, but he can choose his environments
Each individual has for its purpose the
good ofits kind. The more he boeemos
acquainted with this worl the. more
power he has. The world is fun Of activ-
ity. Man has impulses common with
this activity, and these make the child a
means OF education. The school has this
problem-to make the transition in the
child from instincts and impulses to a
thinker.
The problem Of the schoolrlom must be
as definitely in the mind of the teacheras
the woodwork OF the piano is in the mind
of the workman. On Tuesday evening
DR.. Black gave his lecture on The Mean
ing and Value OF School Educ0tion,'
which was full of helpful suggestions TO
the teacher, and plainly showed that it
depends ON the gettev whether it IS worth
while to toll for an education or not.
Thursday afternoon he gave a lecture
on "The Problem of job. As nr, Black
looks at it, the theme of the book of job
is Self-reliauce. Job lived from within
and was true to the best sense Of right
He was selt-reliant because he relied on
the justice of God aud had not violated
any of the great laws of life.
DR.. Blacks work was happily supple
mented by that Of Prof. Sherman Davis,
young man of energy and. culture.
Prof. Dayis, AFTER graduating from one
of our best Universities, took degree at
the University of Marburg an Lain in
Germany, and his bright, scholarly lect-
ure on Monday evening on "School Life
among the Germans" gave the audience
a glimpse of student life in the Universi-
ties of Germany. With fine descriptive
powers he portrayed Germany as charm-
ing piece of Natures handiwork, and lis
massive stone structures as relics of the
time when the nations of Europe were in
their infancy. He also showed the his
tory Of this great nation to be a strange
mixture of tragedy and comedy. Prot
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work, "Liie Relation in Education
He began by telling how scientist
has devoted twenty-five years to the study
of the eyes of blind fishes, because he
discovered that at sometime there was a
connection between the subterranean
cavern and the sea. How long, no
one knows. In some way this
connection was broken and now foelers
have covered by papilla SO sensitive
that these fish recognize a friend as well
as an enemy. The purpose OF this Scien-
titic study is to learn how the sightless
eyes differ from the normal eye. And so
we in order to work out the relation of
life in education must in some way get
some basis of understanding ourselves.
We interest ourselves in what The world
is interested in. When anarchy
reigned in the animal world, people were
interested in war. When Christianity
came into the world and the law of love
touched the lives of men, they became
interested in that. Ifreligion touches our
lives it is best TO be religious. In an in
teresting way, Prof. Dayis showed how
race impulses were displayed by the
toad, squirrel, chick, and horse. \ child
has more impulses than any other ami
mal-has come into the world with more
instinct. Talking is a race impuls and
the child has an immense desire to ac-
quire vocabulary. Until eight thi,
impulse is strong and it is unnatural for
a child not to whisper. At this period,
teach the language. "Strike while the
iron is hot" In the same way he ex~
planned how the desire to distinguish
color, to enjoy fine pictures and ear
should be satisfied at the time of har-
mony. The boy is muscle hungry. He
loves to get into danger for the sake Of
agility and he should have an opportunity
to exercise this muscular coordination.
Race impulses satisfied at the right time
have given to us the standard of right
and wrong. Nature studies should be
tors lived in the woods. The boy loves
the woods and should be taught how to
preserve our forests. lie is interested in
conquest Of animals and should culti-
vate them. The law Of selfpreservation
should begin in primary grades. Boys
and girls are interested in books that
get near to nature. They will be more
interested in these than the trashy novel.
The problem Of the boys and girls is TO
have them find their place in life. The
teacher is to guide rather than repress. If
a stream is damed up it will have its out
let. Activities must not be stopped,
but transmitted. Ifyou want to repress
wrong, give the child something good
and more interesting Negation is new
er valuable. 1t suggests the activity you
would not have child do. The negative
.shonld oe translated into the positive.
By doing the most for ourselves we do
the most for the world.
Prof Eichhorn who had charge of the
music is an excellent young man and
an artist in his line Of work. He received
musical education through private ir-
struction in the cities Of Pittsburg, New
York and Chicago. For six years he was
supervisor Of music in one OF the western
cities, but for the coming year has an en-
| gaUatnant A. ~, ovar,,aiistic efn,,o, ,ri,I