The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-06

mixed Herewith to paint good sized
house.
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he builds, you will find that he has
developed physically also, his hand is
more steady, and his eye more true.
his grasp is stronger and more firm.
The fifth and sixth gifts are also,
when built into a whole cubical in
form, but are larger. and contain a
much greater quantity of material than
the third and fourth, and are there
fore of proportionately greater value,
educationally. The fifth gift is COM
posed of merely seven small cubes,
three of which are divided diagonally
INTO quarters and then others into
halves, making in all thirty mine pieces
IN the gift. In the investigation of this
gift, the child gets the rudiments of
fractions through the halves and quar-
tiers of the cubes, division of the gift
into thirds, and so on.
The sixth gift is more like the fourth
IN form, being composed of the brick
SNAPPED pieces with which we are al
ready familiar in the latter gift. Some
OF them, however, are divided longi-
tudionally, and others cross wise, max
ing variety of forms very useful to
the builder. These last two gifts are
used to work out the architectural
principles, through which impressions
are given the child, which lead him
to his own self development.
Every man has two educations. One
which he receives from Others and
one more important which he gives
himself"
1t is by the architectural principles
as expressed through the forms work
ed out with the fifth and sixth gifts,
that firm foundation may be laid for
this self-education.
The condition of the new born child
of to-day is similar to that of primi-
tive man in that he has nothing, he
knows nothing. Primitive man learn
ed through necessity; he had TO find
and invent means to supply his needs.
When man had multiplied to such
an extent that the natural habitations,
such as caves, which they had found
and converted into shelter against
storm, wild beasts or the attacks of
other men, had become overcrowded;
or when man had wandered into a
land where he found no such shelter
in nature, he was put to the necessity
of tnventing some form of shelter for
himself. A hole dug in the ground
was, perhaps, his first essay al pro-
viding a home. This, however, did
not meet his needs, so he put COW
ering of branches over 1t by sticking
the ends in the ground around the edge
of the hole so that the tops would
meet. By placing the branches close
together he made them form the sides
and the natural arch of the branches
formed a roof to this rude habitation;
but his house was not strong to re-
sist attack from his enemies, whether
in the form of elements, or man or
beast. He had discovered the wall and
roof; it remained for him to discover
the means of strengthening them. In
raising the tree branch from the ground
to stand it upright he found that he
propped it against the weight from
the top or the force of the wind from
the side, so he reasoned that a prop.
where he stood would strengthen the
structure. The form which his body
took as he held the branch suggest
ed its. form. Thus was discovered the
prop buttreSs.
AS his ideas developed, he invented
other means for Strengthening his hut
but all were suggested by forms which
he had discovered in his own pody.
Thus, his foot prevented his body from
sinking into the ground, hence the
foundation; his legs held up his body,
this was the origin of the pillar or pier.
The cornice resulted from his discov-
cry that he felt weightless if it were
carried on his hands raised above his
head, palms up, than if it were carried
upon his head; his body interposed be-
tween an attacking object and one
which he desired to shield, suggested
the solid wall his legs wide apart with
his feet @lanted firmly on the ground,
the buttress against vibratory motion:
his arms extended in front of him,
palms together, the cutting buttress.
The child may be led. through his own
necessity, just as was primitive man,
to discover these forms in his own body.
Of course he does not fully comprehend
the character nor the office of the foun-
dation WALL pier, cornice and buttress,
but with his discovery of their forms
and their supporting and protecting
qualities, thought has been implanted
which will in future. develop into a
knowledge of their significance
By giving him the material and let
ting him build the forms for himself,
we may lead him to see the speaking
qualities of these forms. That the
foundation says to the wall:
Il will hold you up and keep you from
sinking into the ground" that the wall
says, Il will surround and protect YOU"
that the pier says to the roof. IT will
support and hold you up" that the
prop buttress says II will
from the other side" that the cut
ting buttress says Il will divide or
parry the weight and cause it to pass
on the other side" that the buttress
against vibratory motion says Il will
support you against force from what
ever side it may threaten" that the
cornice says to the wall, II will become
strong to resist evil and embrace the
good; and finally he will come to real
ize that,
Life is but a means to an end. That
end,
The beginning. means and end of all |
things, God"