The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-29
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ELECT GRIFFITH
Subject Industrial Eduea-
ton" Handled in a
Broad Style.

ing Session 81 the assoc allon at the
Brooks o'era house
Tho e lucauonal history cf the
world MAJ he divided into periods
corfe sposding to the development. o.
the eaas of Instruction Under the
tuition cf Socrates or Of the Jewish
natriarchs. types of the earliest teach
ers. lecture and discussion prevailed.
We may therefore say taat the earli.
est schools were preceptial The sec
ond period was the era of printed
seyts IN both these periods schciar
shin was diaieotlc and apart from
material objects or practical anairs
Seneca and Quintilan the scla.olmaet-
ers Of Rome. made inutity a condi
on preceeeut m The choice Ct sul
iect matter for a cocrse OF study anc
inutility has been the dcmi.1st fact
In eighteen centuries Of scholarship
The third great advance in the
means OF instruction came with the
advent cf the laboratory Wonderful
have been is results Il made an
end Of teaching by authority. and ir
anguratef independent -sscarch It is
TO be ncted too that the laboratory
method Of necessity enrciced The zee
ognition Of nnnual skill as an educa-
tioaai astainmest Attention 3 callec
To the fact tha the scientist Is no
iengeg ,he savant who can r,hea rse
cagaiogues Of frot-iumber from the
garrei ~ his mind He is the man with
techiaane, the man who corr elates
l,nnwledso wul. achievement. the man
who net only knows but kncws how
TO DO.
The laboratory has prepared the
way for The fourth 'mpmian, exsen-
gion oi ihc Ilean5 81 instruction The
Flea of The school shop Is before us.
4overy useful occupation presents it,
case, In the days of old the colleges
offered a sort Of hit or miss ,chlehy
mlssJ D, ,enaration fcr the ministry. law
and medicine The public schools OF
the future will be asked TO take stock
Of their constituencies Of poten,iai
carpenters ron. workers. road build
ers. farp.ers, tailors clerks and cooks
u their plea be Just the school shoe
viii undertake to instruct them so fal
as can be done within walls and undei
a roof
he laboraIcry aims at skill ans
isnowledge. the skill for the sake o
the Knowledge The shop AIMS Al
Isnowledpe and skin, the knowledge
Tor the sake ~ the skill rhe labora
tory. properly isnoring questions o
utility nro,laimc its Totto "Th,
truth for ita own sake" The schoc
shop. havitg no quarrel with science
or letters inscrihes over It's doorway
y sentiment not less worthy "Fol
the good Of humanity"
Our universities point with com
meudah's price 20 their department.
Of learning. Rut is this all there is o
Scholarship? Is there not a.scholar
ship Of skill. brain pnwer cf works
equal to The bcain power Of hoaks
The majority OF the names inscribed II
thc haIl OF fame are there by virtue
Il achievement Their lanrels are ex
press,Ye Of diyire capacity for get
ting thugs lone.
Scholarship ia the past has heen tol
subjective Il has been chatacteriz
"a by debate and irresolutiop Ham
let sor0wfully kuev when he sal
"thal en.erp,tsas Of great r,th an
n,on,ert with this regard their cul
icnts turn awry aud lose the lame C
action"
but we would not detract from ia
value OF thought power. There is
sense IN which an idea Is itself a
achievement. e IS when a part Z
the idea is purpose. The conception
which are immOrai are the concel
tions which thru the muscles int
action. Put the scholarship which
Unaccompanied by the strenuous III
is anilty every moment Ct spiritdi
abortion.
Have not the psyeholosists- Wund
James. govce- told us that an idea
simply the exponent Of a tendency
acts An too often il Is Jaw aotio
nothing more nut the evolution
the senses. and n the whole neuta
iiy. as we'll as Of the physical beir
ts a plan sor the active adjustment
conscious beings to their enyIronmeu
piar for protection, for achievement
for conquest How can subjectil
culture fulcn this misslong
adjustment To environment Tis
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