The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-26
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Professor IS. Mackenzie
Traces Il Back to Prehistoric
Body Painting 5
4 EXPLAINS N ETRE Of ], POETRY
Cones from r ytllt1tof Communal
Dancing ii Tribal Days.
School 81 Methods. .5s315


" lprincipnlsJ II RI. Bintord, Of tho Spring.
4 Held School, Introduced Professor a. " 8.
Mackenzie,ycsterdn morning at o'clock
5Sto the city tcnchcrs. who met Tor the
!; first time at the sunine T School. which
\ s;beins held ,Sthe Central School. over
200 teachers were present 81 3Y
Professor Mackenzie, the principal
speaker OF the day delivered an address
entitled .".rlic Old Psychology and the
X New He explained that the first ayl 3
liable is not e suggestive S Of u tn WORD
S"sgh,,' butSlrather% OF Smile OF. Joy. s <;
because the science Of the mind ca fJoe
4 applied BY tho tencher In the actual work
sof the schoolroom. liichmond, the GEN. Il
ter OF the Southern Intellectual garistoc-- :.
isracy. WAS. moro than any other city q
suitable place for teachers TO- net md
think for ithemsclyesi9nn u they DID 80
this city could be, and ought TO be. the
pioneer ~, all scdu .2d tlonal deve'op {.
+ The scientific method has three ste ps-----s
observation, experiment and dedication
and psychology Is tho science which Is.
fortunnte, because every man
II carries n aborat tory under Ills hat hcre
" Is no way Notwithstanding others unleHRg
ono underestimate ones self md A. ne old
psychology wa 8 wise y N laying tress
upon the method OF Individual introspec-l
8tion, The new mental science seeks to,
measure sensations or reactions, but no
n apparatus can measure an idea or read
the Thoughts OF nnothe The teacher r
must become child c, not chill disliS ~
he Is Ito understand and develop the
minds Of his pupils. Tho get-rlch-quick
schemes arc experiments IN psychology,
y based, as the lecturer wittily remarked.
( upon the Scripture text, Come with ius,
\ and we will DO thee good. Is THERE'S no.
&jnfallible method OF ton, but every
Intelligent tenct,er who studies the pupils
and learns the elements OF psychol
I may create a method thnt will produce
Sthe highest possible results. M
Literary Study.
sss5Es Pro cssor Mackenzie. who Ifs dean Of!
y tho department OF literature and psy-.II
1 chology8at the State College OF Kentucky.
4 gave q second lecture "a q 1915 I'M. yes
Y tcrday upon The fcWs Method OF Lit-,
4 arary Study N ,ti33$
AL present there}i s no scientific method
II Of literary CRITICISM !. and II in the course
OF his researches, the lecturer was obliged
q to coin The word literatology to ex press
d the new scientific method which seeks
y 10 explain the origin and development OF
Il that social phenomenon which is called
literature. For the first time upon any
d public platform the lecturer announced
his original theory that all writing can
n be traced back to the body painting Of
and he supported this view by references
ITO hunting tribes NIL over the worl Id IIn-
written l!tern turc first appears AZ poetry,
4. which II Is more drama tic than pie ie
try no isinG--.ssa Ahaa
u the echo of the rhythmic steps OF the
4 communal dance OF savage fotcfathers.
TO make literature OF living interest In
the schools one must try TO tch some
n OF the magic that turks 81 In NIL true
& poetry and prose, and SO one can cast
i a spell over the lives OF the pupils and
initiate them into that Freemasonry Of
culture whose members are dotted over
tho surface OF the globe. Poems such
1 as appear In high class neUspa pers like
& The Times Dispatch 'ia educated adults
I as we'll as children, and III poetry is he
language OF tho gods. the sooner man
prepares himself for Paradise the better
\ for all. 3 q s } ( }i$
4a The other instructors OF the summer
1 normal arr Miss Flemming. who dealt
& With arithmetic;l Superintendent Q. Ms
sNYoodley. language Miss Rogers, nature
study Mrs, Read, drawing. .3is n III {4
DHTiy sessions Will be held every fore
noon until Friday week. and the public
"a cordially invited: