Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-27
HOW TO EDUCATE CHILDREN
Miss Jane BrowDles Of Cleveland Says Ap-
peal to Higher Sense.
TEACHER DEALS WITH THEIR SOULS
Helps Fit Human BeinR for life Dcs-
tined for Eternity-Addrcss TO
Instructors Captivates Her
Audience.

Ethical education was the subject of Cd
most forceful lecture delivered by Miss
Jane Brownlce, principal Of one Of the
Ersmmar schools OF Cleveland, before thu
Omaha woman's club and the teachers Of
Omaha Monday afternoon at the First
Congregational church on invitation Of the
Civil Service committee of the Woman's
club and Superintendent Davidson OF the
Omaha public schools. Manitestly Miss
Brownlee won her audience completely.
Theories with children do not always
Mt and many beautiful thoughts 40 not
work out in reality" said Miss Brownlee
who then told of her position ia The pub
lie schools Of Cleveland. q have learned
theories that I might avoid them. We
have GermanS Syrians. colorcd children
and the neglected class in our schools. ard
these make most cosmopolitan crowd for
as 20 work upon, and we have learned that
ci1iid may he touched in spite of birth
ana heredity.
we appeal 90 the higher self in the
child and try AZ teachers to deal with
divine human beings who are on this ter
restria1 globe for a short time and then
destined for eternity. We try to so guide
him from our experience with life that
his life may be better We begin with
the childs body aud adapt our teachings
TO the age OF the child. The younger chill
dren can grasp the abstract subject Of
honor as vol the older children. We
take Ave minutes a day TO try 20 develop
the ethical side of the children to lead
the child 20 think n he is higher in body
md mind he will reach that state in older
years when he will be proud Of himself
aud Will hardly know by what means he
attained that height.
TaIk OF Their Homes.
we want them to talk OF their homes.
Children do not Ike to he preached 10, and
one danger of the present agitation for
the ethical education OF children is tEat
some law may possibly be passed requir-
ing a teacher to MIX to the children, say
fifteen minutes day, on their soul. THAT
would do an awful injury, Tor a child dis
likes a sermon or TO he preached to. Our
system is 70 reach them through other
means. We simply lead to get them tc
talk. We begin with the body. We show
that they like a clean house We then
compare their bodies with houses, show
ing them their bodies are but the homes
OF the minds and hearts and souls. W,
give little hygienic talks on the body. We
use the house as the word I'm speaking "a
them as to the way they arc caring foi
their body. and It soon begins to have a
wonderful effect They soon gain self
reliance We show them others cannot
eat for them or sleep FOR them. and thai
Vlso they must do their own thinking.
"On the second month we take up tn,
subject of the mind. We show them that
Just as the body needed food ana to b,
kept clean so the mind. We az peal 1,
the reason of the child and don't give ar
bitrary commands Reason is the greatcs
n chi =
'rell the child a strong body ana veal
mind won't go we'll together. Apply wha
WAS said on the body to the mind, Tel
she children, why they are supposed t,
learn the lessons, The marking system
IS based on an injustice. We nav,
changed since 1900. We have no marks
but every child is encouraged 10 do hi
best.
THE real child lives in the body an