The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
SCHOOL RUN By YHEOSOPaETS
LYMAN j. GAGE TELLS OF MRS.
TTNGLEY'S WORK AND PLANS.
Has Two G~randnleces 1t POtnt LOmA-An
Children Treated alike. Whether Pay
Pupils or Free--No Pay for the Faculty
Hopes Of Redecmtng This W0rld.

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In speaking recently Of Mira. Tlneley's
school OF Point Iona. Cal, Lyman J. Gage
ex-Secretary Of the Treasury, said:
There 10 q great deal OF Misrepresentation
a. 10 what Mrs. Tingley aims to do and 10
doing. Her idea Of education 10 that the
moral nature of a child ahould DO directed
and developed no less than Ito mind.
Il would not attempt TO state all that she
holds essential in this regard. but Q funda-
mental principle 10 that self-eatisfaotion
and pride in material possessions lead to
envy. Jealousy and many other evil passions
inimical alike to the individual and to
society. and that the young should be
taught that the standard which makes such
possessions desired above most other
things is false and not to be tolerated.
A an example Of Mrs. Tingley'a teaching
In this regard, a little girl, whose parents
are living at Point Iona while she lie being
educated at the school there. asked her
father TO arrange that she have her pony
and cart az she had been accustomed TO
have II at her home in Cincinnati.
II do not think Mrs. Tingley will ap-
prove OF your having a pony and cart
her father objected. You know what her
rules are. She does not permit one girl
to have what others cannot afford, and
there are g good many girls in your part OF
the school who cannot have q pony n
cart
After thinking for q few minutes the
child asked:
IT ] can make II all right with Mrs.
TIngley and she is willing | should have a
pony and cart, will you get 1t for mef
Her father said he would and she hurried
away to find Mrs. Tingley. When she re-
turned she told her father that he could get
the pony at once, as Mra. Tipgley had said
that il all the girls could use it lust as she did
she was quite willing she should have II,
az IL would be q source Of pleasure TO them
all. So the common property pony was
installed, to the great n continued salts
faction OF a large number Of little girls
When asked IL he was identified with
that branch OF the ~Theosophical Society
Of which Mrs. Tingiey is the head, MIR.
Gage repned that, he was not. He also
stated that he had never been identified
with any t~heosophicsl society and that
while he knew that Mrs. Tingley represented
that she had been appointed by the late
William O. Judge Of New York, who was at
the head OF the American branch OF the
10oOSODnlCFl NOCAclyf o5 Ms peSSSSft
it was not a matter which in any way tn
son the other hand" Mr.. Gage explained,
Il am Watching the work Mrs. Trngley 10
doing in her school with more b casual
interest. have two g~ranonleoes VINO are
= dTheir grandparents are, living at Point
Iona and look after them. am there-
fore not responsible for them n am free
to observe their progress as an outsider;
though more intimately IT than | DO any OF
Il believe there are something more than
two hundred children and youths attend
ing this school and there lie a large waiting
list of those who cannot be accommooateu.
The teachers are Americans,
equipped for the work they are doing, but
net one OF them is receiving g penny foT his
or her services. Truly they have their
food and clothing, but that Is all.
aAs TO the pupils. those who can pay DO 90
and those who cannot have every attention
and every privilege enjoyed by pupils pay
as ] can judge, is there any distinction Pc
tween those who have means n those VINO
have one.
When asked how the school, with the little
theatre which is par, OF u, 10 maintained.
must be insufficient. Mr.. Gage stated that
the expense OF establishing and conducting
the school to date had been met by volun-
tary contributions and by Mr.. Tingiey. who
Is a successful inventor.
TO take an active part In the conduct OF the
school. He is in sympathy with his Wtfe's
a%ltruistic ideas and the work she 10 DONG,
and as there is need OF money he devotes
himself to making 1t.
His business interests make 1t necessary
for him 10 be much OF the time in New York
and Washington, though he makes ooca-
sional trips to Point Iona, and 10 familiar
with all That is being done there. In faot
it would seem that he takes the same pleas;
ure in contributing to the POINT Iona eohpnl
that a man usually does in supporting his
This is quite in accord with the brother
hood OF man principle, which lie professed by
the people who are active in this educational
undertaking, They all regard me not as q
but as itself a school, or rather one grade OF
q school Of a succession OF lives in which the
soul lie disciplined. educated and developed.
MIR. Gage pointed out that the cost OF con,
Quoting the school Is small, as compared
not alone the faculty, but thoss who serve
In other capacities receive no more than
their keep for their work. In speaking
OF this MIR. Gage said that II occurred to
him to question the mar who does the haul:
brought from San Diego.
Being a big, capable fellow who OWNS
horses and a wagon. he could easily earn
s. q day and Mr., Gage knew he was receiving
and asking nothing for his work. When
Mr.. Gage suggested that the way he was
in his time was not very profitable
and insured him nothing for o rainy day,
which might put in an appearance at any
time, the man replied:
There's more In this world than dollars
and cents. My wife aud I are not afraid
about getting along all right. We're satis-
fed to do our share to show folks the right
way. Everybody will see Il aftera while.
Mr.. Gage stated that the mans wife works
as he does without wages, confident as be is
that they are helping to bring about a
millennium,
All who work with Mrs. Tineisy at Point
Iona share her enthusiasm in this respect,
and she has an abiding conviction that \
the work she is doing 10 the little leaven
which in time will leaven the whole lump
Of this old world, and, redeeming IL from
the worship Of Mammon. viii oonvert II
10 a standard which win make excessive
possessions q disgrace.
When asked II Mrs. TinRley does not
pretend TO hold communication with unseen
in~telligences and 10 be guided by them
In her undertakings. Mr.. Gage replied
that abe held that one might be personally
enlightened by the creative force which
directs sua controls ali buingB in suen q
way that he would be led 10 choose the
best COURSE. As TO whether she individ-
ually claimed such guidance he could
not Say.
Then, smiling, he remarked. that II che