The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-01

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has about 10000; trade slow and a
shade lower. Good killing lambs are
selling at $6.00@$6.65; yearlings
$4.75@$5.25: wethers $4.35@$4.60;I
ewes $3.75+$4.25; feeding lambs
$3.50 @$6.50; yearlings, $4.75@$5. 4
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NEW PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCA-
TION
In Dean Blakeslee's philosophy of
education the word education as here
tofore used would hardly apply.
The word as it now stands means
to develop, to train, to become skilled
by repeated efforts, and the use of
the memory, etc.
He claims that education from such
"a standpoint is unscientific and con-
trary to Psychic law; that only ami
mails should be educated or should
be counted as of the world of evolu-
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a system of destroying error, i. e.,
that man in his natural state or pri-
meyal state Is perfect, but owing to
the gross darkness which has cover
ed the earth, men are buried in error.
Education, he claims, is the lifting
of the clouds of darkness and the
mortal belief in error. Man needs
no education but is perfect in him
self.
Heretofore it has been supposed
that wisdom, genius and skill was due
to development. He claims that the
most gifted person cannot be trained
or developed in any line without first
destroying error, l. e., that it is neces-
sary, first that the soul be free, suf-
ficiently SO at least to support the
particular skill toward which they
aim.
He has proven to many minds that
genius is a condition and not gift,
therefore his theory is that the pres
ent systems of education not only re-
tard genius but in many instances de-
stroy it.
For example, 1t is generally known
that children who seemingly born
geniuses seldom ever come up to the
expectations of their friends. He
claims that the cause is not in the
child but in the system of education.
Did men and pedagogs only know the
science of genius it would grow and
unfold itself like beautiful rose.
And, would it be expected Of rose
to bloom in it's perfection if the gard
ner should attempt to restrict the rose
by forcing leaves to open or by al
lowing the cold winds to stunt it's
growth? Every child is in its nature
perfect and genius all 1t needs is.
the sunshine and rain of love and wis
dom and it will unfold itself beyond
human conception.
When asked the question Can my
child learn music?" his reply is
Music is not learned; destroy error
and you are already a musician"
"But don't I have to study music?"
No. Music cannot be studied, what
you see printed as music is not music
and the learning of 1t and all the
great masters have ever known be-
side, will not make musician, or un-
fold the true genius" What then
shall do?" " First learn the science
Of the soul, mind and spirit, then,
when you have found it follow those
laws; one hour of serious study of
Psychic Law will make greater mu-
stefan than 10 years of studying must
cal theory.
Should not student of music
study theory?'' Certainly, but when
the soul is ready one week of study
is better than one year in the dark"
II have a little living example of
my philosophy in child nine years
old whose soul Is like the fragrance
OF beautiful flower; who knows
more of the theory of music than
most adult graduates do. Yet she
has never attempted to really study
it. Send me the children at years
old let me keep them day and night
for twelve years and will show you
as many geniuses as have children;
they will read and write and under
stand mathematics, languages and his
tory without what you call study 1t
is crime to force a child to study.
Remove the rubbish of false belief
and error and we will have wisdom,
purity and power, without all this
physical pain and worry We are max
ing of our children nothing but patch
ed-up automatons and limitations of
men.
/" Am too old to learn Never too
old to destroy error, but you have
learned too much already"
| Mr.. Blakeslee's theory is that the
study Of Psychic law will fit man for
anything requiring wisdom to per-
form. He is aiming In the near fut-
lIlre to take children as early as babies
| in arms and to that end has in train
| ing a number Of. tutors. He will all
so employ trained nurse to look aft
er their physical wants, who also is
instructed in his philosophy Of edu-
cation.
| While Dean Blakeslee is Theoso-
phist in some OF his beliefs regard
ing the soul, yet he claims there is
no evolution or refrigeration Of mind,
soul or spirit which is the phychic
life Of man. and upon this belief he
has based his theory of education,
and II results can be any criterion of
truth, there is no error in his philoso-