The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-28
- MOVEMENT ESTABLISHED IN WHEELING
THE RENAISSANCE OF PLAY
BY GEORGE E. JOHNSON.
(Supt Pittsburgh Fairgrounds As.
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(Supt. Pittsburgh Fairgrounds Asso-
ciationl.
The Renaissance OF PLAY, To an
pfeclate the tuiness o. the promise
contained In these words We need TO
tnlnk back and follow along the path
OF progress OF play in the world
Play was the mother OF education
The methods OF that happy mother
: are preserved ana disclosed TO us to-
day In the antics OF every young
normal animal or child. 50 familiar 10
you all But play advanced its teach
( ing beyond the lessons necessary for
Z survival which we see given still to
the young cat. or dog. or child: and
man advanced thereby 20 some high
er stage OF Development
On the toys OF children have been
/ based some important inventions.
The trundiing. hoop maintaining its
/ extraordinary upright course. suggest
ed the NelOcipede. and then the hi
cycle. The top. pure toy. has for
ages demonstrated the principle OF
B Tue SNroScOpe. and the gyrO-cope sug-
EesteG the possibility OF the mono
plane railway The kite delighted
untold generations before IL aided
FRANKLIN in discovering the Identity
or lightning and electricity. or was
ever used by metcorolocis's In their
reSedi ches INTO the condition OF me
atrlNfpnrr" or disclosed 10 the
WRIGHT brothers tho secrets OF The
acropiInc while II is undoubtedly
true that most important discoveries
ana inventions have been made BY
. adults the important thing for us 10
b no'' how On" interests AMI activ-
Ties OF difcovcrers and Inventors in
/ lhtlr childhood have prepared them
I Tor their later achievements. ana
above ell. 10 noe that what We're the
/ motives for PLAY In Ia, child. became
/ me motives FOR master work In the
man, aHd that they are psychological
~ IDENTICAL
have --drchej through volumes OF
looks and periodicals on inventions
and inventors and have found no re-
liable evidence a. all that necessity
was ever the real mother OF inyen-
non my ~ far as sny insight into
lhe inner !ie and psychology Of in
N"ntorE was GIVEN. II was teeminR
"tiA the suggestion Of the inner me-
child. i'' Vi '''e
As man progressed through the
htHI'-. uSin- and pastoral stages
] I'ai extended rs field b0yord the ac-
.t'.''7 '' cary ior survival Social
l-.N ii9-'. al4 dancing. music and
AT developed
PLAY became recreatiye rs well as
"Qur6ilo' ell % he essential was ADD.
90 e.Hhriii-f n"r.. 10 the Fundamental
I me accessory, 20 the moods OF the
tpihylS.eai l!i'. opportunity for the
But all this time We may believe
lhat man Va unconscious OF the in.
"H'h'r ~ play In The pro ress OF the
ace Wien Man first recognized
'--| as teacher. We may never
Emo" u vas in Greece that play
.Ir' came mo cor picvous prom
r....
.u' i'or.'. and u is a fact Of deepest
interest 20 us that the Creeks made
'H" mos. remarkable progress eyer
made p. am ration
Al s'vo1 years of age the Athenian
.tu en- the palI,sfra which was
CC.Sehtlaily, play ground. All the
Htst ana better hall % the dav was
spent in gymnastics. dancing and
fdW's OF play. r. tho afternoon there
WIS singing. some writing (the Lo-
SINNERS wrote Iu the sand boxes or
.n sand s'rrwu upon the sroundI
'.-' I'a'iIt. aI DO me omen air. and
.Htl came e long period ~ play again
SHch was the schooling Of IN. Grsalr
i8l mp 10 o." age OF ten OF eleven
ana if did not differ essentially nm IN
-N'. axe o. s't'''n except in the 70.
N'iL,t or iH' EXERCISES And vet. The
r..,, ".I hIt ca. q % marvel at the
re- uIS OF fa" GIHeK education II
produced De- highest tvue Of man
I.N ''tllN and intellectually. that mo
W''ii mas ever seen. which Cation
"'s af ,tr iu advance of tho
fn-' -lw.n ass the modern
I'il imam lE Jon advance Of the ma.
I'D. NlI4'Hu. Tn physical beauty.
,o-TtE" ana patriotism in uhilo-o.
l.F. literature. 1rchifocfur. aud a-.
lN' 'f''E. have been uusurDassei
me axes. and are sfiIl tho
INSPIRATION of our school TODAY
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