The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-31

nj how she taught the child mathematics
Winifred had failed get any sort OF grasp the
subject she saws until the mother was in despair,
fearing the childs mind might be lOpsided- At a
chautauoua meeting in New York, however, the
mother met Prof A. R. HOrnbrOok, woman mathe-
mates teacher who soon put her the right track
Professor Hornbrook explained that Mrs. Stoner
had been successful in teaching music art poetry,
history and languages because she herself loved
those studies and had failed to teach mathematics
because she had brought the fairy interest into
it She volunteered to send weekly outlines OF work.
which Mrs. StoDer was to employ according TO her
ideas
small objects. such beans and buttons. These
objects would be placed In a box and they would
get the most at single grab When helping the
maid shell peas they would try to see how many
peas there were in two or more pods In this
way rudimentary lessons in addition were taught
To make greater progress they played parchesi
with small dice and got practice from adding
the spots. First they used two dice, but finally
they used five and Winifred soon able to add
all the spots without conscious effort They
played all sorts Of games which would require
simple addition and multiplication. In learning
subtraction, they would have battles with tin sol
diers and marbles. and whenever cannon shot"
would topple over given number Of soldiers.
Winifred able to decide how many were left
standing without stopping to count
Cancellation became battle, one Of them play
ing the numbers side OF the dividing line
and the other playing the other. There never
any quizzes, because Winifred taught to
get results and was not taught rules She
learned the values Of money by the actual
of coins and the values Of market products by
going to market herself. To learn pharmacists
weights and measures, Winifred played at keep
ing drug store and sold things to her mother
And it went through the whole subject, until
at last the girl became fascinated with the funny
doings Of Mr.. x and got interested in algebra
Winifred suffered the humiliation Of
physical punishment When she did well, the good
Fairy Titania would hide goodies under her pill
low and when she bad the fairy failed ap-
pear. If she ten minutes tardy about some
task, that meant ten minutes lost which had to
be taken out Of her next recreation time. She
learned that onenses could bring about their
unpleasant consequences, while good be-
permitted to stay at single task when the point
of fatigue had arrived
striking instance Of Mrs Stoner's methods
as well illustration OF the child's intellec-
tual bias is the story Of Winifred and humble
bee In her zeal study the insect at first hand
followed While she yet suffering, Winifred
described her experience in these lines:
One day saw a bumblebee bumbling on q rose
And as stood admiring him he stung me on the
My In pain it sweIIed so large it looked Ike
a potato,
So daddy said; but mother thought twas more
ike a tomato.
And now, dear children, this advice I hope You'll
take from me,
And when you see bumblebee Just let that
humble be.
Like her mother Winifred believes in woman
half OF equal franchise rights, which have been
published in various newspapers and MAGAZINES
Her valentines for Suhragettes" are decidedly
clever and have helped the cause.