Arizona republican., 1915-09-19

talked about dottoressa went beyond my widest dreams of her Younger
 handsomer and gracious as a queen she stood a living picture before me. Brownish black wavy hair, soft vel
 vety melting black eyes, an exquisite clear olive complexion, perfect teeth,
 a mouth sensitive and fine, and a
 mobile face whose sweetness fas-
 cinates. Her musical Italian voice ! inspired her audiences even though | they could not understand her words. l l heard Dr. Montessori twelve times 1 or more but to me her two greatest i days were at the San Diego exposi l. ion and the round table discussion ! at the ball room of the Oakland i hotel to which admission was by in vitation only. At the round table,
 on the platform were grouped in de- ' lightful fashion Dr. Nontessori, in i the center; to her right, her charm ing young interpreter, younger but as beautiful as the educator, and then
 great big splendid pr. David Starr Jordan. president of the N. F. A:
 on her left was her Italian reporter taking down her words as she ut tered them, and an English reporter sentence with Miss Piles interpreting ton. l regret to say that there was a spirit of criticism and discord | amongst the American kindergarten CTS in their questions and the man.
 ner in which they were asked. but the sweet generous replies of the 1 honored Italian guest added to her laurels and her conquest At the San Diego fair to understand the ! beauty of that perfect afternoon one ShOlll6 h9Vn a mir Of hot of art, the San Diego exposition. Dr. Montessori was at her best for the air, the sky-the very atmos- phere, must have made her think of home. As she gave sentence after sentence with Miss Pile interpreting, I thought it more interesting than if she had spoken English, for the play of expression and anticipation in the 1 faces of those two beautiful women was a bit of art in itself. Her ad- | dress was not long, and follows: Tn this public piazza, where eIe- vated subjects are discussed as from
 the height of the Campidoglio in the
 antique glory of Rome, I feel the | heartbeat of my country and I hear the echo of her history. Here the splendidly lucid skyy, the luxurious | fruits of the earth. blending with { the architecture of the beautiful plaza and the shower of gentle doves which come trustfully to eat the grains from our hands-as in the 1 magnificent plaza of San Marco in Venice, make me vividly feel my own country.
 T greet with fraternal spirit the
 magnificence and glory of this ex- position and l greet in the person of
 the illustrious leader who presides
 over the education in the United States, the greatest hope of the flu ture of this country-that is the 1 childhood and the youth. whom our
 educational cares should form. Educational Queries
 w hat have we done to treat and develop the intelligence, the strength of character. the spiritual qualities of man? Are we not perhaps giv- ing more care to the body than to spirit? Do we not give the youth more open air than spiritual liberty? Do We not perhaps teach them to cleanse the body far more than the soul?
 Tt is now that we make our de- cision. We must treat the character istic part of man-that which directs his whole being-the spiritual part. through the children and cultivate their inner fires and make them burn.
 That care which today we give the childs body and which extends itself so minutay even to the care of the hair and nails should henceforth be given to the psychic life of the child.
 Ta Iii r1,s learn many facts is not educating them-it is over-taxing their minds
 Children of today are subjected to intellectual strain, which they have to undergo in order to be, in structed They have to carry heavy loads and labor which instead of leading them high up into the aid and the light of the sun. lead them down to darkness and asphyxia of intellectual slavery
 Keep Mind Free, Plea
 We must not overload the childs mind with external burdens, but must help his inner development Help the mind to find it's steady equilib- rum, to form an inner order that may be lasting and facilitate spon- taneous production of the intelli- gence.
 We must help so that the errors pass unobserved, but may always be recognized and corrected as a spon- taneous attitude of spiritual activ- ity. This cannot be obtained except by offering the children means for exercising themselves spontaneous ly and the liberty to complete in peace a work which they have freely chosen.
 We are committing the great sin of wishing to make little children like unto us, forgetting that God alone can create humanity in His image and likeness.
 New Humanity Seen
 This is the revolution which awaits us and which announces it. self in the dawn of a new human ity the expositions of the Pacific are announcing.
 We must do the reverse of that