The Harrison times., 1916-12-23
BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
PURCHASED FOR THE
WOODLAND SCHOOL

y SOOulS hHOMlSubC hON anu thOh
Is sought by Woodland Heights
children.
~ Woodland Heights Ward School is
the first school of our little city to
endorse and purchase the set of Chill
dren Encyclopedia called "The Book
of knowledge" and each pupil is just
ly proud Of this valued possession.
The pupils of this school expect to
help pay for these books, by paying
me penny each per month.
TIE four excellent teachers of this
school and the Woodland Heights S.
l. A. stand ready to lend a helping
hand. '.-~.
The year nineteen and seventeen
viii be a goodly year | Nyeen,
And blessings on this school will
shower"
For knowledge" always will be pow,
er.
The Book of knowledge was made
by little child! That is why all chill
dren love it. The little child came to
her father busy and distinguished
editor. with question after question
concerning the great world about her,
which he found most difficult, indeed
almost impossible to answer.
But he did not say, 81 am too busy
now, dear, run away and play; when
you are older you will learn all about
these things"
He said, This divine curiosity must
be satisfied, for wonder is the seed of
knowledge" and he determined to
make a book which would answer all
her questions. He consulted with 9th
er parents and educators upon this
all-important need, and it was decided
to make book for the children the
world over, in which they can find
everything they want to know in the
simple language they can understand
Complaint has been that our school
system does not furnish a practical
education for life. President Wilson
says, THE children of the last two or
three decades have not been educated.
With all our instructing we have edu-
Gated nobody. We have merely
crammed their heads with an enor-
nous mass of irrelevant facts"
Dr. John H. Finley, New York State
Commissioner of Education says in his
introduction to the Book Of Knowl-
edge:
Suppose boy Of ten were to spend
fifteen minutes a day reading these
pages-he would at thirteen know
more about the earth and life on it
than the wsest men knew few gen
erations ago"
The Book of knowledge represents
the tremendous need Of the parent and
the child for a work which will ans.
wer the ceaseless stream Of questions,
How, What, Why, Who, When Where,
What parent has not been asked such
questions as these, Where does the
mind begin? Why can't we see in the
dark? Why does a ball bounce? What
makes a bee hum? Why do the stars
twinkle? What are eyebrows for?"
And what parent has been able to
answer them, 50 that a child would
understand?
The Book of knowledge answers
every question child can ASK, in the
clear and simple language which
child can understand.
The father and mother who have
this work In their home need not take
refuge in flight or in putting the child
off" with answers that neither explain
anything nor satisfy,
The child has a keen appetite for
the things that are So as well as u
dainty palate for story, fairy tale and
poem.
The one will not satisfy him with.
out the other for II is his whole ma
ture that demands development
The Book Of knowledge Is won
derful blend which appeals to all sides
OF the childs nature. Il is a work
which is unique in the history Of the
child world It's appeal Is psychology.
cal and irresistible, and marks tho
beginning OF q new era in the educa.
ton of the child.