Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-10
WILLAMETTE NOTES

partment of education, gave an inter-
esting lecture on ''The Mission of Edu-
cation" in the chapel of Waller hall
last night. A large crowd was present,
despite the number of other attractions
on last evening.
The crying need Of Willamette uni |
versity and other colleges is the assum-
ing by the individual student of intel |
lectual responsibility. The professor s |
address showed the work of years in
the working out of details, and was a
masterful production.
Some of the ideas presented in the
paper we're:
Education is a preparation for com
plete living, it should strive to produce
a sound body, sane mind and the abil
ity to make an honest living.
Education should aim to conserve, de.
velop and enrich human. life intelleetu-
ally, morally and spiritually that man
may attain his highest ideals. Any
experience which will bias future ac-
tiOns, mentally, morally or spiritually,
educate.
Education must interpret the environ
ment, the educator must control it, and
the individual adjust himself to it;
therefore put into the environment
what you desire in the individual.
"Theologians and men of letters may
say that education has been overesti-
mated from scientific standpoint, but
l must reply in the negative" Science
is constant struggle against ignOr-
anee. Progress consists of making mis-
takes, then recognizing and correcting
them.
Professor Sherman then considere,
the mission of education from four
other standpoints, namely:
Physical, intellectual, moral and re-
ligious development.
Physical education is of great import
ance in maintaining health, on which
depends the welfare of mind and body.
Play is the most important form of
physical education, being a rehearsal of
racial tendencies. Children mimic and
entertain everything in nature.
Intellectual education has for its aim
the development of truth, goodness and
duty. 1t has two factors: Permanency,
the nucleus of dogmotism; and critic,
ism, the nucleus of change.
These facts cause intellectual educa.
tion to pass through three steps; Dog
matism, skepticism and criticism.
Moral education is the first in the
point of Importance Moral ideas lead
to moral actions, and morals are con.
duet
Disposition is the climate of the soul.
Whatever is desired in the child must
be found in the parent. In sex educa-
tion there are three steps: Intellect
ual attainment of facts. Emotional
states of mind; spiritualizing of sex
knowledge.
Religious education should be largely
taught in the Sunday school rather
than the public school. 1t aims ia
cultivate sense of responsibility. and
an altruistic nature. Religion is an
emotion guided by thought and workc5
, out in action. It is a matter of con.
; tagion which appeals to the feeling,
7 and emotions.
vocational education is becoming al
E important subject, and should be SO
: for it is the duty of the state TO do ~
1t can for its individual members t.
teach them trade; consequently tn,
manual training departments in higl
schools are in the right direction o.
7 progress.
Action and effort are two importan
necessities in education and are fnnda
= mental to the attainment of knowledge
Mr.. Bower, former minister of Sa
lem, but more recently returned from
!. two years sojourn in Nome, Alaska
v where he was missionary to the Es
g quimaux, spoke in chanel this mornin,
It to the student body and faculty.
His talk was largely historical an
y was listened to attentively by all. as h
3 presented his subject in such an inter
IS esting manner. He stated that in Alas
k ka one can see more scenic beauty i
= three months than could be seen in
period of three years in Europe.
s. He gave several short descriptions O
II native life in Alaska, and also showed
is number of relics which he had collected
y some of which are of great value.
r The basketball game 10 be played bt
Il tween W. Z. and the Z. of Idaho. wi
u be played on Friday evening at tn
1t Willamette gymn, instead of Saturda
t. as scheduled. Idaho is touring throue
If Oregon.