The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-04
Said Arthur Brisbane recently:

oaks from little acornS grow. Blolo-
glsts marvel at the change of tiny
cell into full-sized elephant now
hale. But the growth of an idea is In
/ tinitely more amazing. Even word,
spoken for freedom Of body or thought
Il may grow into new civilization, up
setting ancient empires and laws
All changes in human history have
resulted from the influence of ideas.
/ Prof. Reuben Post Halleck of Yale
University in his Psychology and
Psychic Culture says: Psychology,
in order to be most effective for self
improvement, should be studied while
the brain is still plastic. and hence ear
her than is sometimes customary. ByI
the age of thirty, ton of effort will
be required to effect change which
a pound could have secured earlier.
Psychology is a scientific study Of
the mind. All sciences presuppose the
tact that the mind is subject to certain
4 uniform laws. For all sciences are pro-
ducts of the mind. Mathematics, the
laws Of physics, the theory Of evolu-
ton and of material philosophy, are
mental products. If memory and thot
II work to-day differently from yesterday
we cannot depend upon the results of
our reasoning powers in any of the
sciences. 1t is the important task of
psychology to investigate mental laws.
II All processes that affect and con-
ditlon consciousness are, from one
point of view or another, the subject
matter of psychology. The mental
powers cannot be trained intelligentIy
without a knowledge of psychological
II laws"
II Speaking at the psychological meet.
ing at Llano Colony on Thursday ev.
ening, October 26, Comrade Picket
III talked at length about the educationa
II aim for the new generation at New
llano.. How important it is to deveI
II op the right kind of psychology in thu
Hi young Llanoites consistent with the co
III operative aspirations of the member
III ship will become very patent when w
III read the report of the committee o.
II schools made at the 10th annual con
vention Of the Illinois State Federation
II of Labor held at Rockford, ILL.,, tn
III other day. The Committee charge
that:
NV THE great majority of textbooks o
I'LL economics and civics are written frol
an anti-labor point of view, and tn
lGl information given therein is often one
I'LL sided and misleading The unorgar
Hill lied teachers, being uniformed on Il
Hill Dor questions, are unable to detect an
Xiii combat this propaganda.
Till IAN msidious attack is being mad
upon the ideals of the next generatio
by chambers of commerce and simiIs
EHI bodies through speakers sent by thel
Hill to school programs, who instill in til
Fiji minds of the pupils the point of vie
iii of the employing class and prejudice
llE against labor. Through junior asst
Hi Citations of commerce and milital
training in the schools, the ideas of tt
Hill manufacturers associations and chan
Hi bers of commerce are being taught d
Hi rectly and impressively to all the p'
HI pills in those organizations.
I'LL by all these means attempts MOI
or less successful are being made
Till mold the children into submissive
Hill wage slaves
Hill The LIano educational purpose is
make useful men and women out {
Hill our boys and girls, qualified to serv
in many lines of work and cultured
Hi the largest measure of versatilit.
Hill Training them in the handling of va
iii ious kinds of material, in using a
III their faculties instead of merely aut,
HIT matte memorizing of the contents {
Hill Textbooks. To remember in the fulle
Hui sense means to assimilate. The obje
I'LL must be perceived, understood and II
NH tionally treated. 1t includes the u
Hi of discrimination and analysis. Thu
Hill subject becomes fixture in Il
Hill mind. The process changes as the m
Hill terial to be handled changes. If Il
IlB material to be worked up is simila
Hi the training gained in working up OIL
IIl kind will help in working up anothe
I'LL Now, as far as technical matte
Hill are concerned the Llano Colony is n
Hi trying to do anything that has not be-
Hi done before. The only difference the
Hi is between this community and othe
HI is that we are producing for the ecu
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