The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-12-09

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eliminate his own shortcomings, med
ding with and prosecuting others for
opinions sake would pass into innocu-
Gus desuetude.
If our hearts could appreciate all the
great souls Of the past who have pass
ed through veritable hell Of the most
cruel martyrdom to perpetuate the
glorious message Of the practice Of the
golden rule as the only way for human
salvation from spiritual. mental. and
physical slavery. not human being.
but would feel thankful and grateful
that we are living to-day, entrusted
with the glorious heritage Of continuing
the liberating work Of our devoted pre-
decessors.
\ But apart from all these considera-
tons we have special reasons for
thankfulness IN Llano Colony. New
Improvements and additional advance
ment is made with every passing day.
We held our first social dance and en-
!, tertainment in the new roof garden on
| Thanksgiving night And, oh boys, it's
), a peach" all right! am sure there
is no finer dancing floor in all Of West
ern Louisiana, and it's all our own,
too. We certainly had grand time.
and any one who deprives himself Of
the pleasure of our social entertain
ments fails to realize his great depriv-
J alton. Then, too, the cafeteria service
has been introduced into the Newllano
hotel, and it is working the best ever.
More than anything else, we can be
thankful for the splendid educational
system that we have from the Kinder
: garten up. We believe in the elemen-
tary method of education, which oblig-
/ es the learner to investigate, observe.
{ and experiment for himself. Diester-
veg, an eminent disciple of Pestalozzii.
) pointed out that principles Of educa-
: ton must be sought for in human ma
ture, and not devised alb extra (from
without. The elementary method, he
: says, is inductive, analytic. inventive
{ Cor heuristic, from the Greek sentence,
: i find ouD, developing, exercising the
: natural learning method. Ii begins with
! Individual things or facts, lays these
: as foundation, and proceeds after
. wards to general facts or principles.
From these Individual things, facts, OF
& objects, we gain definite ideas, ideas
i naturally related to our native powers.
! and of the degree of the knowledge al
!, ready possessed as being the result Of
y, our own personal experience. Such
knowledge, as the product of our own
! efforts. is ours, in sense in which nc
- knowledge, of others can ever become
= ours; and, being ours. it serves as the
! solid basis of reliable judgment and In
auctions that we are able to form, the
! method is inductive because it begins
! with individual facts.
! The mind, dealing with individual
: things and seeking to know them, has
! no choice but to subject them to mental
= analysis. Every individual thing is an
aggregate of elements, which can be
known only by clearly distinguishing
! the different qualities Of the aggregate
G from one another. Nature does not pre-
sent to us any element alone by itself.
:, The elementary method Of learning,
which requires the learner to perform
: this distinguishing Of the various quail
tiles from one another. is analytic. In
!, other words, resting on observation and
experiment, it is the method Of investi-
cation. All great inventors. whatever
!, their name or at whatever time in the
worlds history, to mention only Edison
Ford Steinmet2. or any others Of
to-day, gained their wonderful insight
into things mechanical and electric
), through the elementary method of
study. It's the only avenue Of origin
atty, greatness, and superior achieve
ment. 1t is the only method to mental,
political. and economic freedom. The
individual, all individuals. can be lib
Grated and set free from all shortcom-
ings Of human existence only from
within by the use Of his own native
faculties of gaining knowledge and Of
knowing the truth by. Of. and for him
self-to so cultivate and control his
impulses. that they may express them-
selves in wholesome living and right
eous conduct TO all other human beings.
I. We are thankful for this realization Of
human possibility and wonderful
achievement at an early day, when
man will be the object of devotion;