Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

alities and the worthiness of all
people.
Under his guidance our chill
dren were taught the three "r's".
not only to read, write and multi
ply but to gain a better under.
standing of the fundamental
truths of life.
He developed the school system
from the authoritarian approach,
through learning through acti-
witty" and child study to the new
period of self-realization.
Humanity has in it the I'M
realized self. The school deals
with human beings in the forma-
tive state. The primary concern
of education is the human being
and its realization"
"The test of the institution is
the desirable growth it brings
about in human beings. The
institutions playing a part in
human endeavOr are secondary
things since the institutions
themselves have emerged from
human beings i'm their attempts
to better themselves"
Education that concerns itself
with the institution, the means,
in place of the human being, the
end, is working in a secondary
rather than primary field"
Also, mo learning takes place
without first hand experience.
One learns from ones reac-
tons only and not from the sub
ject matter . this means hard
work and struggle with the ar.
lists approach to living"
Listening to DR.. Broome, you
are made aware of his genuine
affection for all growing things
through his analogies taken from
nature.
There is, for instance, his lilly
pond illustration to express his
belief in the importance of recog-
nizing the difference between ac-
cepting any matter, and this
includes children, as objects in.
stead of data.
Objects are judged and describ-
ed with nothing further to be
done to them. Whereas when we
work with the same material to
discover possibilities, to promote
growth, to increase values and to
make effective use of the mate
rial, we develop data for work
ing basis.
He illustrates this by describ.
ing an old, rundown farm, with a
stagnant pond in its dooryard.
One man, on seeing it, passes
judgment on the farmer as a
worthless human.
The next man looks at the
/ pond, wonders at its peculiar
color, examines it, finds it to have
special growing qualities, in
tereSts the farmer in starting
pond lilies. AS a result, the fame
from the beauty of the lilies leads
the farmer to take pride in spruc-
ing up the rest of the farm.
The first man saw in terms of
the object only with no following
action. The second man thought
in terms of data and made no
judgments.
In the year books you can
follow the development of DIR.
BrOOme's ever.grOwing con-
cepts. From one of the earlier
books: Before anything hap
pens in the way of learning
one must experience that thing
to be learned. The more.
mechanical processes of con-
structing, drawing, talking,
writing and especially of read.
ing only get us ready for ex.
perience. Experience only
comes when something happens
to one"
The cherry tree analogy is
another way of expressing this.
"You can read about a cherry
tree, look at pictures of one and
even draw it but before you
really know what a cherry tree
is you must experience watching
it grow, picking the cherries, see
it weather a storm, fight its
diseases and save its crop"
This concept gradually de.
velops into the one of self.
realization mentioned above, zone
learns from ones reactions only
and not from the subject matter"
knowledge is not education
but won from education 81. use
of knowledge is power not know
ledge itself :"
Another expression of a basic
idea is retaliation or develop
ment. of the child can be brought
about by instilling in him under
standing Of the use and signifi-