Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-19 | Page 14 | Stories in Stamps

aim A r mn n mar mn 1 i a. a q r STORIES IN z 1 j E T S 6 f y g I. By-I. S S. S Klein Mein P I Y 1 AGO I 3 HE concept method of teaching nowadays is nothing new after all For years ago Jo Johann Jo Jo- hann Amos famous Bohemian Bo Bo- Bo writer and educator anc an and last bishop of the Moravian anc and Bohemian Brethren first ex expounded expounded ex- ex pounded the idea of using pictures and objects for teaching the meaning of words and of teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing a language by means of topical topi topi- ical cal conversation was more familiarly known as Komensky He was born in Sin 1592 in Moravia After con con- con study and tr travel he began began began be be- gan gan to teach school there He wrote numerous works on education education education tion and these were translated in into into into in- in to 15 languages His revolutionary revolution revolution- ary ry method of teaching languages son vron him such fame in other countries that Sweden had him bim organize its school system He died in 1670 at the age of 78 IB 78 71 Czechoslovakia O r. r recently honored l A lIP a r 3 Kome Komensky n s k y by bYj placing his portrait por pore c I trait on one of I U m its stamps It is shown here Copyright 1936 1935 E. WA Service Inc ino NEXT What is the 1 19