Show mOM GmlHOOD I RRISUNCE The Period From Eight to Twelve Discussed In a Fragmentary Way by Dr Hal Ioton Time end 1m Determined Menial arid hjlal UnAlfsallutolF cy 1 lrcr p I JnnImlI I 10IonTMrhln n Iy Inshnt ChIld Stady she Only JI f do 1hU oIhy it lldulatt At the opening of his ceventh lecture lec-ture Dr Hall called for 1 number of toacheis to take the stand to assist him In nn experiment Seven young men rcaponded The doctor arranged them sldo I by shle and requested that they Join hands He then took his place on the rIght also joining hinds with the column Directing nil to close their eyes he asked that as soon ns each should feel the 1 repsure of his left hand lie would convey the pressure on to the next the last one WS to throw up his right hand as soon aa the signal ehould leach him tl TEST OP HHACTIOX T1MK The audience became Intensely In telected In this cspcrlmont and there < tltlment < was profound silence when Ir Hall throwing up his left hand get the Impulse Im-pulse In motion One could see It i travelul I one arm down nJtherln d across the eight countenances In some It moved fat In Others low1 The evpellnlciit was reputed anti this time the Impulse occupied four seconds In tilt transmission or an average oC onehalC becond 10 each mun < I The Interval elapsing between the mont that nn Impression starts Cur the blain and the moment It lap pears In action Is technical called reaction time I varies with different differ-ent organizations some being uvvlft others slow I also varies according to the length l of the nerves Ihioufih which the Impulse glasses Inos This fact U I Illustrated In various trials An Impression Is t begun at the big tIe for Instance nnd < discharged at the tip of the middle linger of th t In t opposite hand This Is I tithe longest crul t The sh 31 lot Is I thn If the eye vithich In the act oC wInking reacts with almost In edlblei iv 1ft II ne neBy appropriate experiments we call ascertain accurately the rate at Which energy moves along the nerves Mn till action Is I toy nu means limtnntan ous It takes time And each man has his own time which Is I ratio the pek 1 Monat equation Ior 1lhate oler UOIR all i In astronomy It Is I neces a ur to know the observers icuctlon lme his personal equation which mist to I deducted from the time at hlch he < reeords tin taking Mace nf the event The nOnge reaction time tho time Utvvccn seeing and recording an turence Is I about ontcnth oC n second TIOlOIT nIACTO Dr Ial described 01101 expert mont for testing the time of thoukht reaction that Is I the time It takes for reatton In impression to sot going an assOcl atoll len He told the teaches that he I woull ask each to try the expel mont of shooting hack to him tho I I rst 1len muggeste1 toy the word be houl rive ile liien named cat Most shouted Dog Some lint others Mouse He then namul the mud loy and replies were divided In kind and In lime Illrl < hot freckles barefoot being sumt oC the various noUn ggested Tilt lecturer then Ilate < some i amusing ofoslon hat hall eelll him IUII hy ouch tests Oil one tie clolon MIMI he ihouted the wonl tins confident that It would suggest sug-gest window one respectable young nml I surprised him by responding Meehanlcnl contrivances for moa tiring still determining lienrly all the relations growing out of mlndaetlvl ty hove bn invented uC late years and Are uow In ue In 1lllolcal labomtorles One If theoo < mol Pirates that the had 1 grow 0 1ra let when engaged In thought thereby Incidentally In-cidentally jiuUlfllnR the metnphoto lightheaded emiit headed as applied ap-plied to one who never thinks This Is I the melhod employed A mal In I quiescent state of mind It I laid on a board In I such a way that his < body exactly balances on I pivot Ho Is then ghen I problem tn workout work-out Irdual tits head begin to lh to the ground Weights are placed on the other end It Ills feet until 11h 14idy 1 hatin lives again and thu the heft oC hlH thought la aeer t aln alwhkh I 14 I needless to ay Is I the wel lit oC the extra amount oC blood caused tn flow to his brain by reason of the exercise going on there 1 FllOM HUillT I I TO TI3LVn The tillosatimi oC reaction time Is I IUI rencton tme directly related to illtods oC teach Ig The present lecture concerns it suit 1h that matt oilgniallia pericul In I childs life the rerlod bet be-t eight and twelve yearm of age Less is I really know oC It than oC I ot > r porlud The lull after the ago oC eight cases lit a House to 6 I i child yet ho I la not It youth Vir y little ouwn1 growth mark tl Ito lerlol total thee is I much Activity Development IrncoI by Involution The body proms Jllex and there is I great llepntalun if tile titnouer This < Is I tho best age In hh to toch 0 foreign language that is I if the natural and only cornpletemethod be followed alitch in I the cr anti 1 Colow < convoi Pat Ions I method lVelshrivully this may he callei 1Chuln < ly cII < tho ol1rt Illt ltI < alt Is I Ie ullr adaptod to hldrl Thc long rll method that of the eye In1 finger In other words the rmmnr anti wrltnrnnlnlon matthodA hat ever ho itt nwrls for a later agvsind tiley are doubtful nt ally Iet not ly for tilts 10rl1 of mhll growth lrum chant to twelve In I its oln age oC crhal memory and should lit all lS nC lit I ghing the dl1 n complete and riveurate vocabulary oCt tile olojrtm I haM rome In context wih t 1 Ill also nn else of great Inter Pat II A 10Bmlg Mw Is the time to taeh tile central fait concerning then the-n moun earth Atoll stars and whit ee tot nntul m > lh and legend It Is I nnr tn Imow In Order to Interpret lterature Some one hits lhl that If Iomer he I not road In tit 11lnal boCnr theo the-o oC fifteen he < nn never be nlloI at < < the heroic tnr will be I vital I this Ile I factund there seems good Ion to tele Ith I nL females should come url r 10 tit or rlculum Th present tnlkn Y I to lint them 0 off till we 111 but I lont tools With uhlell to else into 1 m I the physical basi oC lCe 1141 nOt Len ropeetd In 11 kindergarten still primary gindei the ear from eight to twehe 1 Le characterized Iy varl OUR dla us Ie and Par < treat tile nrt cxtremelY conlnoo Chorca or St Vitus done and eurva tur oC the millne r < alst of flequent occurrence The later promises to hI Irolles obviate to a trial extent by hit Intro In-tro < of e r lives penmanship 1ANCY V 111SUS TACT Tcachirs should not be In hate t Insist upon the use of the reasoning Caeuiles There 14 I sti of mile It lu he learned which Is best taken on trust that me may well via it the na tUrn I unfolding oC the rational pr Io too cale ohould he taken not to dety the nht oC children Do not dlluHI > tho m IICe I 10 ii come pnle nun nouh evn IC teachers take niohmd In I ly way C IUHIIUon talle a Cew trlklng t 1 object of natlreIhe moon Cor I ft stance Vrm a Scientific oint oC Vt Iow It Is I the dead cat clntle al thing No animal or vegetable life exists Often I during tilt wentyIRht ohl days unit nlhts 1hl0i constitutes its single day the temperature vatlea he twea six or sen hunlre degrees nloo j zeo Il the sunlight to five huo < < ogreeo In tho oha o I In I n orout Ianet too ICcle to In the linaginatbin een O n IRuro yard uf whnt may have hn lint to childien what ohJot I Inner full oC poetry uhst obJo t I moll alpt to stIr the blt moton and awoken the sense nf the hlnl 18 I not n Inor exchange then tta roh tho heort oC tills otmulatn 01 jeet In order that we n ask ut suptsse nrl h the haI It It tt servo Its mission In the domain of feeling I I lint tno Funn reach feet the prosaic 1e oC the domain oC Coetfho rise Romo nrgumnt hold trne of the mam TaNtv torleo In hIstry Fuel aa nRhlngtnn anti hi 4 hotehet John Smith arid Inllnt nmlil And Herons and the hoole tale cC llnm Tell The I grin faetgatheilriL historian In I In 1 oult ahl to halr nil these leer haliblen oC chllhd and I live no fear ned In lalnl so ere Ufo I heoms 11r prnot lnt In the mean 11 Rp him ont oC the school toom n you mastild keep out one vho Is I bent on steal nw tho COO that Is 1 to noullsl tile heartUCo oC your children chl < rn ICtCI A HAND IUI Tile folloming pasrage from Carlle Sarlor I Lenart tin chap I 1though not given In the lecture is I so apt to the point lat dlseu1 flint 1 take the Ihrt of quoting I The man Ito cannnt vionder ulica does not habitually wole and nfir still ucie lie president oC Innumer aiM roYal 0eleUo land cnrl1 the vihole Mranlqn Celeste and lgel9 Ihlonlh anti the elittonitt oC all laboratories la-boratories amt ohatrl with their leuls In Ills Fingle headI hut a pair oC Reracle behind which there Is I no Eye Lot the vlho here es look through titan and then he be useful may usefll Than wilt have M mystery Anti mysticism fit walk through hY volld hy the nnhlne oC ullat thou calost ttuth air on h I the hln < lanall oC hit I call ntnyIoglc Rod explain till nount for all or be I love nolhlnS oC It Stay thou wilt ntemlt laughter whoso recognized the unlatbomabl nlpedllg domain tit fey u11101 I rhee nn < e our Cet and urnong our hands to hnm the < univerge is I In Orlle land a Temple aR elf tin n hlchon und a eattle talI hal he I dlrlou mystic to him thou 1 lh sniffing chI Ill protiusivelle proffer thy haIllm Anti hrlk its one Injured hen he Licks its Coot through itArmor Teufel Doth not thy con calve dOth not th bull gender Thou thyself wert thou not born li thou not die Kxpliln me all Ibis or do one of two things lletlte Into private places with thy foolbh cackle or what were better bet-ter give It up and weel > not that the reign of wonder Is I done and oils uotll all dlsembclllshcd suits prosaic but lira thou hlthmo art a it Ill settantu and Eandbllnd le I < ant1 1 IlULiaiOUS INSTIUJCT10 Ilellglon Is ill > central fact In child life nnd no educational system Is rom Ilcte that neglects the cultivation of It Hecause of the muchvaunted net > nrallim of church and state American schools hne nIe1 Nhat no after study or Incidental religious Inelntal 1 lul training call compensate The time to lionpross Upon children the central facts of the < pTrltual lifo and nnanlH relation to Dell ty find to his fillawmin Is I allow novv whin the mind Is I so constituted ns to take many things in trust This Is I the pi Hod of faith and faith Is I preeminently pre-eminently the basis I of religion 1 the attribute be neglected now It will not grownnd hen the Inward monitor monior thai II should be thtoiigli life < Attempts have frequentl been mad to agree upon fundamental irln cloH that muld 10 taught alike to children oC nU religious denominations still of n denomination hit Ih no real success as yet Th Cathol hao cents moro nearly 0hlne the pro lem than any other sect they at m lo take their children for ease hour after the mecular school Is I dismissed In Cer many t his Is I also dm hy the Lutherans And RO this ttary basis ni complete mental life Is I attended to There Poems nn good reaon why this Latin shoot not bo follow d in the schools of Arnerlcn OKDIlt Or STUDins The Question ot the order of studies for this age his already been partially discussed In respect oC expression by hand drnlng should precede writing Ircoe The latter 1enlng more than the former upon the lady oC the necessary Muscles should he put off to a time hn these fusl are better d to velitics < Th orulalon oC this order Is I likely to lead to chorea A grave mistake Is I being male In the early attention given to moth nUlte I would em an IC some 101ch0 hl Rome arlhmetcma < and r trying to infect their 1llls lilt the Paine malady I Is I aCe to say that wo an recluee the work now required re-quired to nohaIC anti Vince the 10 cloning oC the study tO years 1t0 10 rolt adantage from n lisyclics logical point of IwO Iw-O PCIUNCR 01 EDUCATION ICICI ItCA TIN The trial dlvtrnlty ot opinion ns to tho proper curriculum nt tiny given I age emlhasl the fact that we I I Avis 1 yet no zeal lenoe of c du 1 t loll We toudpow this view now that uno authorities tit to tire weary with the conlllct uC anthorlts You have no doubt heard the story of how John council Mary In the kitchen with only one chair between them About 12 clock I occurred to mary to usk her lover whether he was not tired I Oh not nt al dont nu Me wan the gallant reply I wag awfully II aNNIally ta tired alHiut an hour age but now i Hill nlmb It Is Just about i the nm wily with is In that came i oC the eduutonal books 1h which we lend our brains We lime passed the iletinJ whn wo r e nw Iy tired wall ar I ul to 110 th1 a 11 I higher simply Istause we mail fell numb lint there In no w hope fit 1I donialn I I of childmud i Lin If now I arriA Ott Irt loop we may onlhllnt xlct 10 I I ha t 1 Ihloaph f Paul lon v home I dictums mIll Lie equlalent to laws tit teachers con contlbut to this work match more tndeO than he who In i I I I the seclusion of his study elaborates a prlcrt IKm educational theories I Unity with nature tho unity of child jl I tit and teacher with naturos I Lclemes is to be the touch tons of I aenUle 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