Show THE EDUCATION OF by this is meant the development of the power to reproduce past experiences when a person is able to recall past acquisitions readily and accurately lie lias has a cultivated memory were it not for chiq faculty enters into all mental activity the past would be oblivion science would be impossible pos siLle and we would live only v in tho the present with our immediate perceptions even these would bo be blurred because bac ause we could not associate arid and assimilate our axi experiences ri and our knowledge would be bences a disorganized inas of ancon unconnected fac facts t A person with an educated master all in memory emory can call readily I 1 science mathematic etc it it is the foundation of imagination judgment beazon rea on etc I 1 with vill this faculty as well tell as tile the others the three great laws of education are applicable I 1 strenuous well directed s self elf effort educates 2 12 studies that call memory into cea ceaseless seless activity tire are the bust best law of means 3 plans of work that call memory into systematic teina tic and persistent activity develop this power there arenth are other er special laws that ore very important such are law of interest N c le member best IN what hat we ive tako take an all interest iu in law of repetition we li hive ive our memories memorie s by frequent repetition law 0 of as association the more ways we ire can call associate as opiate a t thing hing with others tile the more ways them are to ta recall it Greo geography graphy history botany litera tute tuie are the most valuable studies for memory cultivation in ili the kindergarten tho the child is is lead to assimilate and associate it its new and its old eld experiences and to recall accurately its few acquisitions tile the chief aini aim here is to have them obtain vivid and I 1 lasting a sting impressions of physical phenomena thus laying the foundation for good memories memorie 3 in ili tile primary grade language Il allu lu c les leson lesion on stories music and memory fe gems ms are the chief means of educating g anem memory ory this is the golden period to ingrain 0 good halaas hait 3 in the i intermediate period abstract memory makes its appearance science history and literature are now the means to cultivate this faculty they now begin 0 to classify roughly and thus lay tho the foundation for advanced science Cou concrete crete illustrations and doin doing Y are helpful devices in this grade to promote memory b growth the advanced advance i student is tau taught 0 ht to master botany and zoology Latin and greek whereby he may cultivate mamorv memory to the fullest extent lie ile should aisch discriminate imi ind aud organize his bis knowledge he should not overburden the minds with details selection underlies memory through ca organizing 0 our knowledge C we bein being in numerous associations which afford mail many I 1 more avenues through which to recall ouk our past experiences the teacher should icaline the great cre it control he has is over the pupils memories in the lesson he be presents in his manner kanuer of conducting t recitations etc reviews Ite views i hould be held often anti and stated examinations of great lengths 0 of time should be avoided in in inemer memorizing izanc the student should get et the idea the readia reading 0 implies how often do we find children trier merely cly memorizing 0 words only associating socia cocia ting n them by their relative position on tile the printed page 0 go to nature study the plants flowers and cices tices the animal and tile the wonders of the universe and not confine the learner to dry arv abstract books if memory it is intend intended ld to be educated duca ted what the child gains from nature it will know and remember 1 E 1 I |