| Show RE OF imagination an excellent paper ly by a 2 3 7 col logo loge student imagination is easily the girnt capability sap ability in the tha mental economy through gli this faculty the soul pro gi grees esses cs for all progress n comes from efforts to realize our ideals education of imagination is the development of the power of the human intellect the highest pio products diack of art the most ingenious machine the inspired poetry the moje tic edifice are arc all the products of this 1 naster master workman of tile human i nind mini all AlI theother alie other faculties are merely the aids and auxiliaries of this power education of imagination is the development of the power to create high ideals ideal imagination a paves ch the e way to fame literature bei science ence art fire are but the imag imaginative inactive of wic wise and versatile men it is imagination agi aoi 0 nation that enables the political economist to picture ili his ideal government ern ment it is imagination that comes to tn the aid of the orator in the he elaboration of his oration with imagination we idealize a perfect life and aini aim torea to rea 17 lisie e it tile student should be ba taught to make pure and high M ideals this faculty has a tendency to inspire effort ell ort to diffuse dif fLie hopf and joy and derew from the fountain of childhood joys and gaieties the ideal gives us more pleasure than alian the real and the products of genius enitia contribute to 0 o the happiness of cultured minds imagination lias has in the patt pat been compounded with bu but t there is no debut bobu t now as tot to the fie distinctness of two faculties all the acts that are ac accorded coded to youths ima imagination r bv some authors are plainly nothing u else than reveries in youth imagination makes rapid pro progress gresa 0 as a witnessed by the rapid increase in ill the childs power of composition among the studies that adfor the greatest culture to the imagination V are language literature art geography co drawing n etc literature ranks highest 0 the kinder kindergarten arten finah imagination inin t n is cultivated mainly through objective means by constructing new combinations of blocks sticks clay etc the primary prin iary student is led to make new combinations yet jet he be must always create for himself no matter bow ho crude may be his ideals lie he is led to picture what he reads to put himself in the place odthe of the hero the soldier the martyr etc and to observe the beautiful in nature here is an infinite field to cultivate imagination beautiful flowers ll speed ard and music inspire imagination child literature should not be omitted fairy tales hible bible stories etc are invaluable in this line of education in ili the intermediate grade the student advances in lan language giarre composition 0 0 constructing geo geographical graphical maps literature for children as robison crusoe stories containing good moris lead tile student to idealize character and to work up to his ideal tile advanced student is lej led to construct science hi history etory ile he enters into the life of the event lie takes t a es part in the battle lie he visits far off countries in his mind and by so doing firmly impresses the fact on his mind besides educating this wonderful power ile he is led to make tho the abstract concrete to illustrate abstract maxims and sayings this faculty is one of the most neglected 10 in the matter of education it lias has not long been separated from which faculty merely needs direction the more mor c obvious and pernicious mistakes are arc tho the following L the student ib allowed to ver bation instead of reconstructing the wolds yet conveying the same idea the student indent is loaded down with irrelevant r facts makin making 0 his efforts slow and sluggish the teacher does not lead the students to inquire for th themselves enough ile he explains all allowan allowing 0 the students to relax into a very injurious lethargy low ideals if even tolerated cause the imagination to retrograde though it can produce the highest t 0 good it car can evoke tile the most corrupt evil thin be rigidly guarded against 0 E I 1 |
