Show Reviews h The Arena Aretta Heredity And Environment By A. A M. M Holmes A. A M. M M M. D. D THESE are questions of the greatest interest to all who are engaged in the study of life and more especially to those who aim to become specialists in education Man is the result of all the past and the heir to all the future II The past is fixed the future lies before us like the rough marble before the sculptor By understanding the past and the nature of development with the laws which govern it the future may be shaped Education is no longer simply a process of handing down certain certain certain tain musty thoughts from one generation generation generation genera genera- tion to another but a process of training training training train train- ing for the man child-man in accordance with the laws which govern his develop develop- ment Education is perfect just in that degree that these laws are understood and applied Life is a unity and its progress is continuous the present grows out of the past and is determined by it so also will the future grow out of and can be determined by the present Education rightly understood and rightly applied has all to do with the future of the race race a e. e I Its ts aim should be to provide the ri right ht environ environment nent for mind all forms else-forms of government legislation protective or prohibitory laws is only the means by which this right environment environment environment environ environ- ment may be secured This article is clear and concise it embodies much of the best of modern philosophical ho H i ji i- i 1 t r tiu J Wt e i t i tiri thought in language simple enough to tobe tobe be understood by all Normal students especially will find it intensely interesting interesting interest interest- ing and directly directly in line with their work wor ki k i |