PAGE EIGHT.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1904.
NATURE THE
BEST TUTOR
Dr. Woods Hutchinson Says the
Child Is Mot Advanced With
Text-Book Drilling.
NEEDS FRESH-AIR EXERCISE
Evolution Will Bring It Up to a
Standard of Civilization Tbat
it Is Naturally to
Reach,
"The Care and Education of the Ris
ing Generation" was the subject of
the address delivered last night by Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, secretary of the
state medical board, who lectured un
der the auspices of the Woman's Club.
Because of the rush of business lncl
dent to Saturday night the attend-
ance was not as large as it otherwise
would have been, but those who lis
tened to the discourse found Dr.
Hutchinson a most interesting speaker
and greatly enjoyed his talk.
The doctor is not In accord with old
time methods of teaching the young
mind to shoot He is firmly of the be
lief the young mind has been taught
too much. At the start the doctor said
that the question as to whether or not
one were fortunate to have been born
would elicit various answers, but, hav
ing been born, it was our duty to so
live and conduct ourselves as to create
favorable environments for the rising
generation.
In education, the speaker said, the
aim should be not to stick too closely
to the system of cramming the head
of the child full of text-book knowl
edge, taxing his memory, but rather to
provide for him an education that will
make him broad-minded. warm-heaJ.
fed and physically more capable. !'
used to be that 'ladles" and "gentle
men" were of the exclusively educated
and cultured classes, but tbat distinc
tion ought to be, and Is now to a more1
marked extent than formerly, within
the reach of almost anybody, and by
reason of improved methods of educa
tion will still farther afford opportu
nities to all; .'n other words, the ten
dency Is toward broader and more lib
eral education, and a generally more
available and democratic system.
The greatest possible training should
go with the development of the mind,
asserted Dr. Hutchinson. The old Idea
that a child should be made to go to
school and put in so many hours a day
at book study, with the aim in view of
having it accomplish certain results in
given lengths of time, was, the doctor
continued, quite erroneous. Natural,
healthy development of the child re
quires far les school hours end more
attention to fresh-air exercise, enab'
ling the child to grow and expand by
aiisoclatlon nnd induction rather than
by application to books. Following
out the same line of reasoning, the ef
fort directed at teaching the child to
walk and talk is largely waste of time,
the child being a born mimic and Its
natural Instinct being to learn the very
things which receive the attention of
mothers and educators. The Instinct
born in the child Is the result, accord
Ing to Dr. Hutchinson, of the expert
ence of millions of generations.
It is useless, said the speaker, to
tench morality to the child, except in
a general way, because It can not com
prehend the teaching. Such education
ts foreign to its nature at that age.
The child, the doctor averred, passes
through the same ages and periods
through which the people of the world
have passed in their evolution up to
the present high standard of civilisa
tion. What the child requires is the
opportunity to study nature, and to be
permitted to undergo a natural devel
opment, mentally, morally and phys
ically, rather than to be crammed full
of knowledge. The doctor's address
made It plain that he was not in synv
pathy with Puritanism, but that he
believed the child should be allowed
to have a good time. -
Going back to the school room ques
tion, Dr. Hutchinson said he believed
there should be school physicians, not
alone to direct the care of the health
of the pupils, but as well to instruct
them in their play. Parents and teach
ers, he said, are Ignorant of the science
of these matters and do not properly
understand the training of the child;
they keep the little ones cooped up In
school too much. Along the same line
he referred to the ridiculousness of the
occasional necessity for the closing of
schools because of disease epidemics.
If teachers were capable of properly
looking after the health of the chil
dren, there would be no disease epl-
demies. .Most of all, teachers should
be able to distinguish fever, which sel
dom manifests itself except where
contagion is apt to follow. The neces
sity for the isolation of sick children
was also pointed out
Speaking of the evolution of the
child. Dr. Hutchinson said it was im
possible to indoctrinate high moral
precepts into its mind, but that it is
more profitable to allow it to develop
according to its own natural Inclina
tions. The process of evolution would
bring the child eventually to the 20th
century civilisation. The speaker's de
duction was that It Is Improper to re
quire the child to fit the education, and
eminently proper to make the educa
tion fit the child.
ACCIDENTS AT RACES.
At Intercollegiate Regatta en Coast
Events Art Marred.
University of California, April SO.
The first Intercollegiate regatta on the
Pacific coast was marred this after
noon by several accidents, the most
severe of them being the breaking of
a seat In the University of Washing
ton's boat, preventing the northern
varsity from competing. The varsity
race was easily takun from Stanford
by California and the race between
the freshmen crew resulted In a walk
over for California, The course was a
mile and a halt straightaway over the
Oakland estuary.
The sea was exceedingly choppy dur
ing the race between the freshmen and
Stanfordltes. They were swamped to
such an extent that they were com
pelled to make for shore and ball out.
Berkeley won by at least a quarter of
mile. As the Stanford boat neared
the finish they were swamped, en
dangering the lives of the rowers and!
necessitating their rescue.
Just as the Washington crew, which
was supposed to be the best of the
trio, was ready to comete with Stan
ford and California, Its sliding seat
apparatus broke. After considerable
delay, California raced Stanford, win
ning by six lengths. Washington and
California will race Monday.
SUNDAY BASEBALL WINS.
udge Gaynor Expresses Himself Re
garding Arrest of Players.
New York. April SO. Supreme Court
Justice Gaynor at Brooklyn today In
dicated from the bench in habeas cor
pus proceedings, brought by Bernard
York, a lawyer, that he would decide
In favor of Sunday baseball In Brook
lyn in the near future.
Justice Gaynor discharged the ball
hlch had been reqtMcpd from the ball
players arrested declaring it unneces
sary, and paroled them. He expressed
himself vigorously against the action
of the police.
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Seattle, April 30. The Washington
logging and Brokerage Association tar
day decided to curtail the output 50 per
cent during the months of May and
June and camps will be closed entirely
during July unless the demand should
Increase. Eighty-five per cent of lh
members of the association were pres
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and there was not a dissenting voice.
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
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the towering crests of the Rocky moun
tains, a as added to the dominion of
the young republic'
The senator referred to the marvel
ous development and growth In popu
lation and material resources of the
Louisiana territory and added;
"What a wonderous transformation.
Yet the century during which It was
accomplished has barely passed and
the glorious work of building up this
mighty empire has only Just begun.
To Jefferson, to Livingston ana io
Monroe belong the undying honor of
securing this vast domain for the
American people and on the brightest
pages of our country's history Is In
scribed the treaty which they consum
mated with the great Napoleon.
"This day marks the beginning of
the grandest, most varied and most
extensive exposition the world has
yet seen. This exposition, favored by
the late President McKlnley, whose Iry
vt tat Ion to participate therein was ex
tended to foreign lands and Inaugurat
ed by President Roosevelt when he
employs the power of electricity at
the nation's capital to set In motion
the machinery here Installed,, will
crown with fitting honor the event we
now commemorate.
"It will, as we are already assured,
prove worthy of this beautiful -city and
and of the. great state of Missouri,
with its unmeasured resources, and it
will add another triumph to the glor
ious achievements of the men and wo
men who dwell In this favored land.
"Such expositions Indicate the dif
ferent stages In the progressive march
of the human race. They Invite to a
share in the honors, they bestow the
enterprise and inventive genius of all
the nations and they provide the best
and highest means of education, supr
plementing in a large degree the work
of the college and university.
"They are the harbingers and pro
moters of peace and as such they merit
and derive the support and approba
tion of the wise and patriotic men and
woti'en of every land.
"Where else, with greater reason and
propriety could such an exposition be
held than in our own country, now at
pear:o with all the world, and com
memorating an went whose import
ance and far reaching consequences
cannot even now be realized and un
rterUood? . i
'Where else with stronger assur
ance of success could this great enter
prise be taken than In the city, on the
bunks of the Mtsstslopt and among
the prosperous millions who art build
ing tip a mighty empire and have add
ed to our ling so many Imperishable
stars?
"Pioudly wt hail this day and this
glorious occasion and unite with every
lover of our country and her blessed
Inst lit Urns In bidding godspeed to this
great exposition."
"Ambition, competition, strife and
friction are essential to progress
Without these nations would sleep and
men would die.
"The aggreg&tln of the productive
nees of man displayed at this great
festival of progress Invites a rather
contradictory reflection. It both levels
and establishes distinction. To me a
most magnificent fact brought out by
hthe exhibits Is the coincidence of ad
vancement on certain distinct lines In
sections remote from each other, wide
ly apart In native and acquired at
tributes; at once denoting the com
munlty of thought throughout the
world.
"The school the college, the univer
sity, stimulate the faculties and Im
prove the Intellectual conditions of In
dividuals. The museum Improves the
social conditions of a community. The
xeposltion Impresses Ita educational
benefactions upon the world. The
plan and scope of this exposition ut
tered at the inception of the enter
prise was consciously Intended to give
Its full expression and ultimate out
come a distinct educative character,
Th claslflcatlon Itself, the rules and
regulations of the exposition, the se
lection of the material, the arrange
ment of the lnlvlduul topics, the cata
logue, the demonstrations, the provis
ions for the jury system and the In
corporation of a co-ordinate congress,
each contribute an essential factor In
giving to this exposition the elementts
of the university, the musuem, the
manual training school and the libra
ry, while over and above It all Is the
record of the social conditions of man
kind, registering not only the culture
of the world at this time, but Indicat
ing the particular plans along which
different races and different peoples
may safe'y proceed, or, In fact, have
begun to advance towards a still high
er development
NORTHERN TEAM LOSES.
Put Up Good 8howing But Meets De
feat by Californlans.
Berkeley, April SO. As was expected
the Washington team, outnumbered
three to one and on a strange track,
went down to defeat before the sprint
ers and jumpers of the University of
California today. The score stood:
California 72. Washington 3. Wash
ington, however, maJe a remarkable
showing, every one of her athletes sur
passing their former performances.
Joe Pearson, the northern sprinter,
showed a form that surpassed that of
Dunn, Stanford's Idol. Two coast rec
ords were broken, 220-yard dash and
50-yard dash, Pearson -nring the for
mer and Abadle of California the latter.
ACCUSED MAN RELEA8ED.
Wife's Charge of Murder Fails Being
Substantiated.
Chicago, April 30. Andrew Houston,
who had been held by the police since
Wednesday pending nn Investigation
of a murder said by his wife to have
been committed by him In Ohio has
been released. The police had obtained
no verification of the charge from the
Ohio authorities. Houston, after hav
ing his wife arrested on a charge of
bigamy was first charged by her with
having committed a murder near Lig
gett, O., many years ago. She said
she learned of this through her hus
band's habit of talking in his sleep.
When Houston was arrested, the po
lice sent telegrams to Ohio asking for
an Investigation of the charges. No
answer was received, and the accused
man was released.
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METHODIST EVENING 8ERVICE.
There Will Be Vooal and Instrumental
Musie Besides 8ermon.
Following Is the program that will
be rendered at the Methodist church
this evening:
Organ Voluntary.
Opening Verse "Hark, Hark,
My Soul...... Choir
Hymn No. 0.
Prayer Chant Lord's Prayer.
Anthem "Praise Ye the Fa
ther" Choir
Scriptural Lesson,
Announcements.
Offertory.
Violin Solo Selected Miss Larsen
Hymn No. 683.
Sermon Subject, "The Beautiful Life"
Hymn No, 93. 1 '
The services of Miss Elsie Larsen,
the accomplished violinist, have been
secured for every Sunday evening.
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