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"t - . . 't- THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6. 1908. WILL Ed TEAGH CfflLDR;;-fGROW ..... . i LIKE FLO WE 13 a win Collins, the EnglisK Instructor Who Has Juat Won His Long Fight Against the London County Council Over His Methods of Teaching His Children; Will Ectahlish Instituti ONDON, A(. SI. There la a up m planta and flower crow, he be- man Ja London who has beaten eame Impatient and refuaed to listen to , the London county council edu mora. Collins Inalatad, however, and ba . Cation .committee after a "fla-ht ha tuat aueeai1et In fnrnlne- tha un. . 1 lasting several yeara. Ha baa willing- admission, .from tha magistrate compelled tha oourta to admit that that hla children ware far tn advance Ml afetem of education, which the edu-' of tha publlo achool chlldran of tha eeme cation lauthorltlaa aay la all wrong, la, age. Tha sequel to thia decision la tha Jl right, and In a few week ha la (ooa: opealn of Collins school, wbara La to open a. high, claaa achool within 10 wUl. teach -other children on tha same tnllea of London where hla theories will lines that ha haa, taught his own. ba put into praotloe. Tha man. Is Ed- Colllne la a graduate of tho University win Collins, a university man. a writer of London, of tha Sorbonnetn Farla ami and a teacher who does not believe In &&!iKWAlt&Ji!Z?E--tuihin -, , , .. .. He haa been a tutor In hign-eiaaa eou- teaohlng at allthat, l JUa ordinary t ctlonl Institutions for years, and h acceptation of tha term "teaching." Hla has preparsd studonte for university motto ta-tbat "children ahould ba taught ftff Wg" JTr? ,t,l,ij,,.il riaint'ihe little .-.a ..,,j , ,, that ha has no-prejuslc against me little and Should . learn much,", Hla ordinary learning. AH that he eontenda theory and practice are that no child la that tha average child Is etuntod and , ahould ba- asked to undertake formal weakened by being- compelled to ta hi .nn. i. " , . brain and body bv beginning Its formal lessons until It la or 10 years old. and Education too early. that until It rearhea that in it ahmiM . "I rto not bulleva In berlnnln t learn be allowed to run. praotlcalTy wild and the formal things too early." said Mr; assimilate knowledge aa a flower gath ers Us sweetness from the sunshine. Mr. Collins baa been at war with the) education authorltlea over the educa tion of hla own eight children. The law Collins to me today, be encouraged to aak "Children ahdulJ.' rather than to b Uught. My eldest ' boy could not read a Una until ha waat s years ota. rnen oe learnea tn npnr f A'. ..fa.. JV - of Ens-land save .That avtrr ehlld mnat bet In a wm and he learned It with go to school. - It a child doee hot attend out any difficulty He Juat asked hla the publlo schools the achool attendance mother er me what th letter were officer oalla to find out why, and If the and in at week he waa reading for hla . Jiarent can satisfy him that the child own pleasure. Before that, of course, : s being efflolently educated eleewhere we had read to him poetry, Shake all la. well. If not the parent la sum- speare's- plays and many other things moned to appear before the magistrate which were suitable 4o hla understand-' and I ha can not aailafy the magistral ' Ing. Since then ha has read all of - ha la fined, and If the offense continues SUakeapeare, several of the English , he la fined again as often aa the attend- poets and a great. deal Of tha finest Eng- ' anc officer tinda time to summon; him. Man literature." - . :; Colltna has been fined many times Thle boy, Ivan Julius Collins' ; waa e for not sending hla four elder children a mined bv the- magistral j It was to achool. Tha British magistrate la hla proficiency that forced' the London Impatient of new Ideaa and when ho magistrate to decide In favor of Collin' .learned that Mr. Collins' Idea of educa- aystem. He la now 14 yeara old, and tlon waa to allow hla children to grow hla upbringing la evident both lit this y :; ( 2, 1 - t n v 7 0, ' lit i 't INDIAN POSSESSES A RARE VOICE diaries Gutter, Alaska Brave, Is Born Musician -i , l ' . : . : - - : -: ' '.- " - NATURE in oaprlcloua let lavlah having made ud hla mind to go to Che- He ahowa hla royal blood In his feat- ' mood snmetlmaa beatowea her mawa he Bet about enconaf aeslnr the. urea and hla actfona are- graceful in mood aotnetlmea oesiowes ner m to atten1 tnd. He did thia the extreme. . At present he la entirely choicest gtfta moat unexpectedly. b wrjlriJr in tha Alaska fish cannerlea unspoiled, yerX can well Imagine ln We are told that It la tha ones- until ha had aecured tha' requisite the fullness of time when ha baa aeen .v.. -iw... k,.M,. hut amount r - ' more of the world that he will ba most pected that. always happena, but amount. he entered the ahool waa ttraotlv to women, and I believe too. It startlea, navertheleaa. Qna would a.imot aa happy aa he waa when-ha that ahould he ever forget hla art In not look for tha gift of eong tn an In- mastered the Intricacies of the cornet -the interest of the little god of love Alan hut rowriaa Cutter a full blooded That day marked tha turning pointln that he would make an Ideal lover, dlan, but Charlea Cutter, IU carair. He bcarae a member W ..But It Is not.ol these things that 1 la Aim na. Tfiyllaa ervMasaWaaenanalaW O VAlAa Clr . . a ft . a a Mta t aS.. iA Ai.a4H.kl 1 WVnnb W .eih AiOOtVaU Ju-uaatAJlf gyvsMivavawvaw e wvw auch rare ' power and sweetness his white brothers may well envy him his wonderful gift of aong. Charles Cutter's Indian name ta TJochh-hoh-hharchh" (no, 1 will not at tamDt ita nronunciatton. Tve already ac the Chemawa Indian achool band and Charlea Cutter, erstwhile Dochh-hoh-alao the ainglng society. It was Just hharchh, tha Raven i concerned. Muslo about this time WMit Mra. N. 4- lamp- a o mm me very orroin pi um. . bell of Chemawa heard htm sing and represents everything fla every lonc recognlalngr the latent possibilities of ing of his jwul. - Hlg taate in music hla vole taught him aoloi work. " 'ar from I Catholic. a He haa no iiie HIS Initial bow waa made dn the sum- for the popular music of the day. but mer of '-3. at Chauauauav Where bo prefers the etandard openes, his three Jv .1- h.ir. vamamhortn tha an fnr tha flrat tltn. In mihliA. It ta favorite keina ' Faust. La Bohelm apelllng alone), and meana Raven, hla customary to think of an Indian being and Carmen." Of the modern love gongs g-rand father la tha Eaglet and ha cornea atolid and unafraid at all timee and in he confesses to a predlllctlon for of a mighty tribe of warriors who have all places, but Mr. Cutter deecribea Brahm a and Plnauttl a. been chiefs and head men of their peo- most graphically his bad case of stage Mr. Cutter speaka English with just pie for generatlona. , fright in which hla knees quaked and enough accent to make hla speech In- Vf r r-nttPir wu hom ST veara aro tn hla heart nounded to suffocation. Mr. 'trHno- and attmrtlvs a.nl afnira with Shaken, a little village In aoutheastern William. Bayer of Portland heard hiAi equal facility in English or German. He AiaaKa, ana DSlonga 0 Uie . imuutei. on iui wnumn ana who prupueiic tribes. Until he waa 1 he waa aa other mind be looked Into the future and saw boys of hla age anr race, and It waa aucceea written large above the head taken for granted that he, tn the full- of the poor, unknown, obscure Indian ness of time, would alao become a great boy from Alaska. The upshot of the in hi trth ajt nrulita ofor coun- matter waa that he forever drouDed ell fires, become ft mighty hunter, make hla Indian patronymic and became the told me that unlesa a child of the Thiinket tribe la taught English by the time he ia g-or Tt it is1 impossible for him tn- learn the tongue afterwards, as that particular Indian dialect ta so full of gutterals and consonants. At present Mr. Cutter ia preparing for , vaai . - j- J ion physical and mental equipment He la the natural duvelopmeot af leas. rr aa tall and sturdy aa an ordinary Eng. Instance, if, we are having a history Hah lad of 17 and he can converae In- lesaon, and aouiaoae auggvaia a gvo telllgently on most subjects In a way graphical question growing naturally that would do credit to many grown out of the history, there la no reason men. He has written ar'tlolea on tha why we ahould drop tha history and current political and educational prob- follow that line at thought Oaogrer-hy Ima which have been accepted on their may lead na Into mathematics and ao merits by leading English newspapers on. The reason for this la that tha and magaatnes. and he haa also written children should realise tha eani'al re veries which display conaldorabler merit Collins' explained to me that he hud been asked to open a achool In the coun try by a number of persona who wthd him to undertake the uducation of thir children and he will atart with enough pupils to insure the financial sacersa of the undertaking. "We will have children from 5 to 15 yeara old," ha said; "and practically all our teaching will be done out of door and by . the perlpatellu method. No elaaa will have more than . 10 rhltdrnn. for no teacher can Kive Individual intui tion to more. We will have our c-laax'a In the garuna -and fields which sur round the fine old country house that M hav taken and, wa will adopt tho kindergarten method aa much aa porhI bli. I do not mnan by this the formal kindergarten method which would vhnck Froebel almoat aa-mnch as tho old syn tenk did, but we will adapt his princi ples to our. surroundings. Our clats gnrdens and flnlda will be well supplied with large blackboards at which tha teacher can stop In hla walk and Illu strate his talk. The children will ba encouraged to lation of all branches of knowledge - to real life. In tha old-fashioned echol earb subject Is taught, by r H and tha children . seldom - riUie that one hm any relation to anothnr. , "For tha aame reason I have always taught my children both artthmotle and geography by means ef match" or JltiM sticks. They learu by laying te sticks beside two other stick that two and two make four, and that lujlaw addi tion and multiplication have some ref erence to rval things. - The ge'ometrii-at forms and their rulallon to realities mr be taught In the same way. After thrr have mastured the principles iu ' this way th formal larning cornea ensilr to tlicin. It Is ftlmplv teaching them td express In words what they alroady fulTv undrtrstand. "P U - H . . I . I ... . -.V. -..1 , 11 "ll,lir. IMLIII'IM 111 1,1 y N. II.,. , will be very broad. I bellnve In giving cHrh ,-h.l ! the essentials of religion and letrlnir the nn.rentm themnelvaM rill In. the details of whatever creed they be lieve In. My principal assistant wilt b uliMvmnn I. hnlv nr.L p Hufr T vrll- not object to Nonconformist or Rom in lainonc eiorgymen visiting tne cnu- ask questlona. I want to' encourage dren of their faith under my charge.' YOUR FACE FASHIONED BY YOUR THOUGHTS 0' revolutionized the face anil character' of the man to the end that,. 32 yeara after the second picture had been taken, his face at 60 abowed real - nobiltty, strength, purpose, and determination of character? By John A. Jayna. N the walla of a beautiful home in the East End there hang three remarkable pictures. TV. a-at la tha, nlotnre nf a . . - , . .v Then you are told that auddenly, al- younr lad of 15 or 1. with weak. og, wlthout . mmn,r, ..Alnr. sad, watery eyee, character-lacking chtn there was thrust In upon him tremen- and general expression of do-nothrng- u resnonaibUltiea for one so poorly , " , ,, , . . " prepared from a physical and character ness that Is ao frequently found in tha point of view: that at Juat the tlma face or boya who have not yet given these came to him, love's-young' dream .., 'nuvt t their hiri n, imapjn.f inn came to his life and that these two, any flight to their birds or Imagination worklng. harmoniously hand in hand! and fancy, love and work, transformed, uplifted. Tha second nlcture Is the cloture of punned nis are. you are told that - r r . 1 , 11 nn l.( I d H.n.m htln.a from an idle, thoughtless, ' Indifferent young man, under the transforming- power or tne two greatest regents In the world, hla life waa changed; thnt he had a new outlook, on life; that In him wps born a' new purpose;' that In hlin wan lni.arn.ti.rl a-raar n.l.a . be of service and use to the world. Tou are told that he gaver himself . entirely to the consideration , of his; new DUHingH ana uie maKinst or a OVT PRODIGY a young man aged about 28. The face Is not particularly a strong one, but In It there are promises of possibilities that may yet be turned into accom plishments. Looking into tho face you say to yourself, if you are Interested in character study, "Here la the face of a youne- man who may make of hlnuself a worthrul worKer tn tne woraoiiop or home: that undoubtedly, tiilnklnir rela the world, or who if his thought la tlve to hjs home and his working and turned, into other directions,, may be- llvlna; for each and giving -to each hla com criminal." Looking at the pic- growing and developing strength, there ture you are unable to aay Just what wai effected the transformation, the owner of the face may beoflme. The pictures and tha'tru story well The third picture Is the picture of a illustrate the line that heads this, col- t man 60 yeara of age. It Is the face of umn, "Four face la fashioned, by your a afwmfv-haartevl i-ljir- hralnert. hone.it. thought" upright man. There are no llnea of Perhaps now, while our rcadera are weakness, no indications of Impurity, following the atory, some arc rernm- Experiences of er he haa ever been told that he la bird, the only one of his kind in the en- h American who the pipe of peace with the pale facea protege of Mr. Borer. the greatest . undertaking he. has yet who came to his country, ana m otner air. t,uiier as yei naa m sue qui jew roaue. a concert tour ot six -months un-. ways deport himself aa great chief public appearances. Durlnar. the Lewis 'der the direction of the Lyceum Bureau ahould. But Doohh-hoh-hharcnH, the and Clark fair ha sang with the Cam I- of Chicago. He will start out next fall. Raven, and other plana for himself. Hid- val of Venice company and again at tha going as far west aa Chicago; nd aa den deep. In the Innermost recess of hla unveiling of the atatue of gacajawea. far east and New York. , " oui waa the longing for muste, not tha Since then hla work has been confined Mr. Cutter has'rcla!md Portland as weird barbaric tribal ehant of the principally to Choir ainglng. hla home for a vnumber of years, and Thllnketa, but something different Ha It ia th personality of the man that Portland Will yet avecanse to be prond had listened to and taken part In the first attracts one. I don't know wheth- to claim as her own this Indian aong arospei Hymns' oi tne mission scnooi which he attended since hla seventh yafir, and it waa this muslo that ap pealed to him. With the very first money he ever earned, 3, he Invested in av cornet That there waa no one at the mission capable of teaching him to play the instrument did not for a mo ment daunt the spirit of this scion of royalty. For two yeara he practiced, and at tha end of that time was able to Slay the mlsaion hymns, and was lnci en tally the happiest boy in Alaska, but this achievement only whetted his ap petite for more. Somehow there had penetrated to the wilds of thaj llttl andw bound settlement the naws of the Chemawa Indian achool. Straightway tne Kaven maae up nis mina tnat ne wanted there lea thel there berlna- that beautiful illustration that Hawthorne gives, of the face trans formed by the secret and continual study of the old Profile RocJc tn the handsome, but" It is undoubtedly a fact tire northwest HOW TO IMPROVE SO- CIETY-By Mr. John A. Logan no marks of dissipation. You ask con cerning tha picture, and you are told that it la tha face ot a man who, up knowA'ln certain ifnes "oTtrVd. In the g2 H2".f A' Yront and New purposely. I lost my temper and ad- .1, gj" rem'emlncef , dressed a hot remark to him. at which comparatively hort space of 20 years h, OId rtena. the Old Man of the , he exclaimed: 'pardon, monsieur,' ha bum up a targe- Ditsiness, uiac ne Mountains, so called, grew to look Ilka TlV.ttj.i-ne- With dropped his umbrella at my feet, and In was husband of a splendid woman thttt about which he was thinking: Mearenicr mi ltn0Bliir to nt It ihumM In anme wav and the father of five healthy, sturdy Hence, it comes that ther Is truth Hiaropean juignt ringt-ra. to ger my letter of credit, although it n wnn no u. iic Pumui.i ln tno ola statement, we become line Prom the Baltimore American was n an Inside pocket. It caused me a modest competence and was honored things about which we think. . , . , n. kj t. li uu i) ic, ins Benains ui many . j ...... ....... xv ta uu n . . . j . . . i umi um u.i.cj- lrttvcl" " cablegrams and some money, but I man- You aek relative to the first or these THEY LIKED HIM i r was very refreshing to read an In- posed to govern, young men aa devoted tervlew with Frederick Townsend to society as he haa been." Hla sensible and doe not ieep the closest watch-on aged to have the payment stopped and three- picturea and the second, and you hla valuable ta almost sure to be re- the thief profited nothing. are told that each of them represents . . ... . hv "In 'Borne, list Christmas day I went this man at tne age aDove mentioned; lieved of hla personal belongings Dy ont for a ln tne .uburba to gee .oma that at 16 he was callow, unformed, pickpockets," ' said W. E. Mlghell. vice- rare paintings ln an old church. Wish- half made up, lacking in potentiality Brealgfmt of the San' Francisco chamber ng to aee the country I took a street- ana power, ion are ioia, too, tnat ac . kQ. ,t nn.hB(. . car that waa densely packed. The air 28. after having dawdled his way of commerce, who haa Just finished a. wa prett, er)sp an(1 wor an OV0r. tr0tigh college, having been dangled two years' tour of the world. coat closely buttoned. How on earth and petted aa a babe, he was of no more "Th. iiht.Hnirero' rentrv are active the rascal manae-ed to eet bit watch and account than the smallest bump on the m l to Cairo, but .P?? t igge,t lor of the forest " ' sthOTne1 K? h Z y r , . i "y s una, out noia me inca, aa i wnavt men, as-, you. au tumpieimy character and In the face. And hack of all. back of the chisel, the mallet and the ideal is the will of the individual. nal gives us our faces ln childhood; at 60 they are what we ourselves have made them. It is a true statement, as guide boarda on .the highway Indicate to the traveler his past and onward Journey, so a man's face tells the story of the rood over : way which he h.ia come and points out tha w ti " ill WIIIUU JIQ ma,r '. Fv. - Thoughts are chisels, habits are mallets. Ideals are the plans along' which the sharp chisels propelled by the I will give the palm for boldness and found on getting- off the car. dexterfty to the professionals of Italy, "The manager of the hotel whom EDISON ABANDONS EXPERIMENTS Marun. wno nar-.io.or. na. n -n4yaja or tha situation and tha ra- -"tB plinder il ck haa been consulted advised me against reportlni po.lt tha $100 reward I was willing to o' what his characfer and hla supposed to be purely and aimply a ttonal way In which he eliminates non- eZrV to a fine art. I am a careful the theft He said that the real pick pay. I saw no advantage ln this and JhLn be cnaractr ana nis society man, but In thia article he entitles, ignorant, pretentious men and man and do not need to read the con- pockets operated in gangs, and that told him Id think "over. a mans character, adman's facer fa" iiai ...iiuij iu uvra u.ai..a lum determined oy mi will. What ne is T' d 1 when his worlt la completed he la be ll. 000 and WhO had nut ranu ha hn wtlle tn. hn what ha waa advance with the police and What kind of character, what ; kind till waiting for the recovery 0f face are vou establishing an. form- sptcuous and to aatoniah nni. -baa k, tha Axv heina- Siinrtav. He cava ma nreclselv the same advice of hia money. He had made up his Ine? It Is a Dertlnont auestion. but one i, been all too often gratified The Ws and I was lostled two or three times by a tho hotel man. Still nnpersuaded I mind that he'd like to get back his 1200. that needs to be carefully considered slpations, extravagances and shocking L,, fellow with a black mustache, called on tha wilef of police The off!-" but the Roman police refused, saying and answered, for on lis answer awing; dleregard of public opinion by men and jTinalfv seeing that he was doing It cial waa pollta; but ha wanted me to de- they must have time." the gates of destiny. Think about itl women who have inherited wealth 'has - 1 1 ." 1 to bto there, but how to act snows nimaeii 10 oe an eaucaieu, am- .nj. &iiixjing. iiiai ciaas svani wrwu. v "v. r- - -r, - -- wa, tha vexatious problem. Alas- hltlous. thouehtful arenUeman sWho haa ?..uw".tu? .Hcn OI puono at- yet u .tne gre,t pi o --t"" v""""' rS"."""" "'''t Zm. ." i m awi . i-i - Kr ii a.suBi . . iivir snm in Bra oniti era a,Mh ha i aa atv an m m a w ni rri v i en i k m ill i 11 1 n l i aaaj a. au t. iia ncii i m inn. nu a. i,u lit a vsls ua. r own w&v Rut to tha Raven wh era lueas u5"" uj uivu.uub, cuvhsoih, au nn nmvm naa too much apace fn to credit far 110,009. Tnere was an onor- uuntwt up mj un.usq saiatoa resiaenc up m -.i"ii u i. -l- - ...aafinariU mMtinn tKasf m iitW DuDtio oress. ThAtr rwtr. tn k fV. rioH tupriAti rii t to h&r conaul and narTatea mv Htorv to mm. wno was i f-x V V 4. !. -4 it ' t t t 1? . t f - A ' ' ' ' ' 4 i - - , - . Tbomfts A. Edison, whoa) Ufe'g oeenpatio naa Wf th livrutici of clertricnl dcrtev, bu derided to abaadoa ttat fieM ot atody and n pr!ment and derota tha rrt of hia lite to catmlttrT. Ha la alao going to ladalfa la kla 10E(-axpeaed iealra for travel. " Keen appalling, and it ia a healthful aljrn If a resolution has been formed t-j Ignore the existence of nennla wh. km. done nothing to benefit society, advance civilisation, , or for the betterment of the world. He la probably correct In considering London society a good model, though it is more ordess af.itcted with the pres ence of the neauveaurtche who imaglni that their money will make amende for their vulgarities and ignorance of the H0?" ot Wo "0 Klai to know thai "The very fact that society in New Tork Is unsatisfied. Is tha most satis factory thing about the transitorial stage through which we are new going. When we get genius, success, cleverness, tact, self-control, assembled in one great social body, then we ahall have real so ciety." It la to be hoped that It will ba re quired of all who have recognition ln polite society that they shall have done something In some line for the. benefit and advancement of civilization and the development of the best that la in hu man nature. There will be no longer any necessity for persons to resort to outre antics and the employment of vaudeville performers to entertain one s friends, because each friend will then contribute something to the entertain ment of an evening. There will be no occasion for patronizing queetionable people to furnish diversions. In all vocations an professions of life there are Intellectual giants who -If encourared, would contribute much toward the enjoyment and edification of aociety, who now. feeling that they are uninteresting to thoughtlesa reck-, leas people, are loathe to take any part ' ln ao-lal entertainmenta. Another side of this higher' ambition of New York aoelety would ba the good that would be done, aa Mr. Martin truthfully eaya. People mingling with others who are cheerful and encourag ing are not so- much depressed by mis fortunes which may overtake them and if they are made to feel that they are entertained because of their intellectual power a and asreeableness of manner they quite foraet that there la auch a thln aa unhapptneaa. Ofter in the ex change of opinions and contact with men of different callings In Ufa one geta Ideaa that are Invaluable, Nw Tork will be the gainer If the frivolous, vulgar people who only rep reaent money decide to take up their abode aa the ether aide of tha Atlantic -A salon such as waa once, In vogue la Paris la assuredly mora edifying than monkey dinners and vaudeville per formance la a private house after one has been dicing a iarae company. If age haa brought about thia change wa aro glad we are rapidly reaching our majority and trust that the aiddl neaa ef youth may sooa he a thing of tho paat. There la no country on the glob whera there aro so many brilliant ren and women aa taera are tn the sited '!-. and ear-ec tally In the city of New Tork, and there ts bo roaaoa why w ahould n"t bars th snoot re ftneal and- dishful society In Ameri ca cities of aay placo on tbo glob. Mr. Martta. being a gearlereaD ef leioar, a I understand tt. cannot make better aa ef his time than to persist In -tb ernsatk of such a aociety aa ho doocrla. i trvsbonar' -V Vmmrr frr Iran er XVwtt ye always stiver who a ywa UUa com. etery T CoBttctrjcat asa; X aa going ba UNCLE SAltf PRESENTS HIS STAR PERFORMERS r1 ". ' , . y : It 1 " ' v S JjKfZ M )
