MODERN EDUCATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8780, 11 June 1907, Page 3

MODERN EDUCATION.

Teaching the Young Idea

t-, Says the Tarauaki Herald, of last Friday's adte:—The youug mau and wife send their Youug Hopeful to scliool. Youug Hopeful comes home ami tells them he's been '"doing plasticine. " Tlie parents have uever heard of plasticiue, so Youug Hopeful enlightens them. Another day he has been doiug bruslnvork, another day crayon work. It is bewildering. The conservatives view it with suspicion. Such things were, not done in their time. But when Young Hopeful gets . a piece of chalk and draws on a bare wall a ship, a bird, or a man with a distinct resemblance to reality, father feels happier. When he was that old his drawing of a man was a weird picture—probably a large and a small circle with single strokes for limbs. Perhaps the advancement of education is seen at its best in the drawing classes. Some examples of the efforts of children were prepared at the Ceutral Scliool for the special benefit of Mr Fowlds, Minister of Education. The Minister was not able to fit in his proposed visit to the school with his other engagements. However, the members of"the school committee did ■p uot miss the opportunity. They found the walls richly decorated with works of art. From a swan to an elephant there was hardly an object in nature that the young idea would not attempt. The results were nothing short of marvellous to the visitors who knew that, with all their years, they could uot ennilate the youngsters.