Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth CenturyEdson, Milan C. (Milan Chappel)
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Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth Century
Edson, Milan C. (Milan Chappel)
Agriculture, Cooperative; Cooperation; Utopias
It is of the utmost importance, that these early images, which are to
become the standard of the mind, in all judgments of future years;
should be made as complete and as perfect as possible.
A child is primarily and instinctively imitative. From the first dawn of
intelligence, children strive to emulate the acts of their brighter,
older and better-taught associates. Hence, the necessity for a nursery
and kindergarten training, such as the one instituted at Solaris.
Practical work, in this novel and magnificently equipped institution,
has proved conclusively, that, even in early infancy, associated
together in happy groups, children acquire intellectual, moral and
physical training, much more easily and swiftly, than is possible under
any other circumstances. This affords another demonstration, of the
efficacy of co-operative group work, in the primary steps of education.
The cargosita, is well calculated to offer children the most perfect
conditions, for accumulating a well selected store of sensations and
images, through the avenues of the different senses. A teacher or nurse,
usually some member of the mothers' club, is seated on each car as the
center of its group. It becomes her pleasure, to direct attention to the
various objects. Let us follow the cargosita with its precious freight,
as it slowly moves around the oval.
Images produced by the sense of seeing, are first in order. Large
sheets of thick, heavy paper mounted on cloth, seven in number,
displaying the different colors of the rainbow, are hung at uniform
intervals around the room. They can be raised or lowered, to reach an
easy angle of vision from the cars. After each primary color, appear
half-width sheets of the same height, displaying the various hues, tints
and shades of that particular color. Printed across each sheet in large
white letters, is the name of the color, hue, tint or shade. Altogether,
this color scheme forms a combination of great length, of such
remarkable variety, that it becomes for the little ones, a well nigh
inexhaustable source of fascinating amusement.
Red, with its various hues, tints and shades, is the first color to be
exhibited. Three days later, another color series is substituted. This
course is continued until the entire series is finished. The children
have experienced in a regular sequence, the sensations and images,
produced by the entire scale of color. These mental pictures have been
repeated so often, in connection with the muscular sense of exhilarating
motion, that they have become permanently enregistered in brain-cell
formation. A review every few months, serves to fix these images more
firmly in the brain.
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