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A Few Points on Drawing.
BY MISS I.EK, OF GORDON INSTITUTE.
Have you ever thought of draw
ing? Can you tell what, drawing
means? Wliat the object of draw
ing is? What arethe ends in view?
To what drawing leads? What
its advantages are? Have you
.ever thought of the cost of taking
drawing? Of what itcostsa teach
er to prepare for work of this kind?
Of the years spent in study? They
are required to be proficient in
their work, whatever may be the
cost to them. Have you ever
thought how little it costs you in
dividually to take drawing in
Gorbon Institute? Have you ever
thought how small thetuitiou you
pay here as compared to other
schools? Have you ever thought
of the opportunities you have here
and are slighting more from
thoughtlessness than intention or
lack of time? Have you ever
thought of drawing in connection
with yourself? Would drawing
benefit you individually? if so, j
how? in what way? If not, why
not?
Ask the average person those
questions, and the usual reply will
be about this: “I don't see where
drawing would hone fit me, 1 don’t
see what good it does unless you
are going to make it a profession
or become an artist, and J haven’t
any talent for that.”
Do you know this idea, though
so common, is a very mistaken
ono?That drawing in its broadest
sense does not mean that drawing
which leads up to picture making,
but it means that system of dra w
ing that is now being adopted by
our public schools, that drawing
that is now being regarded as an
essential in every child’s school
life, whose object and aim is the
training of the hand and eye, that
drawing which teaches its pupils
to hi* accurate, to be observant, in
other words, to see things, to take
in at a glance each detail of an ob
ject before them. The greatest
good coining from the training
resulting from the effort to do the
work required, not losing sight of
the work itself however.
This drawing leaves none out.
It is for the untalented as well ns
thetalented. Each child receiv
ing benefit in proportion to its
application to the work.
This drawing does not show re
sults in a week or a month, it,
like all else, takes time to give
best results. We do not expect a
child to write sentences before it
learns to form its letters, nor
should we expect a child to make
pictures before it learns the “a b
c” of drawing. Nor can wo expect
a chiM to learn drawing in one
term, and because he does not,
should wo be disappointed and
give our opinion that drawing is
doing him no good because we do
not see results as we expected to
see them. We can’t measure the
.good of an unfinished work, nor
judge from a short trial the mer
its of anything. If we plant an
acorn we do not expect a tree the
next day, nor even a sprout, nor
in a week, nor a month, we know
it will take time for the acorn to
come up, and longer time to be
come the tree. So in drawing as
in other work, it takes time to show
best results.
If we argue it takes too long to
accomplish anything in drawing,
we certainly do not gain time by
putting off the beginning of draw
ing. The earlier we begin, the
greater our chances for success.
Everything must have a begin
ning, and a little time given to
drawing faithfully and persistent
ly will’aceomplish a great deal.
So many say, “I will have plen
ty of time for that work when I
get out yf school.” Other duties
will call you then, other pleasure#
fill your time. The time to draw
is in the school days, get the foun
dation principles now, get the
benefits through these school
years that come from a knowledge
of drawiug. Children naturally
love to draw, it appeal* to them,
they find in it a method of ex
pressing their ideas and 'they en
joy their work, crude though it
may seem to others.
This drawing can he taken in
j connection with the regular work
i very easily. Only two periods a
week is asked to be given for draw
ing. Each pupil can afford to
give this time. Considering the
advantahes gained, it is well worth
the effort, and a great deal can he
accomplished by this system of
drawing in that time.
How can we build up a drawing
department that will do credit to
a school of this size, unless each
pupil takes interest in the work
and does his or her part towards
building up the depaatmenb, help
ing to interest the home people in
the work and gaining their cooper
ation? How many of you tell
your home people of the oppor
tunities you have to learn draw
ing? Because you have never had
a large drawing department, is
that a sufficient reason why you
never should? Are you content
with saying as so many do, “I
wish they could have a good draw
ing department here, I don’t see
why they don’t.” Who makes
tlie drawing department? not the
teacher, surely, were that true,
there would lie no reason to com
plain of the lack of a drawing de
partment, for it should be made
one of the best.
The way has been opened, and
with a little effort on your part*
you can have a drawing depart
ment in the three rooms, that yon
can make a credit to this Insti
tution.
Why not take drawing, then,
and do your part? The time can
he arranged for, the cost is in the
reach of all. Is your reason then
for not drawing because you fail
to see the good it will do you now?
Think of other work you are do
ing now that you can’t see what
good it does, yet that worn, is laid
out for you in your school course,
and you must take it. A know
ledge of drawing will strengthen
the foundation you are to build
on, no matter what trade or pro
fession you may follow.
In after years you will find a
use for a great, many things that
seem useless to you now, that to
you seem a waste of time to learn
Keep your mind a store-house,
tilled now in your school days
with everything that will be of
aid to you, or that will serve you
if not now, at some future time.
Nothing useless is or low,
Eacli thing in its place is best;
And wlmt seems hut idle show,
Strengthens and supports the rest.
WEEDS
Consumption is a human
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it’s
easily destroyed while youri£;
when old, sometimes im*
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear. 1
The best lung fertilizer is
Scott's Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump
tion is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won’t.
Don’t wait until you can’t
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take Scott’s Emulsion. If
it isn’t really consumption so
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump
tion you can’t expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
ment you will win.
Scott’s Emulsion, ffesh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that’s the best treatment
B - ■ We will send you
a little of the Emul-
He rare that this picture in
the form of a label on the
wtitpier of every bottle of
Emulsion you buy.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
409 Pearl St., N. Y#
50c and all druggists.
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THE BARNEBVILLENEWS-GAZETTE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1903.
The Devolopement
of an Idea.
The idea of the National Gov
ernment taking an active part in
the construction of the highways,
bo popular three-quarters of a
century ago, has for several de
cades been considered obsolete.
But the interest manifested in
the Brownlow bill, which provides
f>r National aid to road building,
shows that this idea is very much
alive. Indeed the popular inter
est in the subject is a source of
surprise to those who have not
been giving the matter attention.
This interest is by no means a
Budden development either. It
has been growing steadily for a
number of years.
It is now ten years since the
popular demand that Uncle Sam
do something to help out of the
mud, led to the establishment of
an Office of Public Road Inquires
in the U. S. Department of Agri
culture. The work of this Office
was intended to be purely educa
tional in character. It was to
collect and disseminate practical
information concerning the roads
of the country and means and
methods for their improvement.
The first work of this office was to
prepare and publish a large num
ber of bulletins and circulars
treating on the various phases of
road building and improvement.
This work occupied several years,
and it was well done. If the
roads in most parts of the coun
try remain had, it is not for the
want of information as to how
they may be improved in the best
and most economical manner; for
Uncle Sam’s “good roads” Office
is a veritable information bureau
on the subject.
But the work of this office did
not stop here. The educational
idea was carried further, and dur
ing the past three years the object
lesson feature has assumed great
er importance. The idea as car
ried but is very simple. When the
people of some progressive com
munity, or the authorities of some
educational institution want a
piece of road built to illustrate
the benefits of good roads and the
methods of building them, ap
plication is made to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and, when
ever possible, a Goverment expert
is sent to supervise the work.
Recently a number of prominent
and progressive railroadmen have
been giving the road question
some study, and have come to the
conclusion that the improvement
of the roads in the territory tribu
tary to their lines would materi
ally increase their business. So
popular has this idea become that
the officials of some of the leading
railways have come forward with
offers to cooperate with the Gov
ernment in the object-lesson work.
Another voluntary factor in this
cooperative work is the manufac
turers of road-building devices
who desire to bring their machin
ery to the attention of the public,
in this cooperative work the Gov
ernment furnishes the reports,
the manufacturers the machinery,
and the railroads the transporta,
tion. This idea has proven ex
tremely popular. Object-lesson
roads have been built under Gov
ernment supervision in twenty
states; and so great has been the
demand for National aid of this
kind that a large number of ap
plications have to be refused every
year because the funds appropriat
ed by Congress are insufficient to
employ and pay this expense of
enough experts to do the work.
Already Cougress has twice made
an increase in the appropriations
for this work, but the $20,000 now
appropriated annually proves
wholly inadequate to meet the de
mands for this educational work.
It should be borne iu mind that
all the work of this kind done by 1
the Government is iu the nature of ,
National aid. There is, therefore,
nothing new iu principle in the
bill recently introduced in Cou
gress by Col. Brownlow, of Tenn.,
providing for National aid of a
more extensive and substantial
character. It is proposed that the
Government shall no longer cou-
fine its assistance to educational
work; that it shall furnish not
only information and supervision,
but financial assistance. Under
certain limitations, the National
Government will cooperate with
states and counties in the im
provement of the common roads,
each assuming a certain propor
tion of the expense.
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We the undersigned, have known F.
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Finding the Way.
I can show papa the way, I know,
Out to the meadows and up the hill,
* Over the fields where the daisies blow.
Off to the woodland so far and still.
I could show papa the way If he
Cares to go visiting them with me.
I'd find the way, oh, I could, Indeed,
DoWn through the paths where the
squirrels play,
Over the pastures where cattle feed.
While the glad robin leeeps holiday;
Under the cool of the shady trees,
Into the homes of the birds and bees.
But when we’d seen all the wonderland
And we were ready at last to go
I should be glad to take papa’s hand,
For I’m afraid I shouldn't know
Nearly so well, after all, as he
Just what the safest way home would be.
—Frank Walcott Hutt.
A ChUd Tourist.
There recently arrived in Port
land, Ore., the first and only little
seven-year-old girl who can claim
the honor of having all alone
crossed the great Atlantic ocean
and the big United States.
Miss Florence May Tippins of
Coleford, England, is this cour
ageous little tourist.
She left her home in the mother
country, took passage on board the
St. Louis at Southampton, being
put in the care of the captain,
reached New York in safety and
then started her long journey west-
FLOREXCB MAY TIFPIXB.
ward aeross the United States to
the home of Mrs. Louisa Wendt in
Portland, Ore.
The conductor on the New York,
Ontario and Western railroad into
whose care she was put seemed de
lighted with his charge and prom
ised to pass her on to the next con
ductor with fall instructions to look
out her.
This half of the little girl’s jour
ney proved even more exciting and
full of change and novelty than her
passage over on the St. Louis, for
once on the vessel she was as well
eared for as though she had been
traveling with her mother or a
ehaperon, every one on the vessel
taking a hand in entertaining and
looking after the little traveler.
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