. Inglenook, The (1911) . h success the personal meth-od, the method that develops the individual-ity. I refer to several college teachers andministers who have taken the education oftheir children into their own hands andhave educated them far in advance of theusual course of study. In the July numberof the American Magazine Mr. H. Adding-ton Bruce gives a very interesting accountof several of these cases. One case is that of the family of Rev. Berle consisting of four children. Theeldest one is only sixteen years of age andis a sophomore at Radcliffe College; Adolph,age fifteen, is a so
. Inglenook, The (1911) . h success the personal meth-od, the method that develops the individual-ity. I refer to several college teachers andministers who have taken the education oftheir children into their own hands andhave educated them far in advance of theusual course of study. In the July numberof the American Magazine Mr. H. Adding-ton Bruce gives a very interesting accountof several of these cases. One case is that of the family of Rev. Berle consisting of four children. Theeldest one is only sixteen years of age andis a sophomore at Radcliffe College; Adolph,age fifteen, is a sophomore at Harvard; andMiriam and Rudolph, twelve and nine re-spectively, are in a Cambridge High are the exact words of Rev. Berle asgiven by Mr. Bruce: Mrs. Berle and Italked the matter over and decided to seewhat we could do for our own , our oldest child, was just three yearsold when we began to educate her. Firstof all we undertook to teach her to ex-press herself in several languages. We be-. Lina Wright Berle. A sophomore at sixteen in Radcliffe College,Miss Berle is the oldest of four children, allof whom display remarkable mental abilityas the result of especial training. lieved that by training her to speak correct-ly and fluently in different languages wewould at the same time be training her inhabits of attention, concentration, observa-tion and quick and correct thinking. Webegan by teaching the little girl to repeatthe Lords Prayer in English, Latin, Greekand Hebrew, and after she had masteredthis we taught her some Greek prayers andHebrew psalms, which we translated intoEnglish for her. Gradually we enlarged thelanguage lessons, and when she was be-tween three and four years old, we began togive her some mathematical training, teach-ing her definitions of circles, angles, etc.,in scientific terms. . Nor did Linalose any of the joys of childhood. She hadher dolls and other toys. She playedgames with her little friends, she was fullof life
Size: 1409px × 1773px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherelginillbrethrenpu
