. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. tter of buildings the^^ are better housedand equipped. They excel in teaching children to put theirthoughts into writing; in bringing them near to nature by thestudy of birds and flowers; in giving them the usefulness andjoy that come from knowledge of drawing and painting; in connecting theirstudies with themany good books ofa large city libraryand the collectionsin the Art kindergartenand manual trainingwork are new. Ingeneral, the m
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. tter of buildings the^^ are better housedand equipped. They excel in teaching children to put theirthoughts into writing; in bringing them near to nature by thestudy of birds and flowers; in giving them the usefulness andjoy that come from knowledge of drawing and painting; in connecting theirstudies with themany good books ofa large city libraryand the collectionsin the Art kindergartenand manual trainingwork are new. Ingeneral, the methods^ of teaching have soimproved that morecan be done in thesame time, and theprinciples laid downby the great philoso-pher, Francis Bacon,and by modern ed-ucators have been most successfully applied. There was, in the schools of Springfield, a boy who, as hegrew up, became a lover of good books, good pictures andgood deeds. When he graduated from the high school hisspoken essay, composed by himself, was on the subject, TheMeasure of Life. It is remembered that in it he tried to makehis schoolmates feel the truth of the saying Man shall not. Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone. OLD TIME SCHOOLS 157 live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth outof the mouth of God. Thus early did he come to know thatthe best things were to be chosen. He passed through collegewith credit but not long after that his earthly life through him several things were made possiblefor Springfield. His name was Eugene Aston. He had arefined taste in art and for him is named the Aston Collectionof Wood Engravings, in the City Library. The art of engraving on w^ood is an interesting one butnow, unfortunately, becoming obsolete. It is one of the ob-jects of this history to show ,by its illustrations what workcan be done by drawing or engraving with lines as comparedwith the work of photography. In the Aston Collection maybe found some of the best examples of wood engravings th
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