. The Kindergarten magazine. es of Froebels involves psychologyof an informal kind, notthe Herbartian, but thatexpressed by ProfessorJames, of Harvard, andDr. Dewey, of ChicagoUniversity. It may be well to statethat the aim is not so muchto give the students anexhaustive knowledge ofthe science of psychologyas it is to make use of it inthe general study of thechilds unfolding life, andthus to lead them to therecognition that all adultplanning, however logicaland good in itself, must besubject to the correctionswhich the laws of chil-drens minds and heartscan give. Besides the stu
. The Kindergarten magazine. es of Froebels involves psychologyof an informal kind, notthe Herbartian, but thatexpressed by ProfessorJames, of Harvard, andDr. Dewey, of ChicagoUniversity. It may be well to statethat the aim is not so muchto give the students anexhaustive knowledge ofthe science of psychologyas it is to make use of it inthe general study of thechilds unfolding life, andthus to lead them to therecognition that all adultplanning, however logicaland good in itself, must besubject to the correctionswhich the laws of chil-drens minds and heartscan give. Besides the study ofthe fundamental princi-ples in Froebels philoso-phic system, it is believedthat much is gained inclear, conscious insight bythe further study of thesame in the very specificand definite form of mod-ern educational thought, «. N. expressed notably in Dr. Deweys Pedagogic Creed. After this introduction there follows, in the centralcourse, the theory and practice with the gifts based uponthe previous 514 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. Professor Roneys course, Story Element in Literature,is one of the interesting features of the junior year. MissEmma Lumm has charge of the physical culture; Miss LucySilke, one of the drawing supervisors of the public schools,directs the drawing; while Miss Whitmore continues to givethe occupation work, although that has undergone changes,which in this case mean growth, and much of the work doneby the students could not be mounted in books as formerly. In the second year the central course consists of thestudy of Froebels Education of Man, the Mother Play,games, stories, and the discussion of program work. Cor-relating with this, the following: Psychology in a more ad-vanced form, under Miss Tanner, directed by Dr. Dewey, ofthe Chicago University. Professor Monin gives the his-tory of the philosophy of education, marking especially thephilosophy preceding and contemporary with Froebel,showing the conditions from which he sprang;
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