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shan the dullness of the mechanical habit. Moreover, natural objects are 
apt to present much greater difficulties to the young draughtsman than 
the severe and winnowed types that have come to be known as classic 
because the taste and experience of the ages have approved and accepted 
them. 
I feel sure that the best models that we can possibly place before the 
young student of drawing are the well-defined forms of classic ornament 
and idealized nature which have constituted the treasures of art ever 
since it began to be, and which will remain the true standard of culture and 
-efinement by which the product of the ages that are to come will certainly 
ve tried. 
DISCUSSION. 
Proressor W. S. GooDENOUGH, Supervisor of Drawing, Public Schools of Brooklyn, 
N.Y.: The art education cannot commence too early. The most beautiful objects to be 
>btained should be used—cabinets and collections, good etchings, autotypes, and even 
oaintings should surround the pupils. 
Henry TaLBot decried the practice of using any poor designs or styles because of 
;he public demand. 
ProrEssolk MILLER explained that it was necessary to effect a compromise between the 
deal and the practical. The mind of the child is plastic and can be reached and molded. 
I'he mind of the manufacturer is biased by the public demand. Hence rococo design is 
nie school 
Mr. J. L. Tapp, of Philadelphia, asks whether we shall give the sphere, the cube, etc., 
or shall we give them the leaves, the flowers, the things which carry the message? He 
advocated the psychological methods, percention to be cultivated first. Action must 
orecede thought. 
PROFESSOR ALFRxD EMERSON, of Cornell University, said : Relatively all subjects are 
»lementary, according to the advancement of the student. Some objects appeal to 
nemories and are beautiful because of the memories. 
DEVELOPMENT OF ART INSTINCT. 
3Y J. WARD STIMSON, EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK 
INSTITUTE FOR ARTIST-ARTISANS. 
THAT this epoch in our educational history is of supreme seriousness 
and dignity, relative to the great issues outcoming, no one doubts; but 
probably in no direction will the eonsequences be more momentous to the 
prosperity and happiness (not to say honor) of this country than in the 
levelopment of its creative and appreciative esthetics. 
However superficially the hurried ‘youth of nations for a time prefers