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— yet the hypodermic needle is not widely advocated as a muscle developer. All depends on what you want to do to the muscle. Equally, whether we should inject mental pabulum through the eye of a child or not depends on what it is going to do to the brain.
The ever convenient analogy of the camera will serve aptly to close this paragraph. To make valuable impressions on the photographic plate the rays must be sent through the lens. To make exactly tbe same kind of impression on the child mind, the eye is unquestionably the best path to follow. That much is known now. But, on the photographic plate, we desire and get only a purely visual impression — it would be unfortunate in the extreme if the negative were to attempt any adjustive reaction upon the image presented. The absolute contrary is sought when educational material is flashed upon the child. If the little mind does not react — if it does not interpret, adjust, correlate, reflect, cerebrate — in short, if the experience does not make the child think, visual education will not educate and must ultimately take its place among the futile fads of history.
The primary task before us believers in visual instruction is to settle, scientifically and conclusively, this fundamental question. It is the sine qua non of further advance and is worthy of
the attention of the keenest minds of the educational realm.
We are rash enough to hope that hundreds of those who receive this copy of Visual Education will follow their impulse and write to the editor their impressions. We are quite aware that this is inviting troubles, but every editor is entitled to have them.
What will be done with all these letters is hard to foretell. Every letter will be read, our reaction carefully noted, and whatever seems the logical thing to do about it will be done. All will, of course, be answered directly or indirectly. Many will be printed. The latter fate will usually be assigned because letters are interesting, learned, clever or critical. We shall welcome them all and shall give ample evidence of our appreciation.
Naturally the letters which must surely provoke instant and inevitable action on our part will be those beginning, "Enclosed please find — ". Use the slip. It is easy to do if done quickly, without thinking over much about it and before ceasing to think at all. One Dollar is a small matter — much smaller indeed than ever before. Still it is enough to show your approval or your scepticism. In either case, you need to see Visual Education every month to justify or to correct that first impression. The Editor.