THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM 33

other subjects to allow of their reading widely, and to
permit of careful and analytical correction of essays and
similar written work.

Up to the present the development of the mind in a
general educational scheme has been exclusively considered
 : the development of the body and of the senses
must also form an integral part of a general education.
Science is the subject which forms the connecting link.
First in importance perhaps comes the training of the
eye, in as far as the development of the faculty of observation
 is considered. This is essentially a branch of
Natural Science, and as such is considered in a later
chapter. The senses of smell and taste are also developed
 in the chemical branch of science, and are applied
to the detection of various forms and classes of matter.
The proper use of the ear and voice is inculcated by a
study of music, and this in some form or other must find
a place in the general curriculum.
Voice production is most valuable, not on musical
grounds alone, but also as a valuable aid to physical development
 as far as the lungs are concerned, and also as
a most useful asset to every member of the community,
and especially to those who are destined to become
public speakers or who may eventually be drafted to
those professions where a good word of command is
essential. All boys should have an opportunity at
some stage in their career of being trained in this
direction.
The co-ordination of hand and brain needs careful
training, and this may be acquired through many channels;
instrumental music has the great advantage of developing
 the training of the ear at the same time. Drawing
teaches the transference of mental pictures through the
hand on to surfaces where they may be recorded : not
only has it in this way a purely educational value. but it