Saturday, June 30, 2018
Best book title EVER
I was trying to relocate more info on those little box depots. I had seen them before in streetcar journals from around 1910 when I was finding info for graphics projects. Wandering through googlebooks, found a 1914 book on Shelters, Shacks and Shanties which turned out to be more interesting than the depot plans. This is a book of instructions for boys, written by Dan Beard. It starts simple and gets EXTREMELY complicated, mixing construction and anthropology.
The middle part of the table of contents tells the tale:
At the end of this book is an advertisement for other books by the Beard family. The wife and daughter co-authored several similar books for girls. One of them has THE BEST TITLE OF ALL:
Things worth doing and how to do them.
I couldn't find this book among the open stacks of Googlebooks, but a similar book by the same authors is available:
What a Girl can Make and Do.
Well, since this is 1914, we can assume that a girl can make babies and do laundry. Right?
Dead wrong.
Page 1:
Page 2:
In fairness, the book also includes plenty of makings and doings related to food and clothing.
For instance,
and
and
Oops, I lied. Still making things.
= = = = =
THINGS WORTH DOING AND HOW TO DO THEM.
As with Carver's perfect definition of science, this is the perfect definition of education. Or should be. Unfortunately USA STRONG education began to depart from this ideal immediately after 1914, and now teaches the exact opposite. Equivalent modern title:
People who do things worth doing and how to slaughter them.
At the end of this book is an advertisement for other books by the Beard family. The wife and daughter co-authored several similar books for girls. One of them has THE BEST TITLE OF ALL:
Things worth doing and how to do them.
I couldn't find this book among the open stacks of Googlebooks, but a similar book by the same authors is available:
What a Girl can Make and Do.
Well, since this is 1914, we can assume that a girl can make babies and do laundry. Right?
Dead wrong.
Page 1:
Page 2:
In fairness, the book also includes plenty of makings and doings related to food and clothing.
For instance,
and
and
Oops, I lied. Still making things.
= = = = =
THINGS WORTH DOING AND HOW TO DO THEM.
As with Carver's perfect definition of science, this is the perfect definition of education. Or should be. Unfortunately USA STRONG education began to depart from this ideal immediately after 1914, and now teaches the exact opposite. Equivalent modern title:
People who do things worth doing and how to slaughter them.Labels: Carver, Experiential education, things worth doing
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