The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-12
cENsuRE AND PRAISE.
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ZEN to Censure and When to-
Praise" was the subject Of the lee
ture given by Miss Harrison, of the
Chicago Kinderga rten college at the
high school lately, says the st. Paul
Pioneer Press. The lecture was pre-
ceded by the answering OF several
written questions which had been
handed in to Miss Harrison. The
first, What Is the Value Of the
Study OF Infant Pschycology?" Miss
Harrison replied to this that she
did not perceive any distinction be-
tween infant pschycology, and gen
eral pschicology, excepting that,
the former was a stage Of the
latter The VALUE OF SUCH study is,
in enabling the person in charge, of
child to avoid overcrowding and
discriminating its mind. Another
query was as to the value, OF fairy
tales in education OF children, Miss,
Harrison believes that there are
fairy tales and fairy tales, but that,
the value of the best of these is,
great in developing the imagination
and counteracting the natural ten
denotes of the age. The remaining
questions were similar to these:
Proceeding TO the. subject. OF the
morning Miss Harrison said that
praise and censure embody much of
| the clouds and sunshine of life, and
that injustice is one of the cruelest
of mistakes The first thing to in
quile is, ..why do we praise OF con-
demn?' Is it not because the child
does or does not live up to our own
| ideals?" Then it should be asked
How can we leaa others to accept
| our ideals?" How is the command
s<Iy><ss shalt" to be transformed
into II must?" Here begins the
development into the dependent Or
the independent man or woman.
The first thing to do is to be the
thing you would have your child be.
The child is quick to see it when
the parent or teacher falls short.
Conscience has been defined as the
power of ''seeing what you are in
the light of what you ought to be. .
Praise and censure are the two
great instruments by which con-
science is to be stimulated.
TO what instinct should praise and
censure appeal? The love of recog
milton and appreciation is Unborn in
every teing. The natural effort is
to try to please and live in harmony
with those about us. Rightly de-
veloped this instinct becomes that
proper regard for public opinion by
which all but the lowest or tho
highest natures are affected. There
are wrong ways of praising, such as
appealing to vanity and laughing at
clever naughtiness. Praise which
emphasizes the external and tempo
rary alone is always wrong. Praise
which is partly insincere, such as
mothers sometimes give their chill
!. dren before guests, is always wrong.
The right kind of praise is given
quietly, but seriously, for any actual
conquest that the mother knows the
child to have achieved. One mo Their.
knowing that her little daughter had
won victory over a pad temper,
pinned little note to the child's pill
low at night, telling of the happi-
ness it had given her Another.
, whose son had taken the first steps
towards mastering grave fault,
, gave him a picture of Michael An
, gelo's David to hang in his bed
room; telling him it was mile stone
in his life. 1t is best to particular
ize in the requirement that is to be
made of child. Do not say 'Be q
good boy this morning." but mention
some special thing to be remem bered
and follow it up. Inquire whether
or not that demand has been met
and praise or censure accordingly.