The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-25

with the girls Next. in each group all
Of the same age were placed together
Then the three rubrics were separated,
| upon each being the number ana age. so
that all could be referred to their proper
authors. The mechanical division being
thus completed, the rubrics were ex-
amined In order.
This was found to be a task of great
| interest There were answers altruistic:
| there were answers selfish. Woodwortll.
perhaps, never made speciality of child
study, but he knew something of child
nature when he said THE Child is Father
| of the Man.
| One little girl OF II years wished. when
sho grew to be a woman Ito be an artist
] so l could paint fine pictures and send
them to the asyluns and to people who
can't go around and see places Another
of 10 years wished ito be an artist and
| pai1st for my own pleasure"
| A little country girl of II remarked that
! ''the height Of her ambition was to DO
a Phi. d. of Cornell University There
were more Indifferent answers. that is
| answers implying neither aItruism nor
egoism among the girls than among the
boys. The majority OF girls wished to
be teachers. showing that teaching as a
profession, at least for women, occupies
| a far higher position now than formerly
| We think, too, this is a confirmation
| from the children of the fact that many
| consider teaching certainly the most IL
! not the only. thoroughly respectable
/ means by which a woman may earn her
| daily bread. On the contrary. less than
/ 1 per cent. of the boys cared to teach.
! The country boys wanted to be merchants
| ard farmers; their city cousins. mer-
| chants, lawyers and doctors for the most
| Fart although almost every lmmd enable
occupation was named. Certainly the
| boys ideal is not the teacher. He wants
tt. make money and to take his place IN
| the busy world. But very few were IN
sympathy with the country boy of ~. VINO
| wished ito be preacher and speak the
/ word Of God to Sinners There were
some answers showing the religious sense
/ Of the children. for example, city boy
of II wished first to be a
christian and second lawyer, If have
| enough seuse" One child, II years Old.
| slowed sense of obligation to parents
and a desire to- repay it. Both the town
| boys and girls showed a greater proper
! ton of selflshness than those from the
country But there are still many dues-
tons of interest along She line Of ultrtisn,
to be studied in the papers Ihere are
ORA wing ideals of helpfulness to be en-
couraged and developed: there may pc
light thrown upon the forms OF selfish-
ness most allurinS to the childish nina
Another question Of interest that may
be further developed IS the rise OF the
B .tnew woman as shown in the indie
pendence Of the little girl Between eiSn y
desire to earn their own living. OF those
examined about two per cent. or the
town girls had this idea and thirteen pc per +
I cent of those from the country. The
question of imitation also arose. The
younger children. with an original excep-
ton here and there. wished to be what
their fathers were
BY far the greater number of children
contended that the pony belonged to the
father. who had a right to take 1t away
from Henry because Henry did not feed
it. A few asserted that. the father had
no right to the pony, because he had
once given it to Henry and therefore. ii
belonged to Henry. The younger chlldren
as a rule would make Henry's ownership
of it.
The story off Pearl Nelson brought out
many beautiful traits OF child character
Because Pearl was poor little ElrI with;
out pretty clothes, and not we'll treated
by the rest, forthwith the childish sym
pathy goes out to her in largest meas
ure. In nearly all cases the story IS MADE mao
ty new dress. beloved by all her school
mates and at the head of her classes,
this imagined because ,ns children. sym
to do all in their power to make UP fol-
that first unhappy experience Some
stories are really beautiful and show q
high degree OF Imagination as we'll as
great sympathy. The boys usually can,
not resist the temptation of a semi-fight
between Stella and Pearl, although it is
often adjusted and the girls become
friends. One boy, however. asserted that
after the fight and exchange of hats was
over, they never had any use for 81, ga CT
other" The girls make them 'fas
friends ever afterwards.
There are many problems to be solved
in Juvenile ethics. How shall we best de
velop the altruistic spirit? How shall
we elevate the boy to something higher
/ selfish
mercia1 life. or rather how shall we teach
him to carry loftier idea1ism into tina
same life and thus raise it above the
utIlitarian spirit? What can we do witt
the cnild's rare sympathy in helping
break the caste spirit that dominates sc
much of our social fabric? These nrs
agong the questions which we hope to de
velop in our further study of the prob
lem.
LINUS w. KLINE.
Farnavile. Va, May 20. 1902.
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