Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-10
THE "BAD" BOY,
DIR. Hughes Pleads for Him and adj
yises Teachers TO Love Him.

The lecture by Or. Hughes In ire
Assembly han last night was anoth n
triumph for that distinguished educa-
tor. The audience was all that could
be- comfortably accommodated ana thr
remarks made were In happy ven
and held the closest attention or an
lrespnt Preliminary ~ the lecture Ira
Schafner sang IAN For You and Mrs'
W. 4 Wetzel rendered Hush My Lie
he one" and Living Poems. PRAYER
vas offered by Prof Mocnch. ID,
hughes said, his subject being your
Boy
1.-THE great LongfelnW was fond OF
children. 4 year or so before his
death / wrote and asked him to select
for me what he considered two Of his
best poetic verses for children, and
these are what he sent;
IN the elder days Of art
Builders wrought with greatest care.
Each minute and unseen part
For the gods are everywhere
Lot US do our work as well.
Both the unseen and the seen,
Make the house where God may dwell,
Beautiful entire and clean
u have always treasured these since
J knew they were verses he desired Tor
children. And let me here say that ]
have arranged with a lady to write
our for me the beautiful hymn sung IN
or hearing last evening. MY
Father and invite For my memorial
volume all the hymns or gems Of poetry
Of your own choosing that may Dc
copied out for me by any teacher IN
this state
The doctor then stated that the title
of his lecture should have been The
BAD Boy" for II was this boy that ne
intended 10 deal with. said he; The
lad boy and ! are chums ] sympa-
thize with him because ] was called
bad when was young But my parents
bore with me and / got over it. want
20 say right here, however never use
The term bad boy except In quotation
marks. Never sey Il 10 the boy Don
impress his badness on him, for II
you do he win begin 10 consider that
he Is altogether beyond redemption and
viii probably grow worse and worse
Rows have euoChs in growth and during
these epochs they have many things
f. contend with So also with girls. In
their adolescent period they are trou-
blcd IN many ways and II they shoul
aDpear fretful they should be sympa-
thlzad with rather than called bad.
Their passing through these transition
periods or stages should be cpmpfe-
bonded. then we would bear with them
and come % realize that they were NOT
SO bad after all II you cali a boy had
and make him believe he Is in autagon-
'sm to everything good he sometimes
takes Il for granted ana remains So
instead Of being bad be Is great ma
chine out OF order. and Il is the place
NJ the teacher and Of The parent 70 SGT
that machine right, that Il may make
harmony instead OF discord Tor the rest
Of the time
badness Is often a matter OF
heredity. and often matter OF physi-
cal allmont Frequently the boy needs
a physician. and what he gets Is pun
ishment. lie needs love ana sympathy
more than any other child. lie needs
especially the love oi the teacher where
he has not the home love and influence.
"The teacher always decides the
character OF the class. The boys aud
.drls who have been called bad in the
class are frequently the strongest In the
whole school They are strong some
times to rebel against bad treatment
They are strong in courage To defy even
the teacher with all bis physical and
Official force.
"The same qualities which make a
nov bad win make the boy good n
turned in the right direction. The win
rover should never be- broken. Neither
should the courage OF q boy or girl BE-
broken. Better have them fan from
he heights 60 which they climb and
break either arms or lexis than 20 break
their courage,
The dun boy Is often dun through
lack q proper care. Tie may lack food.
or he may have too much food Tine
sulky boy may be 80 from i physical
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