The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-27

ents IN an old homestead where he Is
allowed 20 do as he pleases when out
OF doors. and is under proper restric-
tions within them. Love is the best
atmosphere. It is true. for sensitive
child. but law must accompany love
in the training OF children.
Sensitive means responsive TO infiu-
euce and the word has to do with
quick feeling and swift receptiveness
on the part of a human being, All
things considered. a sensitive child or
a sensitive woman or man belongs to
a higher order than does a blunt, irre-
sponsive and dull-natured person who
Is difficult Of access and slow OF
brain. The finer the type the greater
will be the sensitiveness. The farther
we advance in civilization the more
rapid Will be the march Of sensation
and the swiftor the rush Of emotion,
and yet this means only that the pro
founder must be the need for disci-
pline Discipline should not be
thought Of as harsh It never need
be unkind.
when the sensitive child has learned
20 be altruistic. to deny self that otit-
ers may be happy he or she mas
reached a level on the uplands of life
we'll worth attainment The corona
tion of happy living at home is EN-.
bodied in the word harmony. There
cannot be harmony where there is in-
Justice Every child of Adam, young
and old, yearns for justice We do
not ask that people shall treat us with
forebearance or pity or even generosi-
ty We ask that they shall be just
The youngest member Of the family
has as much right to Justice as tae
Oldest Oversensitiveness if un-
checked is sure 20 make its possessor
both miserable and despotic. com
/ biuation that works like a leaven Of
evil in the individual and in the home.
An April child all sudden smiles
and tears may be darling. but
/ April's onward progress is to months
( in which we may anticipate settled
weather
Beware Of yielding too much to tenn
permanent. In the present direction
toward individualism in education
there is just the danger that the indi-
yidual may be studied to the disad-
vantage OF the whole. an eminent
doctor who had given much thought
and study to thv management OF
youth once said 20 me: After ali. il
is a comfort mat children scramble
up the hill v>ry much as they always
have. Notwithstanding our painstak
ing. and perhaps the best thing that
ever befails them is little whole
some neglect"
Children are fortunate when they
are introduced into a world full Of
cousins about their own age. When
several families Of kinsfolk reside in
the same locality and there is a good
deal of visiting, of running to anc
fro and Of informal fellowship, th'
children are early made members Oi
sort of youthful republic Bis
brothers and older sisters look oui
for the juniors, and II there is a chile
with a tendency to morbidaess or 1,
discomfort the healthy activity in tbs
environment soon exercises the haunt
ing demon.
A merry circle Of cousins Is a caus'
for congratulation. and next to this
the best thing for any child, whethe
sensitive or not, is TO be thrown int
the companionship of a school fille'
witlt the children of townspeopl
somewhere on the same plane, as I,
age and condition. When everything
has been said on the subject that cal
be said, there still remains this trutl
that children educate each other ia
more successfully than grown peopl
: educate them.
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph Z. Bowles.)