The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-29
WORKAND THOUGHT
GOOD THING TO TEACH BOY USE
OF HIS HEAD.
Writer'S Ideas That Are Worthy Of
Serious consIderatIon--Let Young
ster indulge In His Dreams
Once In a While.

know q man, father Of flve chill
dren, who has ideas about bringing
them up, writes Robert Carlton
Brown. Not one minute OF the day
are they idle, If this father should
happen to find one Of them unem
ployed he would Immediately expand
his chest and give long lecture on
the pernicious habit Of ldleness. It Is
strenuous household indeed no
member OF It Is allowed one moment
to himsclfit Is ali do. do, do. Now.
don't know how this mans theory
will work out, but dc know at pres.
ent that his children are about as
prosaic ana dull as any In the neigh
borhood.
Let the boy dream. Let him alone.
Point out the usefulness of work TO
him. but show him rather the use OF
his head than the use Of his hands
Thore are more hands In this world
than heads, and usually hand-laboi
does not come SO high ms the Other
sort
As man thinks. so Is he. II a man
does not think at all-draw your own
conclusions teach my boy to think
~ want him TO get the thought habit.
! la whatever he does there must bc
somewhat of originality would not
care a iot how welf he could copy
picture at the age OF ten years. but II
he male an original little sketch
which showed an idea, no matter how
| crudely Il was done, | would have
some hopes OF him.
II you viii think back TO the days
when you went TO school you probably
win remember your dreams before
your sums In order 10 put the system
OF sums to work man must first
have his dreams his thoughts. liy
schooling child to work for works
own sake you may make a business
man out of him, but you cant make o
real man that way. A real man makes
himself II he has the guidance OF a
thoughtful parent. so much the better
for him; but. remember at all times,
you can't make your boy what you
want him 10 be. You can help--but
that's all
Don't make tho boy dependent on
you for thought Teach bin TO think
Give him time TO himself IN which to
think II all out and the chances ARE
he will develop into something Let
the boy dream Don't worry II he
shows disinclinatiOn TO saw wood
aud pile II up IN the cellar at ten
cents an hour Maybe the reason he
doesn't care for this IS because he is
4 | Nutf t4t. xuu 20 Jtf. ~ har
pie saw wood And they say that Is
the better plan
remember a boy back home who
had that faculty Of making others saw
wood he worked on the younger fel-
lows in such way that they consid-
cred Il gicat privilege 20 be allowed
10 do his chores for him Whenever
his father caught him directing others
In their task OF JOY he thrashed him.
as dutiful parents dsd in those days.
But this boy could not be downed so
easily. lie made a man OF himself
in spite OF his father Now he has
about 100 men saving mental wood
for him while he sits IN the mahog-
any-furnlshed Office two or three hours
day.
Let the boy dream. Give him a
chancc 70 think; guide him II you Will
but 1ont drive him. That wornout
proyerb, You can lead horse to wa
ter, but You can't make him drink
could be remodeled into a useful
maxim for the parent You can lead
boy 10 work. but you can't make him
think"