Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
Copyright. 1907, by William Windsor
Vitosophical Education

TN the light of the disclosures of tn
science of vitosophy the entire plal
- of education will have to be remod
eled. For centuries we have been edu
ca ting the young without the slight at
| tention being paid to the character pos
| sessed by the student. An artificia
ideal of character was aimed at ant
education was forced upon the unwill
ing recipient regardless of his persona
qualifications.
In the presence of scientific character
study these artificial ideals must give
way to practical ideals founded upon a
knowledge of the material at hand
Parents and teachers will be forced to
consult the welfare of the child and
train him according to his constitution
and temperament. Advanced educators
have long since recognized the desira-
bility of a system of education founded
upon these principles but they have not
been able to organize such a system of
procedure in the absence of scientific
system of mental and physical philoso-
ply. Such a system has now been
formulated and it's benef1cent results
are already noticeable in thousands OF
cases.
The science of vitosophy begins with
character understood and ends with
character developed. 1t insists upon
the recognition of the factors of health,
quality, temperament, size and devel-
opment of brain in determining what a
child shall study and in what occupa-
tions and professions he shall be en-
ployed. 1t emphatically protests against
the employment of a long limbed mo-
tive temperament in the counting room
hah yihb ol,a
lenges the righteousness of the confine
ment of children at any age in COM
mercial or manufacturing employment
and demands that growth should be
secured first and employment be rele-
gated to secondary consideration.
But employment is necessary at last,
and when the time comes for it's selec-
ton it is essential that it should be
adapted to the character of the person
employed Under the present system
or lack of system of commercial en-
ployment every individual takes what
ever job he can appropriate with more
receive than consideration of his own
ability to render an acceptable service.
From this it occurs that thousands of
really competent persons for certain
are rendered incompetent
and unsatisfactory because they adopt
occupations under the stress of poverty
and ignorance for which they are hope
lessly untitled by nature.
The science of vitosophy furnishes a
better basis, both for the selection of
studies and the choice of occupations.
The first principle upon which 1t lays
great stress is that everyone should do
some kind of useful work for reasona-
BILE number of hours every day, and
this is necessary to secure development
and prevent disease. The second prin-
ciple is that the study and employment
should be selected with reference to the
development of the talents of the indi-
vidual and the correction of faults. Be-
cause an individual shows little talent
for a certain occupation is no reason
why he should be excused altogether
from its performance. 1t may be nee
essary for his development that he
should work a certain number of hours
per day at an occupation that is really
and where he continually
blunders, but this kind of employment