The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-29
WORK AND 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 man, father of five chill.
drcn who has ideas a, nut bringing
them up, writes Robert Carlton
Brown Not one minute of the day
arc they idle. II this father should
happen to find one of them unem.
ployod he would Immediately expand
his chest and give a long lecture on
the perniciou3 habit of idleness, 1t is
strenuous household, indeed, no
member of It is allowed one moment
to himsclf-it is all do, do. do. Now,
don't know how this mans theory
will work out. but | do know at pres
ent that his children are about as
prosaic and 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.
There are more hands in this world
| than heads, and usually hand-labor
does not come so high as the Other
sort.
AS a man thinks so Is he. II man
does not think at all-draw your own
conclusions. teach my boy to think
i want him to get the thought habit.
In whatever he does there must be
| somewhat of originality. | would not
care a jot how well he could copy a
picture at the age Of ten years, but II
he made an original little sketch.
which showed an idea, TO matter how
crudely 1t was done, | would have
some hopes Of him.
II you will think back to the days
when you went to school you probably
will remeirber your dreams before
your sums. In order to put the system
of sums to work man : must first
have his dreams, his thoughts. BY
schooling child to work for works
own sake you may make a business
man out Of him. but you cant make
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 cant make your boy what you
want him to be. You can help-but
that's all
Don't make the boy dependent on
you for thought. Teach him TO think
Give him time to himself in which to
think 1t all out, and the chances are
he will develop into something. Let
the boy dream. Don't worry II he
shows disinclnatlon to saw wood
and pile It up in the cellar at ter
cents an hour. Maybe the reason he
doesn't care for this is because he Ii
thinking up ways to make other PEG
pie saw wood. And they say that IL
the better plan. os
remember q boy back home wht
had that faculty of making others saw
wood He worked on the younger fel
lows In such way that they consid
cred 1t a great privilege to be allowed
to do his chores for him. Wheneve
his father caught him directing Others
in their task of JOY he thrashed him
as dutiful parents did in those days
But this boy could not be downed 81
easily He made a man of himsel
in spite of his father. Now he ha
about 100 men saving mental WOO
for him, while he sits in the mahop
any-furnished Office two or three hour
a day.
Let the boy dream. Give him
chance to think; guide him If you viii
; but don't drive him. That worn-ou
proverb, You can lead a horse to wa
: ter, but you can't make him drink.
, could be remodeled into usefu
, maxim for the parent. You can lea
boy to work, but you can't make hir
: think"