The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-19
.WORKAND THOUGHT
GOOD THING TO TEACH BOY USE
or HIS HEAD.
Writer'S Ideas That Are Worthy Of
Serious considerstlon--Le Young
ster indulge IN His Dreams
Once In a While.

know a man a father OF FIVE chill
dren, who has ideas about bringing
them up. writes Robert Carlton
Brown. Not one minute Of the day
are they idle. II this father should
happen to fnd one OF them unem.
ployed he would Immediately expand
his chest and give long lecture on
tho pernicIous habit OF .idleness. II is
a strenuous household, indeed no
member of II is allowed one moment
to himself--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 duh 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 othCS
sort.
AS a man thinks. so Is he II a man
does not think at all--draw your own
conclusions teach my boy 10 think
II 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, no matter how
crudely Il was done. would have
some hopes OF him
II you will thin6 back to the days
when you went to school you probably
will remember 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 business
man out of him. but you can't make a
real man that way A real man makes
himself If no has the guidance of a
thoughtful parent. so mucn 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 il he
shows disinclination to saw wood
and pile 1t up in the cellar at ten
cents an hour. Maybe the reason he
doesn't care for this is because he is
thinking up ways to make other peo
pie saw wood. And they say that is
The better plan.
remember 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 It great privilege &c be allowed
to do his chores for him. Whenever
his father caught him directing others
in their task Of Joy he thrashed him
as dutifGl parents did in those days
But this boy could not be downed so
easily. He 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-furnished Office two or three hours
a day
Let the boy dream. Give him a
chance to think; guide him IL you viii.
but don't drive him. Ti,dt worn-out
proverb. 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 to work. but you can't make him
think"