Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-02

pulses. motives. the children should be
! ed to the ideal Of the virtue which we
| would have Them embody In theii
lives, The wise mother begins to train
| ne ethical Judgment Of her four-year-
Dld chiid not by word pictures about
courage. bur by taking his hand ~
hers and helping him % a feeling Of
| pleasure Ia overcoming fear, In cout-
~sgcousiy advancing toward the fearful
thing. Ideals Of conduct must pc
founded in experience.
This very conditions underlying the
| school organization make such q CON
Iception almost fruitless. Certain
changes, however. have been made;
cor one. IN the relations between
teachers ana pupils The ideal OF the
| rood teacher has been Influenced by
! he democratic theory that govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent OF the governed The
theory occasionally halts. az when an
unexpected regulation IA q spifis
81 opposition, but its outcome In a
practice Of starting the wheels Of gcv-
rnment by discussion and explaEa-
ION OF ifEhtHtl'io III Nv way 'NHA
to one familiar With Amerlcn young
people the %reproach sometimes cGAt
upon II Of 'mollye0ddling.
Ia this theory there is a movement
toward founding the social Judgment
In the emotions and IN cooperative
action But consideration of the vlry
tues cultivated la the school shows tht
theory to be individualistlc, The self
control OF boys aud girls who live ~
to the standard Of conduct fixed BY
the school-punotuality In attendance
and In performance of duties, honest
endeavor TO prepare lessons indepcn-
dent OF surreptitious a~id-~shouid not
be underestimatcd but the standard
lacks the subtle element in%dispens-
able 10 life~-thc element OF growth
There Is prevalent a notion that nj
the age Of forty years or more ones
ideals Of honesty, truth, generosity. hre
less true than in the earlier years
How to develop the ethical Judgment
80 that ideals shall deepen and give
true value 10 the experiences OF life is
the question OF deepest import for he
school
Writers on ethical training usually
divide the school In It's Influence on
character into two parts. First. the
class room with it, regular, orderly
life, IN which stress ~ laid on punt
~tuaiity, industry, obedience quie /,
second. the playground, with us dem-
life in which are acquired
knowledge of human nature, s~elf-re-
lance. friendship, and q sense Of OBJ
~ligatioA fair The assumption that
these two divisions provide individual
and social training Is n OF the rea-
sons why the school does not make
effective IN its classrooms the con-
Of character developing In
through the exercise Of eth
ical judgment An ideal recitation Is
one IN which the teacher probes
and the children watch the dissection,
bouncing upon mistakes; 1t N one in
which the members gain strength ana
Individuality through cooperative en-
tort TO make the bit Of knowledge the
common possession, as fun as possible,
Experiments known as the school
city, the Self-goVerning school. etc,
prove ina the children instead of
helpfulness, etc, through M
Ieraotivlty IN elars, practice these vir-
Iues as responsible members IN am
lther part Of the schoul-in the gov
'rnmpnt they ignore the function Of
he teacher in training the conduct of
he children outside Of the class room
teachers and parents to withdraw
rom the social gatherings. the games
e the s,ung people, is to leave the |
of the ethical Judgment 10
nance. such training al develop
lnly out Of work ana amusement IN
Ga re arise ethical situations
hat demand the conscious ana sin
ere eff lrt of the boy or girl to in
'luence The situation by the activity
n 1udg g Here ana there great
.eachor have lived with the young
people the learning and the playing,
leveiopt both the scientific ana the /
ildgments. How TO do It IN
he flue natins membership OF crowd.
"a scho rooms ~ the greatest ques-
lion cv set for us. When our own
Judgment shall become surer,
through activity In the HE Of the
then shall we find the solution
u what now seems 4 be an unsolv-
able pr, llem,
An . srt was made ~ the business
session 0 have the association en-
npiificd spelling A ~resolu-
hon 10 hi effect was lost by n close
vote.
hIme Ellsworth Brown, tho United
states immlssiouer OF education. adj
dressed The council on Possible CO.
nperatina Between the Educational AS