Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-10

Jesse James series, it will be only by giving the children a literature in which the same manly qualities are portrayed without its degrading in- fiuences.
 About the age of 12 comes the development of self-power, with the impulse to bully as its downward tendency and its legitimate express sion in the impulse to defend. Bravery has its highest development in moral courage, but carly mani- fests itself in mere brayado. There are times when boy ought to fight" he said. Those occasions are few, but are generally those oc- casions when altruism comes to the front. l recall the incident of a | mother whose boy returned home one day to assist her in doing some work. | His heart wasn't in the task and the | tactful mother soon learned that he | had refused to fight because he had to come home according to his prom | ise to help her. He had been taunt- ed as only boys can taunt each other. His mother told him to go right back and thrash his tormentor.
 He did it, too,' the mother after wards told me, for he broke the other fellows nose.'
 Show the girl that there is other | goods in the world besides dry ] goods. Gang loyalty is the old tribal consciousness cropping out in the clique or the social set. tt may de- | generate into class spirit. but never theless it is fidelity, it is honor. It is recognition of the fact that the social unit is the little group to which the child belongs. Every time the teacher asks the child to tell who did something wrong, she is undermining his character. never would give the child the op- i portunity to lie to me in that respect | for I never would ask that question. Rather say, This is a responsibility | upon you all. Let the one who did it own up and save the cest.' The | teacher then has the social conscious ness with her.
 | If we are to be successful in | shaping the characters of our chill dren it will be only as we go be- meath the surface and learn to lead the impulses, not to fight them down, but to lead the fundamental impulse along higher lines and es- tablish sympathetic connection with | the child"
 Another speaker during the af- ternoon was Mrs Henry J. Hersey, l ctn nf h1 gress, whose address consisted of the reading of three letters on Home Relations" found On actual incidents. They were written to bring out the problems of home life, the relations ''in law" and were of such nature that they were inn mensely enjoyed by all the women present They were cleverly writ ten and we'll read and in the eyes of the delegates were the feature of the afternoon. Other speakers were Mrs Ferdinand Wolff. president of the Waterville Mothers club and Mayor William E. Thoms.
 The musical program was very we'll rendered.
 Following is the list of the visit ing delegates:
 Mrs Levi Taylor, Hartford; Mrs w.. K. Ackley. Hartford; Mrs J. L. Havens, East Hartford; Mrs w. w Taintor, Hartford; Mrs Charles Reyes, Hartford; Mrs F. B. Street
 East Haven; Mrs Georgiana Minor
 Middletown; Mrs G. B. Chandler Rocky Tfill; Mrs "A. B. Jenkins, Hart
 ford; Mrs w. B. Couch, Cromwell Mrs S. V. Hubbard, Cromwell; Mrs
 E. c. Sage, East Haven; Mrs N. c
 Stiles, Hartford; Mrs George P
 Chandler, Hartford; Mrs A. H. Gled
 hill, South Glastonbury; Mrs w. B
 Ferguson, Middletown; Mrs F. NJ
 Berry, East Haven; Mrs c. W. Var
 Pelt, Middletown; Mrs Thomas Gil bert, Middletown; Mrs E. A. Glad win. Middletown, Mrs r. E. Smith , East Haven; Mrs E. T. Atwater, New
 Haven; Mrs Beecher. New Haven; Mrs J. A. Wiley, Hartford; Mrs w
 H. Corbin. Hartford; Mrs F. ]. Rich New Haven;; Mrs Henry Horton
 New Haven; Mrs Maclntyre. New f Haven; Mrs F. R. Waite, Hartford , Mrs G. NJ. Hersey. West Hartford Mrs H. J. Hersey, Denver, Col; Mir! , s. G. Huntington. Hartford; Mrs E l ID To