The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

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1. Comparative freedom from the more
serious chronic diseases and Weakn
\ TO b. named in the law
Comparative freedom from criminal
habits and tencencies - established by
'Sm petent testimony
I knOwledRe of the rudiments Of the
Psychology Of child dcN elopnient tncliding
he moral and ,nicli-c,ual training % the
young
Know ledge or the rudimen,s or hor,s
/ sanitation
some degree oT compatibility Of tom
! permanent
les, the young man further
/ ~ tn his ability To do steady and
honorable work and to provide means Of
living. requiring reasonable PROSPECT of a
! permanent vocation
, A. to hk knowledge Of the rights Of
women rs hOu-eWive and of children in The
| home
Test the young woman
I. On the TudunsniS Of domestic ~cience
and Art. including personal know ledge of
how to do hoU-sv ork
As 10 her knowledge Of the business
affairs Of The successful bou-sv Ne
TN the matter Of fcedmg. clothing and
otherwise caring Tor infant children
One % the principal reasons why
/ parents continue To train their children
' bN htu tAanlouNu ulesNlDlh Ot klt'ftss near
say and superstition is that there has
never been prepared ans offered tn them
any authentic. scientific literature On the
subjert The old hit or miss methods
Of farming and stock raising are being
given up To the exclusive usc 81 those
Interested ia rearing children. while the
farmer and stockman take advantage
of the methods worked ont for them 10y
tho trained exports. Yet there ~ no more
fertile field for research and Investigation
eAu0N eks.o II ~
dren. send trained men and women
into this field 10 gather up the hspken
fragments 10 a possible sciensc ~ child
rearing and then place their findings
m condensed form free oi charge ia inc
hauds Of all prospective parents can
think % no hotter and quicker way ~
regonerating the whole race
For aRcs past IL was Thought that young
children who committed criminal acts
were inherently criminal Thousands ~
little children have been cruelty thrust
into foul prisons and branded - moral
degensrates in the public eye. when a.
a matter u fact they merely needed the
opportunity that any ordinary parent can
I to-day be taught how To i've. ] cnallcng"
any reader IL this article TO follow out the
great work being done at present by the
4 best Juvenile courts. the industrial schools
once called reform schools and the
other like institutions. ana not Become
thoroughly converted 90 the side OF
trainin- az an efficient means % saving
the youth Of the land.
AS an evidence OF what can be achieved
by means OF scientific research and its
application VIZ may call 70 mlnd Ehat
, recently done for backward school chil-
dren Within the past five years u has
been discovered 10y research nletllod
that the school teachers have be'n blum
dsring fcarfully IN their DEALINGS WIN
having been regarded ~ miscreaDts And
blOckheads when instead they simply
needed treatment for defective sight.
hearing and for malnutrition.
Worse laundering than that last re-
I serrsd 10 - still going on with respect
= 70 the problems Of home training. MANY
7 RDod bows are doubtless being driven
from the farm through overwork and
lack OF congenial environment. Many
good girls likewIs. come To the age OF
full maturity bent in form and hhght"d
in mind and soul through the elects OF
crampinR toll and the lack 81 that inner
social and spiritual development whlch
can come only from those thingD when
: daily bring the light OF Affection anh we
insoirat,on OF hoJs- into the CONSCIOUSNESS.
I -OO the other hand We find roaming
daily and nightly upon the streets Of our
/ towns and Villages many oNerrtpe; niase
sixteen year old boys VINO through RcH
of any we'll planned eNercis" or m ~
t.rienc. Of persistent work ar" withom
tho moral stamina r"C-eSSary a. "hhbI"
them 20 answ r ia" many imIrt wv
calls for we'll dis po=..d young artists ana
artisans Curtis too th-r. ar running
mates Of th,-.. boys girls approaching
the aga Of grown up wofnanhooi. WHO'S
minds ar. nouri-hed chiefly ON IN" airy
dreams ~ coming out parties Plhh Va"
and tho ultra fashions ia clothes.
The foregoing unds~ira'fi" rpndiil"ti-
b s-.tIrns. "A serious ASPECT when "" ron-
slider that these sam" Youths and 'naid"ns.
themselves more Or l..-- ignorantly r-ar"d.
are daily pliErting their roth and h"ing
united IN maj RAG without any shpN -.
OF the meanings and r"-pon'i'ilti"H ~
parpnthood other than what they have
bv chance picked up through IN" gossip
Of their associates.
Underlying all this compleN WORK NJ
child rearing - well develolsd Sci"nc~
u.VchoIoRv. which ought To 10 required
In an elementary form IN all secondary
.chool cOur-.-. Later every pIo@f-T NV"
Parent should be required 20 TAX" a thor-
OuRh course of training ia the pSyrhoioRy
of child development. Siirh a frathhg
will In my opinion do NOR ~ save IN"
nov. and girls and the whole country
than any other discipline thar can ~
offered
.,noIting which led Prof. Mck"~ver -
write the bulletin on the evils ~ this
habit for whish there has been greatrr
demand than for any other ne maze nun
dreds 81 sphygrnograph records ~ PEI
md ,eunr--rafnepf. about one hundred OF
1hsas be,nR hoys and youths addI' ted &"
,h. smoking habit The 1phyg'nograph
says the professor. - az nstr'I'eht
with a olOckwork and trigger mechanism
4, a. adjusted AZ th. radial artery the
records being traced OH a strip oi paper
This ceIicAts instrument T'corris very
satisfactorily the "o'nparafivs stn~nRth,
regularity and nervOusness OF the near
L.st N will alzo show very quickly
anv changes IN tn" heart movement 70;
SIIlting from either mental or physical
stimui. IL may h. said roo mar thrrr =
.Irnost as murh Individuality ~ heart-
1ritinx' AZ there - IN Handwriting.
Before preparing the bulletin on each
ing the Roy TO Save Prof. Nch"ev~r
Interviewed some IOO parents oi varying
conditions II life.
III IL often the case he states -e~pe-
c,aIlv among farmers. that the growing
row meyer secs any money 81 hts own
excepting ON rare occaslouS VA ~"
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