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distinction. must not be left to the cruelty
OF ignorance or vice In their parents, but
must have their chance Of training for life.
their opportunity Of making their way?
Careless or needy parents take the boy
from school and send him to job which
brings in few shillings a week, instead OF
training him for a trade which will last a
lifetime. All parties in the state,
all shades OF political opinion, whatever
may be the differing methods proposed for
achieving the object. must agree that noth-
ing presses more urgently, in the vast con-
fusion of a modern community, than TO Sc
cure this elementary justice for every child
born within our shores"
Incidentally. the merchant and manufac-
turing class, to which the writer of " The
Utility of All Kinds Of Higher Schooling &"
belongs, owes the estimate in which ii is
today held to Observation-Disclosures Of his
class in part and in part education Of public
opinion. Though east Is east and west
is west" We are told. it is curious to note
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easy requires period
development.
For this that the philosophical systems
with their theory whole which life
subject itself will with nothing
but with this and find whether
In position solve the problem Of human fife
period development
much early of old age 30 viii
find position in trade only exceptional
places official bis office the 90 In Denmark
50 old without is entitled pension
the In Australia entitled pension
60 In France hospital physician university professor
65 regarded incapable continuing his
member the Academy Medicine
Generals in the French retire from service the
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Notwithstanding his premature old the who thus becomes
still feels the need continuing live
yinebe fear Of death him. This death
the main characteristics that diferena being
ANIMAL from the best developed All animals
instihctiyely, but they conscious 0
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il Is doubtless true that large number of
our American children so astray through
wrong social conditions that co not take
into account the laws OF nature that are
more powerful than human laws. How
ever, I believe that careful investigation
will reveal that an equally large number Of
children become delinquents through the
lack of that vigilant, loving guidance and
discipline which every intelligent parent
owes TO his child and which we are pleased
to call effective moral suaslon.
Much OF this unsuccessful rearing Of
children may be found in the homes OF
those foreigners who realize the brutality
Of the old time discipline and who so to the
other extreme of disregarding all sur
VIGILANCE in the blind hope that somehow
things will take care OF themselves. Or per-
haps the parent viii persist in the old time
mandatory discipline, which Is foreign to
the American ideals the child imbibes at
school and as a result Of which he loses ali
respect for the parent and breaks away
from home TO associate with EVIL compan-
ions
Neither OF these two methods constitutes
effective moral suasion- When the latter
takes the place Of the Old time punishment,
it eontemplates more sympathetic vigil
ance and intelligent parenthood. one that
viii study the child. guide il and Ifs il TO
the level Of its physical, mental, and moral
inheritance, parenthood that viii give the
child a large measure of Individual free
dom, but one which viii catch the child be-
fore it falls or goes astray. This Is the kind
Of parenthood for which all those AmerI-
cans who believe in moral suasion must fit
themselves if they hope to be successful
with their children
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comparison will hold unless prepared
that thought and mind material ike
bile could be anayzed and handled 1t the mind
familiar with or the that
agreed with the maeaistc that what
mind the molecular of brain cells would
still be the position Of having how
molecular resulted thought and consciousness
is the first things that elsewhere
muscles obedience mind and
mechanism which but when back the origin the
command itself face a literal dead wall
We do know what life is and equally ignorant the
mind What highest powers
exercised by the living
when these dsoerd mind Beyond this
proceed the theory
Cocsue philosophy which despes mesm and equally material
ism itself well be reminded
do not know than riot in world pure conjecture.
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Give Bov Chance to Learn Initiative.

early youth unless he shall rebel against all that give vent
his freedom initiative, away his environ
Take that boy especially who in the cities The
street be his playground in His speak
him of the dangers Them literal and hgurave Look
the warning his companions who
acting only boyhood less nnocn always disposed
You'll be arrested don't behave yourself Of
the commonest warnings Of his AS result the small boy
already living under mOnahcal condineans avoid the city
policeman enemy 20 his liberty.
In the crowded Of the larger cities policeman who
whom the boy looks beckonng the
hurry. An automobile hundred yards away coming sounds its
against him. The railway
bell and drops his him when that
he has seconds which standard single track which
locomotive is putting switching But il the boy his
sufficiently good Judgment under the rail the
scows and if the teacher the nearby
likely his home and there penalty imposed
But what has the boyhood What
it all but the taking the initiative into bis hands
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and in gives the impression of the JOY Of
living The newborn guinea pig also in condition almost to sub
sist indepdnt and vegetables
hard regard human perfect
has into the world the and
period development Newborn animals differ
grown much less than the child differs
human being. This difference the physical
development the body well the faculties When
ustnctivey the their parents they
acquire useful qualities within
dog instance learns quickly how to hunt 1t is entirely
different with the human being particularly with the civilized human
being The Contrast between boy and his father by far greater
than the lower animals Instructive imitation which is such
excellent method for development leads the
child TO evil results Picture yourself young boy who
initiate his father while hunting with firearms! How much trouble
children their mothers who try keep away
of dangerous tools, knives scissors md
The main point is that life short and therefore
sence cannot achieve its The chief problem religions
and of philosophical doctrines the problem DEATH The
declare that earthly life will be continued
quenty should steadily prepare himself his m The
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that in the best days OF old japan, as well
as in the best days OF old Greece. the mer-
chant and trading classes belonged 10 the
bottom Of the social scale. Almost exact
ly the same ideas OF social status regu-
lated two countries thai never probably
heard of each other At the top Of the
scale was the citizen soldier. next in honor
but far beneath--came the farmer Last
". held as necessary evils. but despised,
came the artisan and the merchant.
Industrial pursuits were held in con-
tempt and commerce was regarded as an
occupation not becoming an honorable citi-
zen They were not considered as really
producing anything. but simply trading on
the communities needs. The farmers was
the only productive industry. Devotion TO
the state was the greatest privilege Of man
and that was exemplifed IN the citizen
soldier He devoted his learning and his
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pursuit OF polite studies. so-called. is
bought al the expense OF the Industrial
worker and fair return should be made to
him.
Or. Carl Guthe the professor in physics,
who. the other day, advanced startling rea-
sons for belief In life after death, said in
conversation once that when he and a few
other boys out of a large class in Germany
announced TO their old professor that they
were going 10 carry on their future study
along the line of technology, the old man
actually cried and begged them not 10 stoop
20 learn base mechanical arts. Which IS
just about what Plato would have said
Desertion from the learned studies. so
called. to the ranks OF technical schools is
characteristic Of the hour It is due TO a
broader understanding OF the scope OF
learning. TO increased respect for mechan-
ical arts, TO education, in short. In this
age the mechanic, the artisan, the mer-
chant are coming into honor as highly
respected. as well as essential. members Of
the community. They must not contemn
the means by which they rose, the educa-
ton Of public opinion and of themselves,
indeed
The ideals OF what is most be1tting man
and a citizen haven't changed throughout
the ages No wise man ever maintained
that wealth made happiness. Moral char
acter, self-respect, usefulness, these in
every age have been put before men as
ideals TO aspire to, and the quickest way to
attain them has been through learning
that is, through education
Herein lies also the answer to the enigma
propounded by Mr.. Crane, regarding col
lege professors.
AS Soo00 a year teachers they tell us how
to turn out $5000 and $1,000 a year bust
ness men Isn't it Bit strange that # has
never occurred to these smart college fel-
lows TO go into business for themselves?
Why draw small salary for telling young
men how TO draw big salaries II you are
capable Of drawing the big salary your
self?"
II Is almost needless to defend the cause
of the teacher. Desire for great gain could
not possibly tempt a young man to choose
teaching career. He would write himself
Gown as a fool Immediately if he an
nounced that he took Up teaching for the
money there was in II. Everybody knows
there is no money in 1t, The best part Of
a teacher is the inspiration he affords
Each of US in looking back al the guiding
influences Of our lives must give credit TO
a certain teacher or certain teachers, not
because what they taught US happened TO
be the work in life We chose but because
they afforded powerful inspiration for
effort
Education draws out what is in the per-
son, it helps clear the way for self-expres-
sion. 1t cannot put anything into the human
being that wasn't there in germ. Certain
ly no one really thinks education can make
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Man Designed by Nature to Be Bao.

philosophers recognize immortality assert that
fragment a metaphysical whole and that there
aim consists the welfare Of this whole This
expressed long recently developer
by distinguished physician and thinker who, unfor-
tunately, died
Although that the main aim Of man is his
believe that this world for
pleasure other purpose hnY he asked himself and
pursued through
life for higher purposes
there consolation being able to to
ourselves purpose, if do not know
purpose. Thus he leads into metaphysics with
which science can have nothing in
feelings develop slowly. Our ehetc formed COM
paratiyey Children experience pleasure the sight
landscapes Here characteristic instance One of
where he also his Of
childhood he grew visited the place Of
his BIRTH recalled the location Of the candy stores and
other savory things But he
had idea about the the which
passed the feeling of life composed Of
sensations them also the ehetc feeling
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OF all. this great nation has as yet failed to
produce happiness and we'll being simply
because the old deluson that wealth CON
siSts in the abundance Of possessions was
carried over into the new world Men live
feyerish lives accumulating. not to enjoy,
but for the mania Of accommodating. 9.
The countries Of the old world have GER
tain ancient checks upon the pursuit OF
material wealth. The new world gave itself
up, unbridled and unlimited, TO that pur-
suit"
When an extremely rich man like Mr
Crane can feel himself sufficiently backed
up by the sentiment Of commercial men in
a commercial city 10 hur wordy javelins
at our educational system it proves that a
widespread misconception must exist as to
the purposes Of education in general It
also justifes such estimates Of our national
ideals given in the foregoing quotation.
What in fact Is the object OF education2
II is to make men happier. more useful
citizens Only incidental 10 make more
prosperous citizens. and not at all 10 make
wealthy men. If you make man more eff
Gent, if you make him better able to ex-
what is evil, if you make him power &C
cording TO his particular aptitudes, you
have made him happier man As hap
pier man he is a more useful citizen. No
where along the line in the campaign Of
education does the idea Of making wealth
for its own sake come IN.
Referring to the book OF Robert F. Hor-
ton, Great Issues" We find him stating
as one OF The sxioms of the modern state
the principle that every human being
should have the opportunity Of becoming
all that he is capable Of being. He saws.
and quote him because he sums up the dis
cussion on this point:
The invidious bars of birth and circum-
stance must be, as far as possible, broken.
so that whatever faculty or power there
may be in every individual may have its
FAIR chance OF developing for the whole.
Ancient forms and the ossification Of an
Old society oppose the most formidable
barriers 10 this natural claim Of genius and
ability Education. It is now ad-
mitted' must be universal and graded in
such way that the poorest child can pass
unimpeded. If he has the faculty. from the
primary 10 the secondary school. and from
the secondary school to the university or
the technical college.
Every one sees the cruelty OF leaving
gifted children condemned to the mill Of
monotonous labor, when they might be-
come the leaders and inspirers Of their
kind II is familiar fact that genius usu-
ally emerges from the cottage rather than
from the mansion. from the Ghetto rather
than from the Pincian. A nation cannot
therefore, afford to lose it's gifted sons and
daughters who are born 10 poverty and
stinted opportunity.
IS But is # not equally obvious that even
ordinary children. who have no promise OF
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the BRAIN This much physiology has proved and this much the
credited with the
brain pathology confirms If there of the
higher functions the is that known the frontal
behind the brow Various evidences point this
q reasonable
Now all brain action known the outcome Of the activity
brain cells and it only logical that the
obes be regulated higher grade
all the Obviously the duty of all the brain cells which call
action Of grade than that which decides why
the muscles The therefore clear for
assumption that mind remembering that by this the
collective results the highest brain intimately associated with
cells such the highest type
much mechanism What. may is the
the brain cell and the mind which dwe thern The old
this inquiry that
cells bile brain cells thought The analogy
clear for bile and thought entirely different things and the
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that in is typical the applies section only Of
brain work and the action of the brains a whole.
is the guiding and controlling impulses of the brain which
call mind The brain which
which sitting the receipt receive
that have be Of
before they be of the
mind This last is the personal individual whose
judgment, like that Of Caesar, there is appeal.
What thinks determines and decides the individual
verdict that constitutes hiss fat and that operates him
select preference another
them mind thus viewed the operations which
the brain undertakes by knowledge the
world deciding how that information may best applied
the ordering o life
The the discussion takes the the inquiry
whether special
the exercise those high discriminatory Obviously
what has been said there high and with
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his judgment that thing forbid Most often
will discover that your only forbdng that thing lies
the that haven't eon6d your boy the why be
careful in doing You Johnnie
preferred action assuming
the desot You haven't him: Johnnie
wouldn't do that if | you and I'll tell you why
How many father have | seen
happy among his boys,
Whose youth full foolish noise
Yet his manhood. hale green.
touched rather guariedy truth
thinking
001
question forbidden thing Why" The parent
community allow his
necessary without taking
fdence and telling him why Don't hold before blinded
thought
better be should learn from YOU his conhdng Even If
is sufficient forbid the you taking
proper
well in
Give your boy reality SUBSTANCE
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with the sense OF the response
btieS which il entails, is an essential 10 the
young man of ambition. His responsibilities in
taking initiative must promise results worth
while. There is certain amount of risk in
all initiative The young man must decide if
that risk be worth while Whether ut the
best ii is sufficient TO cover failure as the other
extreme.
But more and more in the family life Of
the boy there is a tendency in modern life to
take from him the first principles Of initiative
In Just the proportion that a careful fearful
mother or father restricts him TO certain play
10 rni.,hl.,rl,..-.I
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an why he defined a horses pastern
as its knee in his dictionary.
II We study the cause Of the evil that in
fects human society, II We, indeed, but ex-
anime our own lives to find out why We
made our worst mistakes. the same answer
holds good, Ignorance. pure ignorance"
Hence when man occupying the en-
inence in the commercial world Of r. T.
Crane, the Chicago multimilHonaire man
ufacturer, uses his position 10 darken the
counsel OF a still too ignorant world by de-
crying education as he does in his book.
THE UTILITY OF ALL KINDS OF
HIGHER SCHOOLING. 20 he fills most of Us
with as much Indignation as If he advocat-
ed the burning OF ugly old women as witch
es or return TO monarchical form OF
government For all he says means retro
erosion lie directs humanity TO the mo-
raises of existence, instead OF 10 the
heights
We are not educated enough, most OF Us
That IS the trouble with the doctor who
used to give strong medicines 10 children.
What he needed however, was more en-
lghtenment, not less. and surely not to oe
sent face about 70 the ages when he few TO
an altar TO beseech his gods TO drive the
devil out of a patient. While the patient
was left TO die in his commissions
Mr. Crane would have US retrace our
Journey down The toilsone road Of change.
because some OF the baggage we have
picked up on the way proves senseless. Be
cause some boys are miscast in their Hfe's
work, being capable only of lip learning. lie
would deny all children OF workmen the op-
portunitles of the schools. What is this
bur returning 10 the apprentice system.
with its concomitant Of caste? That is what
historically existed before modern enlignt-
eminent threw open the doors Of learning
TO ali the children OF the nation In former
times the boy was born into his fathers
trade. The change 10 ? different station
was az painful and as grievous for nm as
to turn from jew into Christian. His peo-
PIE disowned him, his fellows despised him,
and his superiors never accepted him.
Why In particular does Mr.. Crane con-
tenn higher education? Because it does
not turn out money makers. Ability 10
make money. then, is the end and aim Of
higher education? quite new conception
IN the world, is this. by the way, but one
that is becoming common in America in
fact. It is strikingly American to consti-
tute wealth the criterion Of success.
II one OF those studies Of society which
emana;e only from the leisurely pen Of
some old world observer, read this the
other day: In the present condition Of
the United States there is a salutary lesson
for the world With boundless means OF
production and complete political liberty.
with universal education and The higher
Grades Of education put within the reach
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/ might be interesting If | ventured 10 descant
upon the relation between the brain itself as
the material organ and brain action which we
call, in word, mind My delight is tempered
by the idea that anything I can possibly have
10 say on the subject must, perforce, be a
repetition, more or less, Of views and opinions
which have been well-nish thrashed TO death
in the discussions of scientific philosophy. Still
We may clear the air somewhat, and there
are besides certain considerations TO be noted
which are worth thinking about because they
may pave the way for an honest and unbiased
view OF an important phase Of life
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ARENIS as well as those who stand
in the parental relationship are often
- at variance as 10 the proper method
Of 6iscipllning the children that are
intrusted to their care,
The European method Of recourse to force
and the cruel and unusual forms of punish
ment that still obtain In certain quarters
are growing less frequent in this country
every Gay, While moral suasion is constant
" winning new advocates. That this is a
tendency in harmony with our American
institutions and conceptions Of liberty few
will deny, but the question naturally arises
how far this policy can be carried by the
average parent with the best results.
When the child of European parentage
and training is compared with the Ameri-
can youth. two facts usually stand out
prominently. The European child IS more
doeie and submissive to law and more
deferential to its elders. while the Ameri-
can child is more confident. self-assertive
and fun Of initiative. In their best aspects
both Of these qualities are desirable The
one is usually the product of mandatory
obedience, often brought about by judicious
corporal punishment. while the latter is the
natdral result of spontaneous development
guided by love or moral suasion. The two
tendencies have their counterpart in the
centrifugal and centripetal forces that hold
our planet in place ana make for progress
Both the pushing and pulling process are
necessary and desirable educational prin-
ciples when rightly used but both are
liable to misuse at the hands Of the
thoughtless or ignorant parent.
In the course OF his experience in Chicago
the writer has known Of an irate father
who In N 81 anger burnt his lille chill.
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+ is generally known that many thinkers con-
ceive our nature as mild and kind. Jean
Jacques Rousseau started his Emile with
the following words: +" All that emanates
from the hands OF the Creator is good, but
everything in the hands of man degenerates. -
To-day we can assert exactly the reverse and
say; Man is designed by nature to be bad;
but culture permits him to become better
To prove this statement it is necessary, first
of all, TO consider the origin of human nature.
At the present time must regard it an
established fact that man is of animal origin.
and that he has sprung from some kind of ape.
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made gradual despite part
of the people share this theory.
While collection Of facts has been discovered subantate
the theory of mans origin from the ape nothing has been discovered
during the long period of half century upset this theory Man
must therefore be regarded perfected with much
strongly developed skull and with developed
The newborn pig developed condition
than the newborn human the world
unhappy CRYING and hepess guinea pig the contrary