The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
STUDY OF The GROWING CHILD
yPOp. N'kEEIER THINkS 1T
N.Ei.1TED SCIENCE.


%, A. u .,-nVhy as the Kansr- Strtc Agri-
co. rcd College. who hrs recently leaped
bot uiphc notice by his protests sgainat
r.. children like crops insterd Of
t,....g them like human beings and
p-,..tr.ug them TOR M -ris ge with less
e.. 'lau pigs ere preps red for packers.
h. Nork ss unusual - it ~ interesting
~. g.> taken upon himself the mission
..nh the Western fermer tn raise
Lr.t children IN the first place end To
t.,. more pride IN this crop than in his
f.. .aru". The wealth of the West has
been fpr loag measured by its output in
and grain says the genial pro-
fr--,r. 1T - time that the West take
a. ant ~ Is men and women
loo o." summer Of 1905 Prof Mckeever
r.,r'ur an interview to the eject that he
Void ISSUE IRE, 80 parents a series 81
h.l"'tns On the problems pertaining to
G." armr training of boys end girls.
Th., interview said in part
VI % farmer has a horse that baIks in
trs D. mess oT n COW that acts aueerIy
Ers runs IA the reservation. he can write
tho nearest Government experiment
s,.uo1 and secure a'printed bulletin or a
better on me subject from high salAried
ra-r hut Il the refractory creature
chances t. he his sixteen-year-old son
o 10, ardghug daughter he has no re-
course other than TO fight the case oui
alone. assisted perhaps only by a despair
irEw wife Tins ~ not a square deal TO the
I. rents nor ~ it At all fair to the boy or
g.-
lew persons became interested and a
n 'Na money. not much. was contributed.
H. Wis expended. with supplementary
sums from the professional pocket. on the
bgretn treating OF child culture. since
then numbers OF Others have been issued
AID they have circulated widely. more
nan O. million and a quarter having been
go. 20 an quarters Of the earth.
Written primarily for the Kansas
farmer they are not painfully Abstruse
or technical 10 the titles sound obvious
must br remembered. as the professor
rvs that boys and girls are obvious. so.
too are the parents oftentimes. He
covers the subjects Of The Cigarette Boy
sad Other Dehnauents. Psychic Power
IN Training Children Development OF
80 Inner Life. -EmotionAIism For the
uEa rrtte bulletin Prof. Mckeever received
an order for JOO from the National Assoc
cation Of Scientific Research through their
committee Of IO0 on natural health. Many
o. the orders for the bulletin Teaching
I've Roy to Save have called for 800 to
aGoo copies. while Finding and Preparing
.pg % Vocation How To Make Rural Iife
More Attractive for the Young Train
ing children in Regard 20 Their Sex
Natures and the Problem OF the Grow
irg Boys or Girls Society some % which
are "a course Of preparation, are or prom
10 to he equally popular.
In communication To THE SUN Prof.
N,ksever furnishes the nucleus ~ his
coming bulletin. which he intends To call
\ Better Crop Of Boys aud Girls Needed. 90
When you consider he says. that
nave. practically out u my own pocket.
punished more than a million and a
= lNrter copies of the bulletins now in print.
- pnly return required being the written
or SpOken request Of parents guardians
r- Il the youths themselves. you may judge
p. SaAt extent have tho subject matter
.. heart
Where We blunder il right here. IN
r- Indifference To the rRhtful bringing
1901 Of the child There are a lot - glarinR
10 1nsistencies In our boas,-i ago 81
-. zresa. Through Government appro-
prrtuons and private benciacti0ns We arc
sN1eading vast sums OF IN nsy Iu chs
= -.,ut Il wealth and m tho hidden mean
80, 4 non-human nature just nov We
r-,d nat Government eXperts are con
,l'.y at work patrolIing the seacoast
D. -rlor 10 make a careful study 1t the
y.s.r.-, u the sportive clam. the elusive
-ut. sa-el and tho hilarious bachelor
=. put here 10 no publicly supported
.g...-.eFaa.tl IA
s..ag behavior of little children playing
p -rIut the family fir5sds We nave
...o. ariy dissertations on how 10 develop
frauues, and good will ia the racreant
iU.sa and how - bring up IN a succeSsful
o.. ..u.r mo orphan calf. hut thos~ who
ts-e 100 barge the home development ~
b" human offspring must grope IN the
,..a fer sucCessful way We know
n"N 20 make pix- thrive. hut not how "a
tsa,r TOYS 20 save We know how On
n. Isl" hens lay. buI not how 20 tram girls
.. ...Ip IN the home. or whethor or not
'.-. should ~ 80 traired We know how
~r.'.,..lly 10 hTing cut the hidden "n"r-
-.', . M" -oIi. hut not how - develop
4kh rational homo training the
lid latent aptitides that are the
"r"u' po-ve-sion e all the boys and
r..s rorn among ~
Ne r"qure a long cotITse 81 schoohng
g.. 100 teacher. the physician and the
.,rarp,ran W. offer advanced cOurre-
= r-frurtion for those who would do
% he breeding and management ~
''s hogs and chickens. hut We have M
G. -. 81 training or any standard Of rs-
.rHrueut for tho-e who are To engage
/. poo unmplax and diffic'Ilt task 81 rearing
i-s. % the home. Any young human
p u. matter how much diseased
b. rrrrInsl m their habits ar tendencies.
- gnorant IL things IN general and ~
a y~re iscorne married and blunder
svsy without help or hindrance in the
y.rs ~ bringing mp family.
'tre thing H. certain. our young peo-
pic r"- 'Iuua 20 fall in love A. 81 old. nut
g. 20. - .clsncs has investigated this
rherrronon ~ IL direct bearing upon
the 'T'J-" n the race u might he a result
"a int ion or contagion or Enerely an
id'o-vn, rs-y ~ OallOW youth. What are
10 correct standards OF form and sym
u."'rv - body. Of physical health. OI
Il -. 80 FAT