The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-27
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man." Presumably Nat peoblem wasi
solved and the you1W Blen settled mi
some sore Is state.
In the nineteenth Centurs Che pFob-
lem was the young sOman." Presum-
ably chat problem was solved, but not
settled in any sort &C state.
In the twentieth century the problem
is the child" end the public Is trying
its level bee to work out the fvefiest
problem ever tackleg although for cen
wears the wisest men on earth have been
trying to york the problem, they have
gotten but the first axiom: Che child Us
the 6uture man.
Ahemg The chfia is the future man Us
quite evident 90 the eyesight Of the dule-
est mortal in existence. Still 1t gas and
I is q good stare 90 commence Work upon
the problem. Now if has been worked
out tlns way. For il 1t stand 60 season
Rthat Che ChilG is che frNrre Unan, ahe
maki1g oges oS the 6gigeN ehild was
Necessary 60 enc solutiO0 Of che problem.
The Ghild being eonposed Of spiTit
| and mates, is with difficulty eeduced 60
any etaeS Realizing che e4usiverless Of
the spiris, ahe wi@acGes 6egan woek
upoR Che a1atsee.
The child 6s 60 BE enc f,teure n1ab, and
mus seSvs bis Geiiow men So his ehys-
icaI powee Gluss be cultivated with the
isame attention Ghat Is given to any beast
fof burGeR Soc 40 che @oeld seemingly
advances in civilization, the nlonumea-
taf skyscrapers, ne tunnelling &c hnd
ana water, demand p1en of more physi
caG endurance than any beast of burden.
Even though great labor-saving ma
chimes have been invented, the hands of
men g0nst manipulate them.
Civilization has o11ce'wlore reached the
age when monuments must be built chat
are surprisingly great, to impress the
future with the vastness of the Gaen who
lived in the twentieth century.
D. Nrha9matter it % the Culture race are
ali@s to the lane? The Nen g ths
,ftyentiet6 e8turs must 9epeaE- On Wit
I tie moee esfnea Gor9n-4the mistakes &C.
co@ded in historD
What 9nro8s man % lbs nne1rsa
equilibrium G his endeavos % be . ese-
atdn Oils owg delusios that he San
possess che allseeing eye % God ana
solve the RroblenB o6 hurnaH OaSuse
with the same easO-if he IS equally peg
sistent-tha0 che carnations % alar1i4
mate nature have been encompasses -
Map has been crying 90 solve, She
problems 90 the child by sealing Nth
children yery much like theS woe solls,
to be taken care o6 by che anunicip9 a8
thorities 9ublic schools and public 81
situations take the place of homes. 9u-
venile courts take the place % parents
Children have become the wards Of
the State to all intents although sheg
have not been labeled.
The chi1d-still in durance to che
growing impulses of nature-has become
the p1aything of the world.
In Golfers Weekly it is called Civ
ling the city children a chance" H
sounds nice, but is this systematic public
attention beneficial? Is it giving the
children a chance, or is it giving the
parents a rest? Truly it seems to be a
pleasurab1e occupation for the people,
but how about the result?
The methods pursued relieve the pa
rents of all responsibility, The public
schools educate the children, teach them
Hygiene, etc. Public institutions take
full care of children deserted by parents
Or left orphans. All the cities have pub
lie play grounds where children are
taught how to play. Yet the children Of
to-day do not seem to be promising spec
linens of humanity. The child should
mot be educated to play beyond the limit
THAT it is educated to use its brain.
The physical growth of child should
not be given more attention than its
spiritual growth.
The people spend money, time and
labor in equipping public plag grounds
and glory in the spectacular of the Or
lganized games which have been taught
the children, little thinking that public
|play grounds are on the grade of 20
illogical gardens.
The children so trained have no home
associations. They have no home afec-
tions. They are all too anxious to get to
1.-THE public play grounds where they can
be amused with pastimes which do not
tax their minds, and where they can be
taught to dominate their seniors. When
the physical body is trained more highly
than the mind, it is destructive to hu-
man feeling, and the mind is reduced to
mechanism which works automatically
It is seen that the child at ten years
loses all the impulse of youth and its
face is marked with the sharpness and
hardness of dispirited manhood.
| When the child becomes a man it is