Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27

little money-not much-was contributed.
This was expended, with supplementary
sums from the professional pocket, on the
bulletin treating Of child culture. Since
then numbers Of others have been issued
and they have circulated widely, moro than
l,225, 900 having been sent to all quarters OF
the earth. --
Written primarily for the Kansas farmer,
they are not painfully abstruse or tech
nical. If the titles sound obvious It must
be remembered as the professor says, that
boys and girls are obvious, so, too, are
the parents oftentimes. He covers the
subjects of "The Cigarette Boy and other
Delinquents," Psychic Power and Train
ing Children" Development of the Inner
Life" "Emotionalism." For the cigarette
bulletin Prof. McKeever received an order
for 800 from the National Association Of
Scientific Research through their commit
tee of 100 on natural health. Many of the
orders for the bulletin Teaching the Boy
to Save" have called for $500 to s,OOJ
copies, while Finding and Preparing for
a Vocation" How to Make Rural Life
More Attractive for the Young" Train
ing Children in Regard to Their Sex Ma
lures" and the Problem Of the Growing
Boys or Girls Society,"" some of which
are in course Of preparation, are, or prom
ise to be. equally popular.
In communication to The Bee Prof.
McKeever furnishes the nucleus OF his
coming bulletin, which he intends to call
"A Better Crop OF Boys and Girls Needed "
When you consider" he says, that
1 have, practically out of my own pocket,
published more than 1250,O 900 copies of the
bulletins now In print, the only return re-
quired being the written or spoken re-
quest Of parents. guardians or Of the
youths themselves, you may Judge to what
extent have the subject matter at heart.
Where We Blunder.
Where we blunder is right here: In
our indifference to the rightful bringing
up Of the child There are lot OF glaring
Inconsistencies in our boasted age OF prog
ress. Through government appropriations
and provided benefactions we are expanding
vast sums OF money In the pursuit OF
wealth and in the hidden meanings of non
human nature. Just now we read that gov
eminent experts are constantly at work
patrolling the seacoast In order to make a
careful study OF the antics o. the sportive
clam, the elusive mackerel and the hilarious
bachelor seal,' but there is no publicly sup
ported effort to observe scientifically the
interesting behavior OF little children play
ing around the family fireside. We have
scholarly dissertations on how to develop
kindness and good will in the recreant
mule and how to bring up in successful
manner the orphan calf, but those who
have In charge the home development of
the human offspring must grope In the
dark for successful way. We know how
TO make pigs thrive, but not how to teach
boys to save We know how to make hens
lay but how to train girls to help in the
home. or whether or not they should be so
trained We know how scientifically 20
bring out the hidden energies OF the soil,
but not how TO develop through rational
home training the splendid latent apitudes
that are the inheritent possession OF all
the boys and girls born among us.
Training IL Needed.
We require a long course OF schooling
for the teacher. the physician and the
veterinarian; we offer advanced courses OF
instruction for those who would do wen IN
the breeding and management OF cattle
hogs and chickens, but We have no course
OF training OF any standard Of requirement
for those who are TO engage in the complex
and difficult task OF rearing children IN
the home Any young human pair-no
matter how much diseased. how criminal