The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-11
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for a large amount of truancy and in
corrigibilty; also the fact that preco-
cious children often break down. 1t is
not because they are precocious, but
because their precocity leads teachers
and parents to push them too far
ahead"
Mr. Goddard then goes on to tell of
the tests made of the Binet Scale by
other prominent educational workers,
among whom are Prof. Huey, formerly
at Lincoln, H., Miss Johnson in Eng
land, and by several other workers
who have not yet published their re-
suits. He finds in each case that a ia
vorable report has been made upon
the Bnet system. and advocates it's
use in institutions of learning, stating
that, in a great measure, its adoption
will alleviate the apparent mental dis
crepancies now prevalent in our
schools, and strongly tend toward the
production of men and women better
calculated to grapple with the prob
lens that will confront them later on
in life The Binet measuring scale for
intelligence has received official sane
ton in New Jersey.
DR. Frances NJ Greene, of Cam
bridge. Mass, struck a new note in
education, when he addressed the as
ISOLATION on the subject of Sex Hy-
giene." He advocated the inclusion
of biology and sex hygiene in the
school curriculum predicting for these
installations a vast benefit for the men
and women of future. The doctor said
in part:
Initiative in sex hygiene was Ia
ken by the medical profession but con-
ditions, the roots of which are embed
ded in fixed social ideas and customs
delegate it's teaching tothe schools.
Ignorance concerning \sex questions
must be dissipated. Work. should begin
primarily in the homes of, the children,
but this is difficult in the United Sta
ties, because of the loose family ties,
and the incompatibility Of parents and
the independence of older children.
This spirit of independence breeds a
will to have; not a will to do without
which Is self-control This naturally
places the problem within the jurisdc-
ton of the public schools, and makes
1t one of vital Importance to the race
of the future.
Units Of Society.
children Of today are destined to
be units of a future society character
lied by a single standard of morality
for both sexes. A child must be so
trained as to make it possible for him
to live up to the high standard that
will be demanded of him. Social ideas
must be changed to social ideals. Sex
instinct should be respected and con-
verted into natural channels by teach
ing biology in schools. knowledge of
biology and Sex Hygiene must be
made requisite for teachers certifi-
Gates. Such knowledge will lead to
sympathy not only with externals but
with deeper impulses. and produce an
environment favorable for the develop
'ment Of physical cleanliness and indi-
vidual responsibility"
DR.. Greene advocates the teaching
OF biology by specialists and says the
ethical possibilities of such training
are unlimited. holding. that if properly
taught, these two studies will promote
a habit of thought. speech and action,
of a purity that will have great influ-
'ence in future generations.
George w. Gerwig. Secretary of the
Board of Controllers. Allegheny, Pa,
in his address. requisites of the Eff
Cient Teachers in the Industrial
Schools laid great stress upon the
necessity of engendering in pupil
THE right mental attitude toward his
work"
Mr.. Gerwig summed up his educa-
tional attitude in these words:
Education should be the training
for service and in service. 1t demands
az that every pupil be trained to de-
velop all his powers; ca that this ira
lining be dedicated to some superb SER
vices for his fellow.
In his speech on 1.-The Potentially
OF the School Garden" Prof. Cyril A.
Stebbins. Instructor in Agricultural
Education. University of California.
lays stress upon the garden as the
means, not only of giving health to
school children, but also of intoxicating
tHS luSoiN vi SNoiutlou anu lNat Op-
timism which gives soldity and char
acter to adolescence. The professor
says in part;
The school garden offers opportu-
nifty. through the birds. the insects,
the flowers. the trees in fact through
all the Creators work, to build per-
sonalities sanely, according to the
laws of evolution and physiology The
garden may be made an embryo COM
munity in which the child comes in
touch with those factors which make
for its own community life and the
work of the world"
Prof. w. c, Morgan also of the Uni
versity of California, treats of the nee.
essity of general science course in
the High Schools. He quotes school
statistics TO prove that less than 10
per cent of those that enter High
school to college and that more than
one half of the high school students
are found in the freshman year. The
other so per cent dropping out before