The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-14

in his manner and in his talk, and Oft
en- cruel to dumb animals, seeming to
delight in %torturing insects by pulling
off their legs and wings, and in other
wise torturing helpless things. 1t Is
simply the instinct Of the barbarian.
He is stronger than the animals and
insects he fortunes. He Is big and all
powerful, he is their master. But 1t is
a superficial cruelty, a superficial
crudeness n ~vulgarity that the boy
shows at this age. It will not continue
long, but will disappear as he grows
out of hat stage of his life.
1t is his age of hero worship, just as
it was the age of hero worship in the
life of the race. The boy must have
| some hero to look up to, and to strive
to emulate. Is there anything finer
| than for his father to assume this
role? The boys heroes of history are
men who were leaders of men, and
! noted for their physical prowess.
David, Alexander the Great, Caesar,
Napoleon, Washington-and why not
| dad at the bottom of the list? Dad
should not object to being placed at
the bottom Of the list. Rather he
! should be proud to be included at all
in such a group of world leaders. Can
dad hold his place on the roster? Or
will the boy, when he reaches the age
of 10, get out a new n e~xpurgated
list of heroes, and leave dad out en-
tirely? That depends entirely OF a
| himself.
If the man will throw himself, heart
and soul, into all the activities which
interest the boy, take up all the new
things which the boy takes up, n
prove to the boy that he is his master
IN every one. of those things, be it u IN
ming, swimming, jumping, or what not.
then the boy will place his father on
the highest pedestal of all, in his gal
lery of heroes, and he will be a hero
to stay. Then, when the boy reaches
the age of. II, the g Of chivalry. the
age when the problems Of life begin
to engage his thought and to perplex
him, he will turn to dad as the man
who can answer all his questions,
whose sound judgment and ripe ex-
perience. can clear up all the doubts
and p~erplexities, and make plain the
way of life. ~.~c ~- 49,
Reaching the age of chivalry. the boy
undergoes a remarkable change. Pre-
viously his attitude toward woman
kind, toward all girls, has been openly
scornful. = Now he discovers for the
first time that girls are very attractive
} creatures, and he begins to make the
Instead of their carrying his books
home, he begins to beg the privilege of
carrying their books for them. In
short, he becomes a. knight Grant to a
LADY of the court as In historic times
And here may be mentioned n OF
the fundamental principles of success
full pedagogy, which is, namely, nevel
to humiliate a gentleman in the pres
ence of ladies of the court. The teach
er who humiliates a boy in the high
5 school class room loses. not only the
, respect and regard of the boy, but O.
every girl in the room, as we'll. DIR
Hall quoted a new beatitude here. I
3 is: BLESSED is the teacher who doesn'
see too much" Treat the boy as
, gentleman, and that is what you will
get. '~- .,
i DR.. Hall then went on to give tn,
s context of several lessons which boy
should receive at, periods in their de
velopment, relative to the problems O
q sex. He showed c~onclusively tina
= frankness in sex matters Is absolutel,
E the only right course for parents an,
= teachers to adopt.
And he ended by painting a wor'
- picture of an ideal which went straigh
. home to the hearts of every man VIII
: heard him. Prolonged applause greet
/ ed the conclusion of the talk, and wa
resumed again when the toastmaste
announced that Dr.. Hall will be hear,
S again in Fargo before man. months
though the date of his return has no
;, been definitely set.