The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-27
The Home And The Child
By w. E. MORGAN

Principal W. Il. Morgan of tn
Fielding Academy at Paris, Idaho RI
Gently delivered an excellent address
on the subject above stated, and TO
our readers we print herewith tn
talk as reported In the Paris Post
"One author has said: The home 4
the mint for making character.
Though the home influence Is not tn,
only one affecting the child in char
acter building 1t is undoubtedly the
greater influence in the forming Of
the character Of the child. There Is
where the child spends or should
spend the greatest portion Of its time
during the plastic period OF its life.
That the home is the mint in which
character Is formed is born out by
the reports of our Juvenile Court
Judges and our probate officers.
Their testimony is that a large per-
centage OF the delinquent children
they are required to deal with are
made so by home conditions. II our
homes, or If the nome environment
is producing so many delinquent chill
dren how important the home envir-
onment becomes and how essential
that parents should seriously consid-
er this problem.
when two people give their love
and their lives to each other a new
home is formed which should be the
shrine Of love, unselfsh devotion, ded
icated to all that is noble, inspiring
and true. With such an ideal as this
constantly before the mind will It
then be said that the greatest cause |
OF delinquency Is due to home envir.
onment? No: invariably no.
But how many young people in
assuming the responsibility of mar.
rage have such an ideal? How many
during days Of courtship and IL not
then directly after marriage seriously
and discuss with each other
what to them would be an ideal
home? Far too few I'm afraid.
But think how important It is that
hey should do So. They come from
Inherent homes, homes with different
have different heredi.
airy tendencies, different habits, dir.
erent dispositions. Have they the
anne ideals Of home? It would be
miracle If they should have. II
hey have how important that they
hould both know 1t. II they have
lot how much more important that
hey should harmonic their two
deals into one united home ideal that
hey can work together for its realiz.
ton. Down deep in the heart of v.
ry man and woman should be a de. .
mite home ideal. What is our ideal?
an we attain It? Yes II husband and
Vie unitedly by every word, thought
nd deed put forth their efforts with i.
conscious purpose to the realization
the ideal. Every faculty should be
Xerted in search Of material to serve
his very purpose. Mrs. Hersey says:
he true mother learned long ago ,
hat while her sphere" is in her own .
ONE she must draw from the whole
'ide world the helps which enable
er to bring that home to It's highest :,
disabilities" This is just as apple i,
Die to the father in so far as the
liter part Of the statement is con.
erned. No mother can bring the q,
ONE to its highest possibilities with.
ut the cooperation Of the father. The +,
asis OF happiness in the home is not ,
I'D In material things but In our :,
ieal, hence the Importance OF young
eopie uniting on a home ideal wor- ,
ny OF home. They may be possess. I,
1g OF all the comforts that the ma. ,
erial things of this world can pro.
uce but II they have not a noble
'orthy ideal which they unitedly pur- ,
ose In realizing happiness will not =
here abide. II they have a worthy ,
ONE ideal and their lives dedicated +,
all that is noble inspiring and true
hey can with the poet say: BE Il 9
yer so humble there's no place like ,
ONE"
TO every normal man and woman !