New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN CA
pACITY. TEMPERAMENT, TALENT
AND VOCATIONAL ATTITUDES
NECESSITATE VARIED
TRAINING.
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large percentage OF the children
growing M IN cor midst are des''he'
% become failures in life. They may
be,omc merely driftwood' har'n'eSS
h,,t ineffective: or they may develop
5.s.;,c. anti-soc;al tendencies and de-
,.s,cr..c into criminals; or tacy may
irs, Iced A more or less miserable eN-
.stonce, unhappy victims OF disease o'
bysteria. of nervous weakness OF some
Kind. perhaps Of insanity. THESE hu-
man wrecks OF the rising generation
only repeat the history OF the adult
wrecks of our time, who we're chu-
drea when we were children. and the
ssr,e fate has wrecked thousands and
,-ii,:oDs of lives FOR centuries.
Is This process o. wrccNng lives
- 90 on indefinitely Must there al
AVS be human refuse heap: May
-of the causes Of these conditions b.
,..Sicd and eliminated, and may We
D. check this terrible Sacrihcc OF girls
aas boys"
Much is said about The schools re
snoasibility for the crlldren's orihE-
i1c 1ID and for their success or tallur'
IN life. The schools, public ana PR
vie. certainly have their full share OF
this responsibility. But we often iof-
oc. tbat the children are supposed to
live the greater part OF their HAE III
the home. Many conditions IN the
r,oderu home initiate against the best
interests Of growing children. In INC
comrlcX conditions Of modern city ire.
vhcle children arc removed from I'M
mediate communion with Nature anc
tho lessons she teaches. where their
daily tasks arc determined by an ar
-iHcia' and narrow environment, where
they arc coopCI Up in flats or apart
-nc1ts where tacy arc very much in
TIN vav of their own parents, who van.
10 live :heir own lives, oar boys ana
airjs have very little chance OF de
veloD;ng naturally. Even when BABIES
thew are taken out. at all hours OF the
day or night. to places OF amuSemen'
-s.oicl ave intended for adults, simply
because their parents do not WISH t'
.ieay themselves these pleasures anC
have no way of deieGatinc the care OF
their children Their playground Is
often the street, with its dangers, ITS
Glth and its distractions and ,enpta-
5oos. Their comDauiOnShip IS mat
ter Of chance ard &C msss-acduaint
a-ces. rev parents have taken any
.-c D Dreparc themselves Tor the
:s9ic1lt task of bringing up children;
&c number of educational mistakes
mode by the average parent IN the
average acme is appalling. Sometimes
The children are lucky If they are left
20 themceives, rather than be inter
fsred with by the narrow ard naGging
educational efforts Of their ignorant
o. unframed progenltorS.
To many parents and landlords emil
Glen are an remembrance; 10 O,ner
uareuts they have value only wneu they
IAN work TO earn their mite Tor the
frnnlN maintenance.
The American peopi" are nomdolc M
tgeir habit OF life. Conditions ol EN-
,Jo,.morf q, we'll F., the Teutonlc rest I,
j,ssress and "VanocrlGst' lmPci most /
rcrsons 10 drift from ono community +
and environment to another. Tins mar .
l:rallv affect the growing child. IN ~
sr1ool oppor,unltICs as Wei as IN the
influence OF the general environment; .
i, tails TO develop habits o. SteadIness
by being forced TO icadlust ltSen too .
often Al an age when is mental ne II D
still immature.
,,rtsuce of the Private Boarding
school" By William Holmes DAVIS the .
tcllowing significant statements were
made: .... j..
-i.e American homes during the last
few wears have been against INC, NJ
te,ests of the boys and girls ID these
Iomes Without undertaking an eN-
baust:ve analysis, it. viii be found tn"5I
there are. in addition to disrupted .
homes where one or both OF the PatoH'7 .
s,c dead. or where there has beeA .
divorcc or where a moving business .
Eeeps the narents moving, some conu'-
lions that need special CONSIDERATION.
.'Tbc number Of ricn people IN amer /
ica i very rapidly Increasing. ~ is .
veil known fact that many a rlch man .
Cspecially the one who mas ius' p ';SS,il,,
- i en- busv that he gives his chlldteh
,,oncv instead of personal attention
a,J :Fection. while his wife, Tor the
10 NJ society. leaves the care o. heI
,Fsr,inq 10 another. u boy OF d
,,;,I lives In such surroundings ana IL
I'LL educated IL is matter hoI /" w
NeI. .,aJ The majority o.
4rnericsn communities are M an o oh-
.a.,iod state. and the community nm"
go - often such as 20 hopelessIS nan
dicap parental control. ..,.--. .,,,,-
Il - Nr DaVis'S plea lnat 1uSS' -
lion suggest the need OF prl'aIc
1H,rd;re, schools which would take tne
1}Sno 81 tho home. Ii his contention Ia
p ,,.bat = change has come over %,
Nat new condition 90 we na'e
go ns how hopelessly homeIeSs ~"
Goo number of the children D" ''''
'' Gun ;be homes Of a considerable pof-
oC American childhood, OF thoN'
ltou ,, -, ,,yho arc cursed from hrth as
,.;,,;nas-of economic press IRE arc no
80 In the best sense o. me %oI"
-, The crowded tcroments' Wne''
,ybo,c family must live. aao "a. ana
- and -lccp. in ore room. are Sad
'.sda,ces that our civilization IS s.'-
,,,itc barbAric. And thus we ina tha-
Ic;ther the child OF rich parents. whose
lone is described by Mr.. DAVIS; no.
mo child Of the parIah OF society VIZ"
-. Tenement life: nor the child Of the
middle class. whose life s. cca.ned %
1sfs and apartments; has a real nome.
Nc may have 20 look for real homes IN
The small cities and In the country. II
win be interesting 10 gather eNac.
data As TO the home conditions o.
American children.
Il would seem absolutely PLAN tna-
under such conditions many children
lack a safe and sane basis for the de-
yclopment of q rational and effective