Evening star., 1914-04-24
Duty of American People To.
=. ward Rising Generation
Theme of Address.
PAPERS ON OTHER TOPICS
: At WELFARE CONGRESS
Boy Scout Movement Builder Of
Good Citizenship-Phases Of
Boy and Girl Life.

Although Americans are supposed to
be worshipers of the almighty dollar
rather than OF esthetics, yet they have
gwen more attention to training their
children in music and othe- fine arts
than in the wise use of money, declared
Prof E. A. Kirkpatrick of Fitchburs-
Mass, in an address on Training Chill
drcn in Financial Responsibility before
the session today of the third interna-
tionaI congress on the welfare of the
child at the Raleigh Hotel.
Money as the product of efforts and
rs a means of securing things desirable
has q part in every phase of lifes ac-
tivities'' he declared. thence good imam
ciai training cannot be given without Civ
mig a pretty broad education in life's ac-
tivities.
TO a Young child money is only p play
thing. He usually Iearns-s<s purchasing
power before he lea rms how 1t is oo-
tanned. Only by limiting the amount OF
money a child has and allowing MIN 10
spend according to his own wishes can
he learn to use 1t wisely IN the sauside-
ton of his desires
.sInyestixations indicate thai In less
than half the homes do the children KNOW
how much money they are to nave TOT
spending Even in homes where chhdren
are wage earners, between fourteen and
sixteen, only half receive regular allow
ance 10 spend as they wish
.In Some homes where good training is
Siyen children at an early age have reg
ylar tasks and receive regular allowances
and by their own experience supplemented
by suggestions they learn TO spend SO as
TO get the most for their money.
Discusses Value of. Saving.
'The value of saving as taught in many
homes and also by teachers where there
is a childrens saving institution is o1teh
semi-suberstitious rather than intelligent
Children should be taught to save, not
chiefly because of reverence for the virtue
Of saving 0his carried to an extreme
makes misers), but because they nnd tnat
they can get more satisfaction BY Saving
and buying something OF permanent value
than by spending for little thihss as
as they get money
In school children will get much oetler
srithmetical training and indirectly better
financial training if the problems lnVoiNe
real financial transactions in which tne.
have engaged and with which people tiiae
they know are concerned. -.,.
Mrs Howard W. Lippincott of Pmla-
,lelohia, chairman of the department nj on
child Welfare Magazine OF the Naeiondi
Congress of Mothers. reported TINS morn-
ing on the successful work OF the masa
zine the official organ of the Nauonai
Congress OF Mothers and Parent-Ieacn-
ar Associations Mrs. LipDincots, ascrlp-'
ed much of the rapid growth: on parsnt-
teacher associations 10 the heipiuhess
and educational value of the magazine
Mrs Edwin f. Weeks of Kansas CitS,
Mo-. vice president of the National Con-
gress OF Mothers and editor Of Parents
and Their Promlebs. set of books oe-
nj. MI rtNN
the congress. reviewed the publication
work ina report this morning.
Five plans to extend membership IN
parent-teaeher associations. and .te IN
crease Interest in their. work were also
laid before the congress by Mrs, Z. =:
Noble; of Los Angeles. Cal. nd tIonal
chairman. Of the membership. department
of the National Congress OF .MoH,el sss
Noble urged members to give their
best efforts to bringing the home and
school close together and into a more.
for the welfare of the children. The
speaker proposed various. contests.
rriges and meetings in her. plans for
Increasing membership
Good Citizenship in Scout Movement
Training for Good Cttizenship" was
the subject of an address by%JaInes f.
West, chief scout executive of. the Eoy
Scouts. Of america. HIS address was
levoted 10 the work on Boy Scouts in
America He said. in part:
The aim ofS the scout ~moa ernent is
TO inculcate, character in boys which.
though essential to success In life. Is
not taught within the school. and. being
generally. left to chance. often with de-
plorai,le results. The scout movement
eldeavors to supply the REQUIRED en-
vironrnent and ambitions through games
~ f,t. lAs1d 1rSay
to become a better man and good
citizen.
Scouting means outdoor life. and so
health. strength. happiness and prac-
tical education. BY. combining whole
some. attractive outdoor activities with
the influence of the scout oath and
lay the movement develops character.
Aim OF the Organization.
1T develops the power of initiative
and resourccfulness.
1T helps boys.
'.It insures good citizenship.
The Boy Scout movement healthily
and sanely affects the disadvantages
which civilization has caused.
Conservation of our national re-
sources is universally approved. but
what value would material resources
be unless we conserve the moral. in
tellectual ard physical future of the
coming generation?
Prevention is recognized as better
and less expensive than cure. The Boy
Scout movement takes the boy at that
time of life when he is besct with the
new and bewiidering experience Of
adolescence and diverts his thoughts
therefrom to wholesome and worth
while activities.
We want to help boys on leaving
school to escape the evils OF blind alley
occupations-that is, such work as gives
the boy a mere wage for the moment. but
leaves him stranded without any trade
or handicraft to pursue when he is man
and so sends him as a recruit to the
-reat army of the unemployed. and,
what is worse. the unemployable.
The scout movement is no, seeking to
displace established educational institu-
rions. for the value of school Instruction
is indisputable. 1t does. however. aim TO
supplement the school by engaging the
boys leisure energies in outdoor games
aad activities OF cultural and practical
value.
Social Life of Boys and Girls.
Il believe that the social life yof boys
and sir,s-asde from that OF the i'm
mediate family relationship-wili center
more and more around the school life.
because I believe that. the public school
will grow more and more to be the center
Of community life declared Mrs. Will
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