New Britain herald., 1915-06-02
Mistaken Choice of Occupation
 Destroys Real Joy of Living Train Child the Way He Should Go, Mentally Morally and Physically, Says Dr. Jacoby = Community Suffers if His Work Proves Uncongenial.

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 An interesting point made by pr. George W. Jacoby, the distinguished neurologist, is that the community suffers even more than the Individual himself if he is not properly employed in doing congenial work.
 At first glance there may not seem tc be much connection between the possible ultimate abolition of poverty and the fact that a person with a genius for drawing human figures is compelled instead to draw up matE- ematical accounts for whicl, he has as little liking as ability; or contrari- wise. that the natural born lightning calculator is cor Edemned to harness his talent to the exercise of counting mile stones on 8 country road. However, much as they differ regarding the l question generally, the authorities con- !! suited agree that there is long dis tance link binding them. Also that ,. when the poet wrote from he depths 1 of his own unhappy state from ig- l norance our comfort flows, the only l Wretched arc the wise' he was prob ably suffering from emotionsl nausea 1 rather than an overdose of wisdom, 1 and that prior statements made some l thousands of years ago placing the price of wisdom above rubies and that I wisdom is the principal thing. there l fore get wisdom and with all thy get l ting get understanding bear the gen I uine hallmark of truth and philos- ophy.
 ..In the Way He Should Co., l When we see what is being done far tlle children of today, the wonder | If IS now 1 believed that the only chance for child is to train him in the way ne should ao--mentally. morally anc ] phygicaily-and if that training be too I lcnr delayed it can never be made good. 8
 i There isn't much hope of reform after the character becomes set m ifs tendencies. and that occurs quite carly in life.
 We can new determine with almost mathematical certainty the s'egree or F q child's intelligence and it's power of understanding said pr. George ". Jacoby, .'also it's brain exhaustibll1tv , and specific endowment--so any plan
 of training is no longer vogue, but
 absolutely definite.
 Unfold Freely and Independently. How do you go about it? Well,
 the chief thing is to let child's lh- , l diyiduaiity unfold freely and indepen-
 dent1y It should be accurately op-
 served but never suppressed " 's scarcely too much to say that the en- , tire future happiness of a child de- bends upon the successful bringlng
 out of it's capabilities, for upon that , rests the choice of it's life work "A mistake in this choice destroys :. f.xy$ a | means a lost life To help us through 5 the inevitable troubles and sandnesses
 of life and give us courage to go on : one must work, and more than thai : have compensation for 1t. c 1T do not mean only material gain < hut Inc inward satisfaction that con Q genial work brings with 1t, and thi can only be had when person fol lows the pursuit adapted to his in y nern,ost desires. That is why tn 2 choice of life pursuit is of such su | pren1e importance.
 T X Benefit to the World. 6 "But greater even than to the ma e himself is it's significance to the worl n at large. It is in this way: Tn l. community and state being made II
 of individual existences, if many ar e discontended it isfeasy to see how tn l. whole substructure of government be le comes undermined, and there is littl - of order and security left. More ,'e over, a man will neglect interests ths .s are repugnant and turn to outside dis .o fractions for consolation. In ths = way he may find some small measur v of satisfaction for himself. but ther ce is none for. the community welfare. Our entire civilization depend \ upon a provision of nature which dis dr tributes gifts and talents in the m es varying manner.
 "This has a direct bearing on tf e: lessening of poverty, inasmuch as tf tt; tperson we'll fitted occasionally is il ty f7nitely happier and therefore succes ng full" -. en Approves Sex Hygiene.
 When asked if he believed that chi
 dren should be instructed in sex h. h. ziene. the doctor replied strongly tin the affirmative. . let "Practically every i'll that beta lcr mankind may be traced to ignoran
 or disregard of the laws of natul