Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-25
Joy MEETINGS BIG SUCCESS
Large Audience Hear Joy and
Enthusiasm Is Shown BY
R Both Old and Younu.

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much needed and is receiving sc
much attention, Missouri Valle,
is fortunate to have as lecturer
this week on this subject, George
Ellingwood JOY. Mr.. Joy is 9
specialist on this subject, as he
has devoted his life to the study
of the psychology of the child 5
mind, especially of the boy. AS he
himself says, he comes as rep
resentative of the immense Ii
brary on child psychology, to the
busy mothers and fathers who
have not the time,. and sometimes
not the inclination, to study for
themselves. The mothers and
fathers of this community arc
fortunate to be able to hear one
who has called the best there is
on this subject and who brings
his subject to them in a clear,
straightforward fashion.
Mr.. Joy is comparatively
young man, full of vim and en-
thusiasm. He is a very dramatic
speaker, and speaks very rapid
~. However, this very rapidity,
together with his clear enuncia-
tion and tensity of his subject
matter, compels wonderful at
tention on the part of his audi
ences..
Mr.. Joy works at the High
school during the day, and ad-
dresses the general public in the
evening. He says that he would
like to consider his audience as
q class, to whom he is instructor
lecturer. That Mr.. Joy is an edu-
Gator in his line is shown by the
fact that he is asked TO lecture
before educational associations,
such as the Ninth International
congress at the Panama Pacific
exposition in San Francisco in
1915.
In his opening address on Sun
day evening, Mr.. JOY struck the
keynote of all his addresses,
namely, obedience. In order to be
y a good citizen, the man must obey
the laws of God and man, and un-
less he is taught to obey during
his early life, he will not have
learned the art of good citizen
ship. On Monday evening in. his
address on "The Human Plant in
the Home Mr.. Joy elaborated
this theme of obedience, and
impressed the necessity upon pa
rents of training the child to
obey, but of never, never, de-
manding obedience for purely
selfish purposes. He drew a
sharp distinction between the
/ obedience of broken will and
the obedience to harsh unreason-
ing authority of happy, normal
child to the being who offers a
loving and wise example for him
to follow. He also impressed
upon the parents the necessity of
loving and guiding what con-
Germs their thoughts, and above
all of answering truthfully and
simply the questions that the
child asks of life. He stressed
this point of truthfulness and
urged the necessity of guiding
the child's mind to such a beau
tiful understanding of life that
in later years, amid any compan-
ions or surroundings, he would
have this preparation to fall back
upon.
Tuesday evenings address on
1.-THE Golden Age of Childhood" !"
showed Mr.. Joy in wonderfully
fine form and it was lecture
that was a woeful misfortune for
anyone to miss, and wonderful
inspiration TO those who heard it.
Mr.. Joy divided man into six
ages, (i) infancy, from birth to
three years of age; (2l childhood,
from three to twelve years of age;
(3) adolescence, from twelve or
fourteen to twenty-one:: ~ man
hood; ~ old age, and (G) cx-
IRENE old age. Childhood, he
says, is golden, because it is dur
ing that time that the habits are
formed, and the child's life is de-
Aermined. The infants brain
contains 100000 cells, won
sderful opportunity for the par
ents to train wisely. The brain
has two parts, the lower form OF
instinct and habit, and the upper
of volition. but unless the lower
brain is guided wisely in the for
nation of habit, the upper part,
or the power of will, will never
reach its fullest development
The old saying of the Catholic
bishop, "Give me a child until he
lis ten years of age, and I prom
\ ise that he will always be a Cath
Olic," was used as an illustration
nj habits formed during the age
of childhood.
Mr.. Joy divided habit, into
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