The Washington times., 1918-05-12
THE GREATEST
TRIUMPH
Is the Victory Of
Achievement, No
Matter Whether
Great or Small.
BY William A. McKeever.

tAoritiss - PrOblsas 20 Chtla-
AOOG aAd sOSiOloEy).
IN EW psFBons seem to realize
that = ehIld's eods Of ethics,
like the coat he WoarA must
be constantly changed. made over
or renewed in order to make It 1t
his growing personality. Right to
the child Il less than half = truth.
1t d . mere fragment Of hight ~ Il
, appears to the adult - with
/ aesthetics. the Beautiful IL Il not
somsthinE OutHidS. but q growth In
; the soul.
But pleasure IL the NEST elusive
thing especially II enc seeks It al
: rOetly. That pleasure Il . aiding
scale Of experiences ana things. and
that ones Work h the greatest
pleasure In the World-thIs II the
great law which We seem 10 ever
leek In teaching our children
"A mans work or busInsBs - his
chief SnJoynsnt--thssS we're the
nest significant words Of Duncan
Aarshail, Minister q AErisulturS Of
Alberta, Canada. WINE on = recent
tour through the great farming dis
trtet 81 the United statsa And
from this statement We may draw
enc Of the most valuable lessons
ever presented to the minds Of
yOung humanity.
Our instruction Of the growing
child regarding the true relation OF
work and employment to his life
has bssn false and wrong. partly
because Il has been - often tied up
with such phrases - hard abor.-
grinding Industry -hrduous tell"
and "WSarisomS occupations" But
rightly undsrStoed- ~ adAptsd to an
ordinary existence. ones everyday
employment IL found to be absut
the sustained and IifS-lonE SOures
Of joy and sAtisfAetiOn.
The SO-eallsd plsasursA the lsis-
urs-timO indulEsncSs. the .dissIpa-
tionS-thssS are dsatlnE and dOesD-
tive But industrial vocational or
professional employment rightly
fitted to the nature and needs Of the
indiVidual-thlsI IL the thing to hold
up ~ an sntiesmsnt to cur children
Edueatioa a. new directed u toe
much Of the ineitsmOat 70 struEEiS
for = place Of sAss and supremacy.
pIssppOIntsd in that falss guest the
great masses turn mere or less
madly to Fsnd one another.
Teach your ehIld that about the
most stupid people In the world are
those who have nothing to % but
60 seek pleasure. that these In tina
become stale to themselves and
carry little real good to others. The
abls-bodled person who has No
worthy work to DO 10 a cheat and q
fraud who must keep himself
drunken with dissipation IN order
to forget the WSArinSss or his own
neSh.
Therefore II you Wish to make
your child IoVs his task. hrst Be
careful to at 10 to his age and
strength, and then prAIss Il Praise
him also for performing IL Like
wise, speak ApproVinEly Of the
work done BY otheTS, and thus
create in the youthful mind . Benti-
mOnt Of favor and good-Will toward
all honest industry and employ
ment II you wish to punish your
child. make him leaf. DO positively
nothing. Make him dOspiSs idle
ness. lRsinsBH, while he e lSaFnInK
to see the charm In reasonable en-
pIoymsnt
And then remember that your
child will gradually become fond Of
any lessen or out-of-BehoOl task to
which he 10 held In q perfectly fair
and Just manner. But IN order to
preserve his capacity to enjoy the
dutles suited to his age, overtime
service or study should never be re-
CURED or permitted On the part Of q
child.
In 4 rugged woodland wherein n
large company Of city people were
spending = delightful holiday
watched ave small boys struggle for
an hour rolling and dragging q
heavy log to . stream over which
they wished to make a foot path.
Finally. hot and dripping with per-
SpirAtion. they put the log In place
and lOVslSd the approaches thereto.
ThiS achievement was to the boys :
. sort Of glorious triumph. but Il
was nowiBs different from the de-
light which comes to the grown man
Who day By day tolls faithfully At
the work which he has rightly
chosen for his career.