The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-06
'CHART|NG TEST
IS INTERESTING
Int rchurch Council Of Boys Work
Gives Demonstration That Shows
Real Results for All Con-
cerned
DEFICIENCY rs SHOWN
Boy is Making Fair Effort in School
But is Not Getting such High
Marks in Read
ing.

! A very interesting demonstration
was made at the ''Y" last night OF
"charting boy" The meeting was
arranged by the Inter-Church council
of boys work for the instruction OF
leaders who will promote the Chris
titan citizenship training program. The
charting was done with a comrade or
older boy, grouped with boys fifteen
| to eighteen years of age.
John Leu, Jr., president OF the
council made the preliminary an
inouncements, stating the purpose OF
the charting and how it will be nee
Iessary for every boy to be interviewed
lin a like manner when applying Tor
membership in the Y. M. G. A., after
the new arrangement for handling
boys membership goes into effect May
H. Mr. Leu felt that the Y. M. G. A.
and the churches would mutually bene-
fit by this cooperative program, and
that through its promotion that many
|of the problems of meeting the needs
lof the boys would be solved. He
lsaid that he thought the Sunday
school program would be enriched and
the boys interest stimulated in his
Iown symmetrical development. that
more efficient leadership would be de-
Iveloped and the work Of the various
groups standardized.
| VIM. E.. Brugman, city boys work
secretary of the association, did the
charting and a graph was worked out
lon blackboard SO that those present
could see how the boy measured up to
the requirements of the course. The
interview revealed that the boy was
making fair effort in his school
work and that he was getting fair
grades; it showed that he was making
good use of his spare time, but that he
was deficient in his reading and found
difficulty in expressing himself in pub
ilic. He received $50 out of posi-
BILE 1000 in the intellectual training
tests.
Physical and Religious.
An exceptionally fine development
Of his physical side was discovered in
the charting of this boy, and if he had
not been disqualified on account OF an
| injured knee his line of balance would
have been almost perfect. AS it was
he secured $40 credits out of 1000
ion the physical training tests
On the religious side he did not
quite measure up to the marks set in
the Intellectual and physical He
was Interested in his Sunday school
work and the young peoples society
at the church, but did not attend the
regular church services quite so reg
ularly and did not have a well defined
knowledge of the work Of the church
and its various activities. He re-
ceived $50 credits out of a possible
1000 on the devotional training tests.
On the service side his home rela-
tionships were excellent as well as
his social life, but the idea of train
ing for useful citizenship and of plac-
ing his life in vocation chosen for
service, had not been given much
thought. He was given $40 credits
out of possible 1000 on the service
training tests.
Through this charting method it is
believed that four very definite results
may be expected:
First-It helps the boy to see all
the elements Of life harmonized into
a whole. 80.
Second-It helps the boy to visua-
lie clearly an ideal for which to
strive.
Third-It helps the boy to discover
himself. -
Fourth--It lays the foundation for
very intimate friendship between