Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
Ignorance Leads to Brealsdowns

thc numerous ways one may go to the
devil.
Ignorance Leads to BreakdOwns
Ignorance of mental hygiene in the
parents leads to the mental breakdown Of u
type of young people whO if wisely guided.
would have gone through life sanely and
uscfully and with about as much happiness
as comes TO most of u.s.
mean the type of youth who, having
ambition far beyond his ability, has been
taught he can be anything If he only works
hard enough. He is taught the falschoOd
that genius is hard work, that all men are
equal in mental power. Such youths ar
prone to be sensitive proud, COnCCitCd and
self -ccntered. They are taught that white
collar jobs arc the height of gcntlcmaniIrCS IS
and they lack virilty. When they find tncy
have no chance for the great rewards of life
they break
Il have seen many mentally i'll people
whose illness was caused by trying to be
scholars, captains of business. artists and
the like when mature meant them to hold
very modest positions in the scheme of the
universe. ScholastiCism Is n bad thing for
the unschOlastiC ambition is fatal to the
weak.
All Can't BE Educated
Zone theory that every one should b.
educated causes much mental disorder. Their
are great maay boys who are entirely ur-
fitted to be book learned who would MAKE
healthy and useful citizens if their natural
fitness for the ursCholRStc life were realized.
Many boy of fourteen Graves activity and
wants to work, but hates books. If he be Il
manly chap he IescntS being kept Mt school,
but cndures quietly until freedom comes and
he can work out his own salvation an
hmdercd by the unwisdom of our school
system.
Unless he be of very good stuff he Gets
lazy, nrglcctS his lessons, gets in bad con.
pnny, loses ambition and by the time he is
is f,,t,,
to be cnyicd. lie would, if captured young.
hav" been splendid student in the uui-
vcrsity of the wCrld; he fails as student IN
the world of so-called intellcctualism. lie
does not go mad he often goes bad
ITO keep mentally healthy, and thar Is
the purpose of mental hygiene, means much
more than to avoid insanity. 1t means s., to
live that one will get all possible healthy
happiness in this only possible world. to do
all the work. and of the highest kind ones
natural ability will permit and 70 live us ne
as one can
''Thc recipe is simple. Learn self con.
troll, avoid all excess, guide the VITA horses
OF emotion by reason and never forget natural
laws cannot be broken without pas irg the
penalty.
Pseudo Science Harmful
Much pseudo science is offered TO and
accepted by the general public under the
name OF mental hygiene. The public is
one must accept on faith technical opin,Cns
because one cannot have personal lnowIrIrc
on any subject he has no training in 'rLr
pseudo scientists deserve more than blame
they deserve condign punishment. Instead
they TOO OFTEN get numerous large fee. 'rr
promise to cure incOrrigibiity by Operating
on the skull to relieve a pressure which docs
not exist, TO promise to make an imbr,ll,.
into bright, Industrious. good boy by re-
moving adcnoldS is to promise thing wI irh
cannot be. Depressed fractures shouIG no
elevated and adrnOids removed, but 70; ron.
sons wholly unlike those stated above.
mot only men calling themselves uhv.
sicians sin, but also pedagOgucs of a ccrInin
type. mean those who are preaching wh,t
they call freedom of DEVELOPMENT Of IIo
child: They claim punishment hurts t"r
child'S development and that discipline mokn,
him servilr, Solomon in all his glory WINS
| wiser lhhn the most up to date and ilryr,t
| writer ON podaG"gics and we all rcmmInLr,,
| save those who, having no true pdlrntin,
| know neither their Bible nor hlAtory ,'h''i
| h" said about children and the I'D n,'.,
| spelling, "'''
Many men, wiser even than tho ucduoo,i
! products OF our mOnstr0us Middle W'rst ~,
yersitics, have taught for centuries thoI ,'i' ~
ciplihe, which means training to oLrIinm,.,
! Is the only thing which fits men IN r,,
others, lie alone can command others ,,ha
first has learned to obey" ""'