Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-02

II IL to discourage high school rtud-
ents without tho sympathetic innu-
ence Of the teacher.
Science holds her own In Whining
ton High School I'm relation 10 Eng
lish. mathematics. history. modern
languages and Latin"
Two of the major topics discussed
at the session yesterday were
What Can Schools and Colleges do
to Restore the Moral Tone Of Our
Young Peoplc?" and Character and
Spiritual Idealism ~ Fundamentals In
American Education"
| Francis ". Paul. president OF the
de Witt Clinton High School. New
York City, was speaker on the first
named subject. Bc said the schools
should take an interest In the actiyi-
ties Of the students outside Of school,
and shoud help To create n better>feel-
ing between the student body and the
faculty. This matter lies not only with
the schools and teachers. he contend
cd. but also with the parents In the
holmes IL in. he declared, up to the
parents In the homes as well as the
teachers In the schools. A boys father
should come i'm closer contact with
him. and be his pal. the speaker said.
The chief speaker on this topic was
Boyd Edwards. headmaster of the Hiil
: School. Professor Edwards said ",
I must believe in the moral standards
Of the students. We shoud believe In
- our people. he said, and honor them
lie struck difference between honor.
: ing them and humoring them. He SAID
they should have self control. but Il
should he guided self control. They
|, should be. he said. guided by the teach
. crs and parents. Parents, ne said
I, humored their sons too much, an,
= stined their chances of developing tn
= manhood that is I'm them.
Howard McCienahan, dean oi
g. Princeton University. said there was q
. tendency during the past Few year,
!, 60 look upon scholarship as greater
:, than character. In earlier days, NJ
!, said, character was demanded, but no
. lso long ago u was conceded that schoi
! arship counted. and not character
Educators are. ne said, coming back q
IN the old way OF thinking. and now seel
Il 10 develop character I'm students. I'M
icoun,ry. ne asserted, has gone through
, a transformation in the conduct Of ed
!, lucational work. Instead of pushing W
70 are pulling. and are now seeking q
:, deveiop individualism. lie said we ar
- today attempting 90 bring about IN
10 greatest OF all developments-sel
> This will lead to greater self-relianc
ard self control, together with noble
,o ness and refinement OF character.
n Character and Spiritual Ideals.
J. Dean Winifred J. Robinson OF m
Women's College. University Of De
aware read paper on "Charaf
4 tor and Spiritual Ideals "a Funds
~ mentals In American Education" "Ol
A responsibility as educators. for chara'
Z ter and spiritual ideals ae fundamei
is tails in American education" she sal
A: rests upon the premise that NOR
IN Judgments are not universal but il
or divldbai and pcesible OF developme
re- ine, AZ truly as mathematical jud
al ments The moral sense is develops
,h from TWO sources. the struggle fog o'
er life OF the species mot the individua
m and social Instincts Out OF the hea
a are the Issues OF hfe. Emotions are
r responsible for he origin OF our NOR
~. iudgments a. for any others. Fro
at heir emot ionai origin OF varying gra
es OF approval or disapproval arises 9
&C concept OF degrees OF goodness al
q badness.
"Sociel inheritance var. ~ a. widely
biological inheritance. Society IL q
school. custom n the teacher. We n
:. = told. II implies the passing on 10 o
~. spring OF anything possessed by {
- parente. including not only their pro
=. erty and their language, but their e
a. vironment as we'll. No doubt there
-, social iheritance varying in degr
20. with complexity Of structure a-no
cs the lower animals. The puppy ard :
on young chimpanzee probably lea
,,o much from following the parent abo'
,u while i Ia doubtful whether the Fl
GO gets anything from others in the sho
10 In man IL - difficult 10 separate soc
lce from organic inheritance. What :
,c- child IS when he Is born IS due 20 {
mt ganic heredity; what ne becomes
lie owes chiefly 70 social heredity.
Ike Il quote from Miss Agnes Snys
ie- OF the Women's College OF Delawa
,sy as 70 the results OF a test which 4