Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-17
STUDY Of SCHOOL
CHILD NECESSARY
Tsaehsvs Tod By Harry n. BAL
kan How 70 Accomplish
ooot Rosulto.

method ~ AneiysinG individually
eoe chAractsru ~ the children of the
puhltc 0rhup,s Of Wilmington. ~ that
thu >vcAtiona for which they arr best
Ut~6 may be collected FOR them. was
explained and d~nWn st,~t~d to MEN,
Nsro ~ The PRIMARY Tc~chers' A.
ecclAticn, Yesterday afternoon by
Harry n balkan Of Boston, Mass,
author u "a New Science ~ Anslyx-
trs Character" and other book~. In an
at<ir~se on Character Analysis ana
vocAtk,nai Guidance" Miss Clara
Aisn<iinhaii. who arranged tho lecture.
srtroducssi tho speaker.
The ansivs~tion OF th~ character OF
q child OF Individual - \ very simple
procedure. Mr.. Balkan aid. and one
Nh, attempts II IL aided by the con-
. Iteration 81 his subjects organization
from nin~ different angels. These are
srifv, form, structure. texture. con-
sstency. neSibiNty. expression. pro-
icr,lon and physical condition. For
Instance. enc c~n sometimes tell by a
mans eNrrcssion whether n IN honest.
kind, m~ck, quick tempered. etc.
Teachers should study closely the
characters II ,heir pupils. MIR. Balkan
explained. and take strict account of
their qualifications and fai'ingv. Tho
vccNtion fer which a child has the
inrscr number of qualifications is the
ono toward which II should he taught
20 devote We energy. Thcrc nro three
tvrss ~ hwc~s by which characters can
~ analysed.
AZ th,s point In hie lecture Mr.. Bal
Asn produced a chprt on which the
,hres tv,,~s were skctchci. ono Is
formed ON the square 'awcd. rcctan-
uular principle and this denotes that
sh~ owner has muscular power and
0houid hsve an active vocation select
ed Nor him, another 4. butt on tho tri-
angular principle and thss type de-
: c'cs mental power and demands n
thinking ioh. tho third is formed ON
fhe circular prlnclpl. and its owner
Il usually stout and good na,ured, and
Hikes ease n teachers study the va
,iou- types OF faces they will know the
needs ~ each and he able % determine
What following each should sclect.
Tho same ruling. MIR, Rsilean said,
arrllcs 10 adults. and a ca cful study
W character snalvxation will make
w NH~H'TN~ VI ~'Ni't rl'''~N itNfiN
irdlNiduai who In at all interested in
iifs has a cherished goal toward which
n 10 ever striving. the attainment 81
which win. he believes. bring him hap
ihness.
II \. possible Cor everyone 20 realize
his dreams. he declared. n he ~
auikcd BY the thrca old proverbs
'know Thy~elf" Know Thy Work. "
'knov Thy rcilowman." To be a
~ociel success YOU must know the likes
ond dislik,s ~ your fcliowmen. and
~ able Ia please them. To De "A sue
hess In business vou should know your
~ulf and your work thoroughly
n pSopic would only take moro IN
S.rest In yooatlonai guidance. Mr..
a'skan aid everyone would md the
5,h he IL best rttsi For. We quoted
Roger ", nsh~on. the famous stat
i'ticisr, who contributes articles
regularly 20 Every Evening, who has
figured ont that ~ per cent of the
conn'ry> population arr IN place. for
which they arc not fittcd.
Prior 20 the lecture, Miss Nellie
Sawin ~ IN. hlsA school faculty made
au appeal Cor tho library fund. Asking
NAT everyone possible attend the bcne4
n performance. "our Mutaai Friend. .
being shown NJ The rpyhcnse. Miss
NcniinhaN announced that Or. Frank
W. Rallou. superintendent OF schools