Evening star., 1927-05-08

Greater attention TO systematic
character training in The schools
throughout the Nation is going to
nrove one of the most effective means
of preserving the American ideals
and curbing crime in future genera
fions, in the opinion of Milton Fair
child chairman Of the Character Edu-
Z cation Institution L. s. a.
In opening the annual convention
of the Dai' hters OF the America
Revolution. he president general al
the society. Mrs. Alfred J. BrosseaG
stressed the importance of intoxicating
in the future men and women of the
Nation the ideals of America and the
principles Of good citizenship
This prompted Mr.. Fairchild to call
attention to the fact that for num-
ber of years the institution Of which
he il the head has been digging deep
~, as a research agency, into the best
methods Of instilling character into
Americas army of school children
The fruits Of the institutions re-
search labors are made aVallaple
regularly TO school authorities through
out the land, for such use as tney
see fit to make of the data in develop
ing character in their pupils.
BaIIou to Give Report.
In this connection. the District OF
Columbia Board OF Education recently
asked Superintendent Ballou TO aScer-
tain what special means are being en-
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deveton high traits of character in the
children and Dr. Ballou Is now en-
gagged in the preparation OF report
on the subject He said that com
mittee of local teachers and school
officers also has been at work for more
than a year studying the problems OF
character education.
After years of research, the Charac-
ter Education Institution, which
makes it's headquarters in Washlng-
ton. has evolved a five'point plan for
character training in elementary
schools, and the outstanding feature
of this plan is a Children's morality
code.
Mr.. Fairchild believes the general
use of this five-point plan. with its
morality code, in the elementary
schools would reduce juvenile crime
in America by SO per cent within
twenty-year period.
Cites Features of Plan.
The five points of the plan may be
summarized as follows:
/. Classroom organization, by form
ing Uncle Sans Roys' and Girls Clubs
10 encourage moral leadership.
Through the clubs the pupils would
participate in the management and
discipline Of the room The award
ing of badges is recommended TO en-
courage adherence to good traits.
>. Incubation of the children's mo-
ralIty code. which has been perfected
by the institution over period of
more than 10 years. There are IL
general rules of conduct in the code
and with each rule goes a number
of specific pledges that must be kept
to comply with the rule. The II
general headings of the code deal
with: Self control Good Americans
control themselves; Health, Good
Americans try to gain and keep good
health; Kindness Good Ameri-
cans are Kind; Sportsmanship
Good Americans play fair; Self-re-
lance, Good Americans are self-re-
liant; Duty, Good Americans do
their duty; Reliability "Gc Ameri-
cans are reliable; Truth Good
Americans are true; the Law of God
and Workmanship. Good Americans
try to do the right thing in the right
way: Team Rer1k, Good Americans
work in friendly cooperation with
their fellow. workers; Loyalty, Good
Americans are loyal"
Moral Development.
8. Character habits. Under this
heading teachers with the aid of
the officers of the classroom clubs
devise projects to be carried out bv
the children TO form habits in ac-