Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

The second is constitutional in
feriority and inadequacy."
The third and least serious he de.
scribed as "idocyncracy with odd be-
havior."
These diagnoses, he believes, can be
made also with adult criminals arlo
sentences determined on the probabili-
ties of cure.
This discovery will mean, DR.. IIealey
said that many more youthful offenders
must be considered practically hopeless
and isolated from society.
Dr. David M. Levy, chief of staff OF
the New York Institute for Child
Guidance, described a certain 4-year-
old, tough kid" as a type specimen
to psychiatric society.
He built house of blocks under the
sink where his mother was washing
dishes. She kicked it over accidentally
The child called her vile name.
Darling mustn't say dirty words, .
she reproved him.
She tried to put him TO bed for IN
afternoon nap. He gave her healthy
wallop in the eye
He ruled the house by his screaming.
He would never play with ether chill
dren-but he was bright and healthy.
This boy was one of 90 pure cases of
maternal over-protection" which DR..
Levy has studied intensely to discover
the psychological mechanism Of the
spoiled child.
The study indicated, DIR. Levy said.
that the entire family situation must
be studied in the case of the spoiled
child. It does no good merely to advise
the mother without understanding the
emotional situation responsible for her
behavior.
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famous psycho-analyst, may be to give
the mother more to do to keep her AWAY
from the child.
The world now is in the process Of
shaking of the shackles of a moral and
social order based upon landed prop
erty, with the patriarchal family as
one of its chief mechanisms, said Floyd
Dell, famous American novelist.
This, he said, explains some of the
apparently changing morality. 1t
means, he explained, that there is no
actual increase of immortality, but less
secrecy about 1t.
Behavior Analysis Systematized.
A system for analysis of the behavior
OF infants was presented by DR.. w. E
BlatZ, director of st. Georges School
for Child Study, Toronto.
I'm the first ID months to 2 years OF
.
tend toward the development of self
assertive behavior. The household en-
viroment Is arranged so that the SEN
sorry experiences call for the attitude
of approach"
But as he grows older he expert
ences restrictions in his mode of living
and these tend to develop the self-nega-
ton tendencies. Thus the equilibrium
between these tendencies is established
in the first years Of life. Anything
which tends to exaggerate self-negation
such as teasing, corporal punishment
and undue suppression, leaves perma-
nent influence on the child's develop
ment. But If the child is given no op-
portunity to develop self-negative tend
encies, he Is bound to have serious diff
ficulties in making his social adjust
mentS later.
Prisons of the future with stats made
up of college graduates trained in the
science of understanding human nature
instead of men picked at random on
the basis OF size, strength and inabil-
ity to get a job anywhere else" were
pictured before a mass meeting of the
congress last night by Sanford Bates
United States superintendent of prisons
Already, he said, the Federal Prison
Bureau has applications from 200 col
lege men for training.
The future prison, he said, will be
designed to rehabilitate rather than
punish inmates.
The delegates yesterday were guests
at reception by DR.. and Mrs. William
A. White at st. Elizabeth's Hospital
DR.. White Is president of the congress
A party also inspected the District Of
Columbia workhouse, which had beer
described to them as one of the most
advanced of all penal institutions.