The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-24
Child CLINIC SHOWS
WORK, NOTsYUDY
need IN FEW CASES
Dull Boys and Girls Tsstsd Are
Revealed at End OF Their
Mental Capacity

The child adjustment clinic at the
VIII school annex WAS Is per cent
completed ct noon and Drs. ]. H.
Hunpstone, Of the university, and ].
+. Regain. Of jamestown, said they
would finish up the list Of - children
by evening and conclude their tests
here.
The clinic has been marked by UNI
usual responsiveness on the part Of
parents anxious TO know why Willie
or Lizzie are dull In their school work
and what to do about It, the two spe-
cialists said.
In some cases there does not seem
to be much to do. These boys and
girls are normally dull, they lack
mental steam. In other cases the
problem Is due to lingering effects Of
illness Or the presence Of physical
neglect, g Of teeth, bad tonsils and
the like. Corrective attention, where
possible, Is being prescribed to the
parents or guardians.
Two boys were found by DR.. Hump
stone to be untitled for further school
work, % it does not appeal to them
nor have they the faculties for going
further into the abstruseness Of dect-
mails. the difficulties Of photography
or the facts OF geography. What
they are infested in Is work. They
showed . special tendency for farm
ing. revealing IN interest In horses
and cows and pigs, 80 Dr.. Humpstone
will recommend q summer on the soil
for them. There Is no other remedy
for them. he feels.
Infantile Paralysis Effects
Two cases Of encephalitus also were
uncovered, one being supposed to be
an after-effect Of. IN attack Of In
fantile paralysis earlier In life. Some
need tonsil treatment. Others dental
attention. Most Of the problems call
for q shift from school to work. The
children Of these cases have acquired
all Of school knowledge that they can
assimilate Is q result Of arrested men,
tally. but they show . bright tncli-
nation to do something manual.
DR.. Humpstone had an interested
audience ct the High school auditor
lum last evening when he gave his
lecture on Habit Formation" Hab-
its, he said, sometimes = confused
with instincts out Of which they grow.
A child may instinctively do wrong
and the proper thing to do Is to
teach him what Is right and train
that into habit. Teach by example,
he urged. Develop truth and honesty.
Stresses Importance Of Home
The doctor laid stress on guarding
q child's health by proper eating and
sanitary habits. The home, he point
ed out, comes before the school and
It Is the place where habits must be
properly inculcated. The home Is
especially the source Of morals.
DR.. Humpstone inclines to the view
that the Freudian psychology over
emphasizes its base Of sex There are
other important reflexeS which pro-
duce completes, he held.
Home should be pleasant, he said.
SO that its function In child training
may be effective In good habits based
on good thoughts. Intelligence and
morals are tied up with habits.
The schools function =. - defined
by Erhart, the formation Of good
character out Of education. OF the
three. the home, the school and the
church, In the making Of the child
mentally, morally and physically
healthy, the home. he said, Is the
most important.