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Show THE BOOKWORM HABIT Ono of tno prominent ideas of mod-orn mod-orn school llfo Is to interest the pupils pu-pils In good books and help them to ncrjulro the rending habit. The dog enred old reading books of former years, with their hlfalutln Bclcctl is of poetry, philosophy, and oratory, havo disappeared. In many schools tho reading books consist of high classics that young folks should en-loy. With tho majority of children this creates n familiarity with tho printed print-ed pngo that otherwise, they may not ncqulro. Hut thero Is nlwnys u certain cer-tain proportion of children who need no Incitement to books. You tnko them vIsithiB, nnd Instead of Joining In other children's plnys, they burrow In book shelves. They wnsto tholr eyesight n poor light, nnd their cheeks fndo In tho Indoor llfo. Stirh children llvo In n dream world. They walk, talk, nnd think ' In the hook ntmosphero. Their ho-roes ho-roes nro creatures of fiction. They nro so busy seeing what other and i Imnglnary characters havo done, that they lmvo no power left to stnrt things of their own. Turn such children chil-dren out doors for somo fresh air, nnd they dawdlo around and soon como In nnd nslc their mothers whnt they shall do. This Is not meant as nn nrgument against tho cultivation of tho rending habit In schools. For every ono book worm, thero are half a do?cn to whom nny book seems Hko a school task, formidable and repelling. Thoy need all' posslblo encburagement to find tho pleasures and inspirations of Ilooklnnd. The llttlo bookworm Is n sepnrato problem. Teachers should see to it that they Join with their comrades In tho sports around tho school grounds. Such children should bo given baseballs and footballs for Christmas instead of books. Every tlmo they can bo forced out Into nc-tlvo nc-tlvo play with other children, their power for nctlon in tho world bos been assisted. |