Show Child Study I TT T IS a remarkable yet no less an an anex existing ex existing ex- ex fact that in spite of innumerable ble ble- courses devoted to biology and psychology psychology psychology in the various vanous colleges of America America Amer merica mer- mer ica there is but one in which a for child study has been provided This is the Clark University of New York and Dr Stanley Hall the noted educator tor has has' been placed in charge o of the new department which he is preeminently preeminently pre emi fitted to to- fulfill In III Illinois Illinoi's a Society for Child Study has been organized organized organized organ organ- and in May they will hold their third annual congress When one considers the positive and advant advantageous results which would follow such study it seems an enigma that a ac a a c course of this kind does not occupy a prominent place in ev every ry college curri curri- cuI culum um I To those pursuing a cou course se in psychology psychology chol gy it would woul be of f particular inter inter- est Just as the historian an follows follows follows' the advance of civilization from the primitive primitive primi- primi primi primi- ti tive e races until tod today y so might t the e student stude t of psychology trace the workings r I of the mind from infancy to age To the normal student also such study should appeal for instead of blindly following following following fol fol- lowing rules made by those who have worked out the problem they might formulate formulate formulate for for- rules for themselves J Bibliography on the subject is meagre very meagre but the opportunities ti s Jor for actual observation are very common Psychologists have investigated the subject subject subject sub sub- of t this is as yet unscientifically named science but their deductions have not been widely diffused among even the ed educated people Preyer the noted psychologist has made close observations observations observations on his own children and has published published published pub pub- a volume on the subject Dr Stanley Hall before mentioned made the public schools of Boston his center for study Rousseau Ruskin and Miss Larcom among others have reproduced for us their thoughts and feelings as far back into childhood as memory carries them and quaint indeed seem the naive v vivid vid fancies which these gifted minds PP possessed ses ed in childish days davs And almost invaluable to future generation generations generations gener gener- would be this study by means of which youthful minds could be to th the best ends it would be possible for them to attain in spite of hereditary tendencies these tendencies these seraphic images of di divinity divinity divinity di- di vinity which during their fl fleeting eting earthly existence should be fitted to appreciate more perfectly the bliss of eternal existence existence existence ex ex- in the realm of God s 1 a. a 1 0 f K j l t- t l |