Show LECTURE SERIES CLOSED Dr Di George Edgar Vincent Speaks Twice to Inter Interested Interested ested Audiences I Dr George Edgar Vincent closed his series of lectures last night with a dIs discussion cu sion of The Larger Selfishness He based his talk on the theory that selfishness is the sole motive of hu human human man endeavor Dr Vincent spoke on the subject ct Children vs Grownups at his after afternoon af ten noon lecture He stated that in gen general general eral there are four theories about chil children children dren and the best means of training them properly The first is that the chIld Is In Infancy totally depraved and that the only way in which the highest and best qualities could be brought to the front was to subject him to the harshest of discipline The second theory is that of total innocence and that ii if the child is kept aloof from aU all evil that he must be all goodness This theory is likewise dangerous as asit asit it tends to make the child priggish or else hypocritical The third idea Is that of evolution It Is the same idea as is ig expressed in inthe inthe the old axiom adom that boys wIll be boys This attitude toward the child too often results in lack of responsibility I on the part of the parents The result Is that the child becomes depraved while the parents sit idly by and look at their childs evil doings as mere boyish pranks The fourth theory is founded on the belief that the child is neither good nor bad but that he is a chaos of potentiality and actuality I that is in the end into his personality I |