Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-28 | Page 12 | Gives Interesting Talk on Children

GIVES INTERESTING TALK ON CHILDREN Emphasizes the Importance of Proper Early Training of Youngsters. A. C. Kelson, state superintendent of public instruethinA delivered an interesting interest-ing and instructive address in the Second Sec-ond ward meeting house Sunday evening to a large and attentive audience on the proper training of children. "A child," said Mr. Nelson, "Is onl? an abridged man'. If we ti;aln a child In the way he should go, when he grows up he will not depart. from the rectitude thut necessarily follows good example. We believe In training a child morally, but this Is Impossible unless we llrst train and develop lilm physically." Mr. Nelson divided the child Into three periods. J'"roni birth to eight yearn of age. he characterized on the. transition period. At this period the child Is lm-matatlvc; lm-matatlvc; lie can't give attention. At this age a child can loam six or eight languages as easy as one. Krom eight to twelve years js the formative period. In this period the child should be taught to keep himself clean, and everything In good .order. This Is the period wlion memorizing should be In order, when every mother should know at least 500 passages of scripture, a'nd ;us many choice literary gems and should never weary in reciting them lo the imprcs-1 sionable young, said .the speaker. In the training of the child. Mr. Nelson Nel-son emphatically disapproved of the Infliction In-fliction of corporal punishment. Of course it is necessary that the child bo made to obey, but not by whipping, said he. In closing Mr. Nelson urged that parents teach their children to be frugal ami saving. "I w'lll not say that, all spendthrifts arc criminals, but I do say thut all criminals are spendthrifto,1' said Superintendent Super-intendent "Nelson,