Show r If l 1 fC I II I-II II I If I N NI I Olive te J arto I Io I o 1929 tN lat NEA Service in The human body an and human mind are peculiar things They do donot donot not wear out with use but with and abuse one ot of the most pernicious pernicious cious forms of at abuse Is Idleness A body wm will rust out and a mind wUl rust out much more easily than the they will wear out Too much work worl Is bad but too little is worse This gO goes l for children too although al- al though In their case we must class work and play together under unde r the Natures Nature's head of oC activity Play Is way of developing de' evory mental an and physical PrO process a child possesses possess s. s It If h spends hours aimlessly Idle he will become a dullard DONT DON'T OVERDO READING Reading is excellent but there is isone one trouble with too much tin time spent on books A child who mo reads con con- I is living vicariously picking ing up impressions through the e perl- perl or of others either in fact or ftc ftc- lc- lc tion He is not coming into first firsthand firsthand hand contact with not getting his knowledge and impressions ms from actual experiences or hi his own Read Read- lag Ing should never monopolize a childs child's time to the exclusion of other things He should read ot f course not only for the knowledge gained but to exercise that necessary and wholesomE whole whole- somE me thing called hi his imagination But he must do other things too He should have work worl to do certain tam tain duties every ery day that he must n-must feel fed absolutely responsible for bit it should not ta tax him too much nor take all ot of his time out of school The greatest harm we can do children chil- chil dren Is to allow the be ly idle |