Show I I I Genius Boy Raised as' as as j Spartan Becomes Prodigy At Age of Five Years I I I limb SLEEPS lr ON N O OF f flAV lAV LEAVES Mother Tells Fells How Greek Ideal Is Used in int Training t By M Mrs s. s Lucille H. H Mother of Pave lias Genius Boy FRUITVALE Ca Cal Dec 20 What hat What are the advantages of ot raising a a. child of our day according to ancient Greek standards Why simply to give it a II healthy mind in in a healthy body and an Inspiring Inspiring- ideal to live up to After all isn't the Greek G.-eek spirit but buta a very ery old old name for or a very new and very popular philosophy one which everybody is s preaching nowadays nowadays nowadays nowa nowa- days but hardly anybody practicing practicing- the new thought Here lIere as I Interpret it it Is the principle principle principle prin prin- ciple of ot the ancient Greek ideal of ed education education ed- ed to lead the little child to do without as much as he can to do for itself as much as it can to see as straight as it can and to think and act as independently as it can In a word giving the child chUd full freedom In which to develop its individuality Individuality individuality indi Indi- MOTHERS' MOTHERS QUESTION Is our American public school ss stem s 's tem the most powerful system In the most progressive country in the world giving us as good an ideal If It Is not why not That Is the question question question ques ques- tion American mothers are demandIng demanding demanding demand demand- ing an answer to Isn't our public school system simply simply sim Elm ply a milt mUt annually turning out millions millions mil mil- lions of ot nicely graded labeled and duly guaranteed packages o of humanity human human- ity Isn't Its sole aim the suppression suppression suppression sion of Individuality If it is not so what else do those expressions of ot up to standard class consciousness community Interests grades examinations ex examinations examinations ex- ex up to average mean but a leveling process guaranteed to wipe out every trace of ot Individuality and originality in the child QUESTION OF GROUP And education according to our public school standards is purely and simply a question of ot the group s The teacher thinks In groups the children study and play in groups and as a member of ot the group the child Is given his training for life as a group- group man who will never bp by able to rise above the average Mothers may be Interested to know how I am trying to develop in my myson myson myson son the Greek ideals of simplicity and moderation so so needed today 1 I Iam am going back to the tho old Spartan idea of ot training that Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln had when a boy This little episode connected connect d with one o of my home reforms is quite amusing letera said my 6 year old old ear son after he had slept fo tog for one night on boards his mattress ha having been removed I think I dont don't want to be as brave as a a. Spartan 1 I would rather be as brave as a Corinthian Corinthian Corinthian Co Co- BED OF LOCUST I wasn't discouraged The next night recalling the example of ot the the thebo's boys bos of Sparta I allowed him him to choose his own line of ot conduct The boards remained But as a a. substitute substitute substitute tute the for for for- the rushes the Spartans used I II I let him gather dried d locust leaves from the garden for his bed Upon this sweet-smelling sweet hard bed he has ever since slept in perfect content content- ment There is one quality it seems to tome tome tome me the Greeks lacked which our age can supply the supply the Idea of service The Greek sought truth for truths truth's sake Then let us seek truth for tor humanity's sake That should be the goal of ot all edu edu- cation u- u I son of a Greek editor and an American mother who at 5 writes veries verses enacts enacts enacts en en- acts his own juvenile dramas paints pictures creates architectural de designs designs de de- signs with blocks and is accounted by the University of California as one of the most remarkable children I of of his time He Ho is being educated by his mother along the Greek reek ideal of culture wears the toga and sleeps I on a bed of rushes ruches He is known as The Tho Little Senator in his hie home hometown hometown hometown I town of Fruitvale Cal n r |