Show CHARACTER BUILDING by louis kabell character building character mak ing Is I 1 believe our greit test mis slon blon duty and the greatest problem which our public school schiol teachers who are really conscientious in their work have to meet it is a problem which too many teachers may n negle egy while they are deeply absorbed 1 I n solving problems in fractious frac tio ous tan n d percentage twe a problem which m k ny teachers may forget while trying so 0 hold closely to the course 0 ot and to complete all the work in the text book we may likon liken the building of a childs character to the building bulldis ng of a house h use in which we haw have a part r tile the parent lays the concrete la in the t trench for the foundation we t tae E public school rl teachers achere build t tie e foundation of that house rock b rock the primary teachers han ha the greatest burden in the beginning of the laying of this foundation H hav I 1 av ing completed the foundation we pro aeed one by one to lay the ariev until we haie hae the childs character house up to thie the square and ready for the root roof haie wo we built that bouse in a substantial way say we have had all of the most important work on that ahouee hou it is in a measure our fault if tt 11 falls it is due to our integrity it if it stands firm and strong after our work Is finished the high school proceeds to put on the rafters the college fin f I 1 n ish isha the root roof and thus the house is finished with ours the most cal tedious ind and delicate of all the work how are we e going to build sub this character house the whole setret secret lies in the art of direct ing the chelda thought it if we ac quite quire that art we shall be able to develop in the child a character that will gine ghe absolute peace of mind con contentment tenement tent ment and happiness under any circumstance a character that to is wholesome symmetrical and strong we can do this by const constantly antl holding before the child the ful the serene the pure if we re can continually hold before the child the success thought the determinate thought and the affirmative thought instead of ever eer letting its mind grasp failure thought a despondent thought a vicious or immoral thought we shall very ery likely succeed we should never try to build and develop delop character in a child by con scantly dwelling on that childs faults we should never neer remind him of a de feet too often so that the child will III get a fixed idea of that defect grow despondent and begin to think it of tio no use to try to too be better if we e can keep the childs mind literally filled with affirmative thoughts and adheres to all negative thoughts its chara oter will do elope wonderfully onder fully ake 6 can succeed in this in a great measure by using care in choosing the childs vocabulary by being careful to teach that words aro real things and that they make imago in tho mind of what aliat they hoy de it will be basy to help the child chokbe words which create in the mind pictures of life and happiness peace 30 and corn com fort playa are now introduced in the kinde schools to awaken and develop in the character ch the desired qualities voilla may be lacking lackan these aie known as justice plays courage plays and etc which great ly exercise character qualities and have great influence upon tho child ren for instance the tha repetition ol of good lanneis nian neis plays arouse a spirit of gallantry in a boy until be un takes aff Ms hat in the presence of a lady lad without thinking of it thus things may be instilled into the character charac tei of the child by carefully training tia ining the childs r nind mind we can develop in vie the c charach h fact er courage courtesy helpfulness chairty chal chai ity honesty truthfulness and strength all that foils a strong character |