Show THROUGH A amari wo man eyes setles B JEAN NE NEWTON SHUT ur LT AND LET ME TALK pank but jenn jean neton D L IN hat do 3 iou on thinie of the etre aies they pro are going to in giving children so called firc edom today I 1 time have just heard of a athul whose object la Is self expression to pre vent here the pupils ore re allried to talk right out olit hn ter er they foe feel like it and wiy siy any thin they please I 1 heard that altia with a visitor it in tho the room while class room discussion was taking place a boy turned arlund to the girl who nas as speaking arid and said ob up and give me a chance to tell it and that without remonstrance froni from the teacher I 1 if that Is going to he the result of freedom anti anil self expression for children I 1 m strong for the good old pul ilic school idea of speak ing when they are to and observing rules will keep some atmosphere of order and merit ment I 1 know you keep up tip on the new ideis what viliam do you think or of that I 1 think that as the old idea of the stern father and sterner school marter which forced children into and insincerities was undoubtedly wrong such extremes as an our reader refers to which are advar advanced iced by some educators edu catora today are evan more dangerous all human beings need the pow er of restraint and it seems to me the danger today Is not in forcing upon children too much restraint but too little for decades now the trend of ideas among parents aud and educators has been more and more toward allowing children every pos elble freedom of expression and development thwarting and over strictness with chloren la Is pretty touch much a thing of the past and a thoughtful observer of the modern at siene ene to la more likely to be fearful of the other extreme not only in the great crimps in life bit tn in the little things of every day m ve e need the power of control and restraint the person who was alloi alkred iNed in childhood to say and do exactly as he felt at nil all times Is 13 not likely to be a desirable compan ton ion or a valuable member of the social group therefore he be Is not likely to be happy restraint and control are power and it depins sepins to roe me that at aay y system V which aich would chece from the training of children v would rob them of their most important weapon bention in master ing tbell environment and fulfill ing thi best of their Q boll syndicate |