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Show What Is The Meaning Of Discipline? - ment to a child. The Italian Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, exploited this common connotation in the 1920s when he proclaimed that Order, Hierarchy, Discipline were to replace the obsolete idol of liberty, . e It was a countrywoman of his, the great educator, Maria who- - gave the Montessori, most cogent response to this kind of nonsense. The purpose Of discipline in education, she a!4 ( 1a fba VViilla Dear Dr Idler: ' I have tlways felt that die strength df a nation lies in its people setting a high standard toward which to strive. I find, however, that I am more and more out Of step with the ever increasing number of people; who are looking for the easy way; who are interested In getting by; who never even Oome close to realizing their - full potential. 1 now wonder whether I was also out of step with die great thinkers of the -- Madison, Wisconsin Dear Mrs. Resch: is one of those Discipline which words l!ke order have taken on a very misleadTo many ing connotation. ' minds it means a mechanical, THUS obedience to or summons up uic jjh of a parent or teacher ad- ministering corporal GREAT IDEAS By Mortimer y. r UNDERSTOOD, punish- - OF COURSE, this cannot posstudent sibly mean that follows the pleasure-principl- e express ones thoughts perceptions. That is why Various fields of learning are called disciplines. Obviously, discipline in this sense means self - discipline. It is tiie student the disciple who must do his own thinking and perceiving and expressing. The teacher cannot do this for him. Clearly, such intellectual capacities are not developed by barked commands or the vigorous application of the hickory stick. Freedom and control go together here, as in any human activity. requires much patience much work. It also requires the constant confrontation of tasks or problems to be resolved, not the there repetition of a learned response, the parroting of the teachers answers. disci- 6elf-contr- ol "I like J. Adler harmonious balance of ones powers. This is the classical meantnv of disdnline. In the pline is not opposed to OT,"burisThsepafable from It Any, truly human activity and a requires Nevs Reader -- letter or question, referring to a topic of widespread, current interest, or you may Just dip a news story from this newspaper and send it with your name and address. Address r all entries to Dr, Mortimer J. liness and patness. Yoii may Adler in cart of The Deseret purit in the form of a brief News. This understanding of disl, cipline as arising out of and issuing into free activity, is at least as pld as the Western tradition. We might say. ihdeed, that for the clas-sical Greek - moral philoso- phers Plato and Aristotle it was the key moral virtue. They called it temperance." The classical recipe, of self-- , control as the path tp creative activity and freedom was reiterated in succeeding ages by many illustrious thinkers. Spinoza, for instance, advocated a methodical process of which would give men freedom from the bondage of the passions and lead to virtue ami happiness. And Descartes resolved to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, And to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world. iiiuiuiiiiuiiiimmiuimiuiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinitmi! j- unquestioning 'ture day by day. There is no royal road to learning. - iitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii come through liberty, she said. We do not consider an Individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as Artificially silent as a mute and as immobile as a paralytic. He is an Individual annihilated,' not disciplined . . . Our aim is to discipline for activity, for work, for good, not for immobility, not for passivity, not for obedience. course of excellence was the right way," difrey give any indication that moving away from that goal would bring the decay of a nation? Mrs. Robert F. Reach For Deseret DESERET NEWS, I . -- Wednesday, October 14, 1964 A 21 Letter May Win Great Books In education qs elsewhere, says Alfred North Whitehead, j "the broad 'primrose path leads to a nasty place All practical teachers know that education is a patient process -- of the mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour. SIGMUND FREUD, too. Is ... - in accord with thesel e apostles of discipline and when he depicts and lack of control as the marks of an immature personality. old-tim- self-contr- WWi the western versior better, Daddio" LETTERS TO YHE EDITOR Tfie G Iu 4 Continued from Page 0 ; ' OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL Iss ue fing 9 QUALITY P.M. 100 OVERSIZE SLEEPING BAGS ties have never been paslive-l- y condoned at the school. The personnel of the institu- tion are also aware that glue wlth other ad. sniffing dictions and behavioral manl-- ; festatlons of disturbance within the indi- - -- some time at the school is simply not true, but even won it implies that the su- perin endent and staff at the State Industrial School are rather unknowledgeable to say theleast e-Snif- DACRON FILLED 4-L-B. RED PARICA DACRON "88" n --The fact IsThaf many young- - familial and economic en- . vironment. sters who are committed to the -- institution have records To make undocumented asF which include as sertions about the State Indus- -( a sympton of their delinquent trial School, such as those at-behavior. It also should be tributed to Psychiatrist Mohr, pointed out that there is a contribute nothing to public -strongs likelihood that there enlightenment, to the rehabiliare many teenagers, and per- - tative efforts of the Industrial venadultt.whahave School, or other state agem tried glue sniffing who have cies, and certainly do not help not - been - committed to the the professions dedicated to State Industrial School and and intimately concerned with wha jnay Jioteven have- - - the ever-a- ll scope of thrmen-ta- l record with the Juvenile Court. health problem of our timer It is also true that some They certainly do not con- -' youngsters gain information tribute clarity to the legal about glue sniffing while at questions raised in the Desthe school simply because they eret News article. live together and are allowed It should be pointed out in to talk and socialize with one closing .that. if Doctor -- Mohr another. had information bearing upon "this problem during" the few The and superintendent months that he consulted at staff are very well aware, -- the.institution (10 days be- more lhan rriostof the" tween May 2 and August 5, harmful physical and 1963) he did not i fit . bring logical effects of glue sniffing, this data to the attention of liiriD 100 vidualVsocial,' psychological, - 100 Plytr Amy Heavy a Ov.nix. Pere Durable Nyutwr Soar Zip DuPent Decree Heavy 14x14" Jmba . 1 a lh.ll Imp. Hnd d Maras Stull Zipper -- bd SUEPINQ BAGS Dwell Heavy treat elppw a Iwap iH kM lippvr faiav - W COMKtH S Tttkar Sank EIwmI llmnf glue-sniffi- ng AMERICAN ENFIELD 30-0- 6 envy the . Made by Winchester . MODEL 94 WINCHESTER Fin ltie f WinchMr, Remington and Savag Hunting I $ml-wd- " g III Psychologist I (light crp hl is should havefordiabetes and" my weight" problem doesnt seem to agree with diverticulitis. I would like to know more. I am nearly 60. MRS. Gr Nr Your problem is one which comes up fairly often: The easy way to diet for one problem is the wrong way to diet for another. Lets get down to basics. Diverticulitis , means that somewhere a smal pouch has swelled out from your digestive tract." This is common. Probably one person out of four will have such a condi- rtion. Most of these individuals. wont even know It. And it dbesnTTnatternEolhem.' 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MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: What is the difference between diverti-culosand diverticultis? I - have the latter. : I also have diabetes and high blood pressure and am -- on the heavy side,- - so l must-- L watch my. weight. This has been hard to do as the food I 100 303 British SOWLES WALTER NEEDHAM BRIGHT RED PRACTICE 20 HUNTING BOOTS Psychologist jVrtAt AMMO jntendent C.- - .95 v . Excel Tentcondi-tlo- n . . . EVERY ONE GUARANTEED! 30.30 or .32 Special, ONLY ;aK Eddystone FEW LEFT per-"ha- RICHARD A JUSTA -- addiction. They are also fully aware of the implications that addiction has for the safety ofthe students, staff and pub lie. Thus, glue sniffing or addictive and harmful activi- - V9 RUBBER For you Avoid seedy fruit, nuts, corn and branproducts Eat strained or purred vege-- 4 tables from which the fibers 0r strings" have been moved. Use your will power .to avoid sugar, fats, starchy -foods, gravy ,;; ; ;; : ci - I Steel Shank! eOD. 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