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Show EASY TO MISJUDGE CHILDREN Youngsters Called "Stupid" In Early Years Have Later Been Found Possessed of Genius. Let me remind you of the sufferings of the "stupid" child. Heal stupidity Is a great allliolion, but. one which rarely receives the sympathy it stands so much in need of. Now, many children chil-dren vim are thought; stupid are not stupid at all. They may have certain defects of a physical nature whicV. can be remedied, or their schooling and education ed-ucation In general is of a kind that .Is not adapted to their special u"ods. If juggling -with figures, erroneously called arithmetic, is made a test of intelligence, in-telligence, then Hie conslrucljvo or artistic ar-tistic genius of child may remain undiscovered un-discovered ; and If pa ron Is and teachers teach-ers judge those children to be bright who can. by so-called parsing, arrange the dead bones of the lamruag" in artificial ar-tificial order, or who shine out from the others by brilliant recitations and unchildlike discussions of adult problems prob-lems at graduation exercises, then the dreamer, the philosopher and the poet will pass for dunces. It is only too true that many of our greatest julnds have been considered absolute failures during their school career, not to say in the homes-of their childhood. How many of them had to assert their native excellency against the most violent resistance of those who were too blind to perceive the divine di-vine spark in their children's souls? Dr. Maximilian I'. K. Groszemnnn in June Humanitarian. |