Show t THE REARING OF PARENTS by y THOMAS ARKLE CLARK dean dean of mon men university of illinois ll linol T r HERE has haa been a great deal writ ten in receipt recent years on the proper rearing of children but when it cornea comes to the bringing up of parents parc nta a problem that la Is quite na as difficult ald ax il ua harassing us as the rearing of a child the inexperienced youth to Is left without a pilot to steer ateer lite ills difficult and rock rk infested course there Is a arylne med M ed fur for a full and reliable text 0 on n this subject the work should include also helpful suggestions for the con aral rind direction ot of obstreperous maiden aunts or indulgent grand mothers and should show chow how to in persistently generous gene roua and softhearted buch bachelor bucheler elor uncles tho the writer of such a text it if lie has haa given the proper study to the subject will have ir recognized at a glance the added diali j cully which uie single san e pur jiter ent encounters in ili property properly rearing ift charge as compared with tho the youth who tins lias under life his control the normal number of progenitors the child with but one parent to look after will ind find it next to impossible to develop in him film the normal amount of selfishness and tho the proper backbone und and if lie he is also burdened with a couple of malden maiden aunts or a 0 grand mother the situa situation tien for tho the youth 1 all but hopeless my greatest source of trouble at ah an executive officer comes from the and badly brought up parent or guardian for example e taki the case of liny ilay lie ho was looked upon as a selfish irregular purposeless purpose leaa stu dent when in point of fact he would have been a credit to himself it if it had not been for his badly reared parents ills ilia mother was so BO spoiled that she could not live without see ing hini him once a week or so BO she bhe wa afraid lie was III fed so she ga gave ve him dinners she did not feel that flint he had the right amount of tho the right sort ol of social life so ahe made him week weekend end enil parties and the fattier father sent him more mom money than any boy in college can safely upend spend there tire arc all sorts of ill trained sad and badly spoiled parents usually worst trained parent cfall Is tile the self belt made man lie ile la Is either like ever harts linets father stern stubborn and de that since lie himself go where lie Is 1 economy and sn sac without and wi help front from anny source tits his son ion must travel the lit saine rond so averhart H ires und washes dishes ful fot ills his board anil and in his studies while ills bis fait her tin an already go generous nerous bunk bank w i count an and prides himself flint lie Is I 1 hapl ing I 1 ills I 1 Is it ti lie be anil soll self or lie Is s like AVI wileys leys father who got through college liy by the anost mos uie lite sort of toll who scarcely scum lv liari had enough to eat or to wear imil wlm now coddles fils boy in college until lie he Is one of the mid most elfish irlas prigs I 1 know both Everli art and alley blaive laive itt it t suffered from laidly trained par ints enta a 10 1128 newspaper union |