Show WHAT THE elementary aple aj DIJ I 1 SCHOOL CAN DO FOR THE delinquent SCHOOL CHILDREN ey by principal charles quinn latuda tho the moral delinquency with which tho the element elementary arv eel ool is force I 1 to con tenil tend is usually due to tub sub normal chil dren whoa borau a conditions are bad I 1 cannot remember ot any instance of ju venile delinquency in my own expert ence that could not properly be laid to one of these two cause causes and often both of cours there are sporadic in stances of it in the best of families but it is not the rule aa As ft a matter of fact it Is my opinion that the ordinary ord I 1 nary healthful child with the proper lome homer surrounding surroundings has not tin time or incline aaion to become a moral it I 1 further realize that some instances of juvenile delinquency ara are fostered and brought about ay I 1 y adults this seems to occur most frequently in comm communities ni laving having large foreign elen elements Lents there is no question but that tho the school ran can do something for practically every moral delinquent except possibly in the cases chaes of extreme mental cleats anil and these should not be in tho e elementary le school notwithstanding they are found there tho the amount done for thia this class of children will depend on two to factor factors one being the capacity of the child to respond and the other the enthusiasm and earnestness of tho the one who is putting it over about thy thu best means of obtaining re suite is to devise a counter attraction that is more interesting to the boy or girl ban han tho the particular form of delinquency to which he lie is addicted bior example late hours with their attend ant arili might be remedial remedied by means of health crusades and educational films the majority of boys and anil girl girls may be induced to take a keen la in health crusade work a nat iral result of which Is proper personal habits not the least of theao these is the habit of getting the proper amount of sleep too much importance c cannot bo be at to group play and athletics in considering interests that will lead the juvenile delinquent to forsake his ape cial vice more can be done to produce a four square boy with a four dol liar lar football or a dollar baseball than all a ll 11 tho tb preach ings to ho he may be subjected I 1 abject d much fo tro may be oceon pushed by the right eort sort of co opera tion though often neglected between bet ireen tho the school and the parent that Is why I 1 am an advocate adro cate of carbons carbon policy of requiring teachers to visit parents such visits result many times in doing things for the wayward boy or girl that would otherwise bo be impossible in fact it is often just the difference between sue cess and failure A teacher ma also accomplish much by example A teacher who does not awaken repugnance by an over ampha sis of 01 hia his ow own virtues m v actually find children imitating him As to ahn juvenile delinquency fos kerpl by adults although really outside the province of the school the fact re mains that roost most of us must meet such situations I 1 do not believe that this can be remedied ns as was proposed by a ar certain tain juvenile judge we rio proposal was to write letters to the offenders and in this instance they were foreign ere in order to see if it that would not correct tho condIt lot swift and dras ho ile action is the anly remedy under euch |