1938-04-25 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 25, 1938.

What Makes A Good Boy Bad?

Dr. Arthur Dean Discusses A Boy's Environment

Youth changes. School dull boys training. They never had half may become bright young men. In-chance. The urge toward evil was troverted and shy girls will get over greater than the urge toward right. their self-consciousness. Noisy and boisterous youth will grow into staid old men and women. Silly boys and girls will grow up and quiet down.

the worse.

The Life of Two Boys

Here are two true stories: 1-John's father was an average,

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But idle, shiftless and mean boys sensible, hard working citizen. His and girls seldom change, except for mother was a good home maker There is a big differ-who was on duty when the children ence between that temporary "bad-came home from school ness," which is a part of many a youth, and that "badness" which is the result of heredity and environ-

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Jim's father was a hard cider drinker, always complaining about feverything; his mother was an

pert with the can opener and never It is not safe to predict what home when Jim arrived from school. sort of man or woman will develop 2-John always had his own room from any particular boy or girl and a place to study and a father have lived too long and seen too who saw to it that the lesson was much to prophesy that every youth learned. He had tools, pets, home who errs is going to keep it up chores, an earned allowance, a sub- all life. All my mischievous pupils scription to two boys, magazines, ed with him his vocational choice. (of four Boy Scouts to represent bis have turned out well. My school membership in the Scouts and failures have invariably done well books to read.

Attempts were made to send him to city at the Boy Scout Jamboree. after they have left school. My

college by providing one year oft For four years he was a paper boy, silly and thoughtless students have with two younger brothers, got his he would earn the rest.

Jun ate off the mantelpiece, slept tuition with the expectation that winning trips to various parts of sobered down even more than they nickels by stealing or teasing; was

the country for getting new sub- should.

Jim's ciderized father

says,scribers. Scouts: "Education aint's nogood.” But the really bad boy is still there were no newspapers, maga-ther can not contradict him bad and the really bad girl hasn't zines or books in the house. He was she is afraid of the "old turned into a good woman. Some-given beer and cider when he was Family table one long arg how it was in their blood." As a child. a matter of fact, I think it was

fighting. Jim left school- 3-John was encouraged to get teacher can't get along with in their environment and home an education. His parents discuss

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Jim is now resting on the seventh job he has had since leaving school with no rocational guarantee in

arious job experiences. If he a tank of gas, oil in the crank- bottle and a “dame” he is "until the cheque is gone. He cont tributes nothing to a mother afternoons as errand boy in a drug who supports the family by

4-John is now jumior in a mercial high-school. He

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His evenings are spent as dry work, and when he taun-

follows: Junior assistant scoutmas- which not ofter, he curses her ter of Boy Scouts: State secretary and has a great fight with the old of Junior Baraca classes; member man.

of Order of De Molay, president of I am sorry for Jim and quite dramatical organization, member of angry myself for being unable debating society.

Ito help him. Home, school and heri-

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help Jim. He is

Unable to Help Him

This past summer John way em more handicapped than if he had a ployed as a counsellor at a YMCA crippled body. Jim has a terrible camp where he took charge of camp Lenemy dramatics, and last year he was one

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