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"THE" CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1940,

Woman Today

ADMIRED TRAITS Newest German fashion

By Dorothy Barclay

Whore a child's intelligence is concerned, parents

and teachers seo profty much eye to eya. When his personality is under discussion, opinions differ.

Mothers and fathers are pleased when their youngs

ters exhibit gentle, cooperative, truthful or self-sufficient qualities. Teachers go. most for childen's gay, zestful, ambitious traits. In a new report, Parents and To get at just what the adults Teachers View the Child - A thought about the children both Comparative Study of Parents' groups were asked in personal And Teachers' Appraisals of Interviews to describe freely the Children," Dr. Charlotte del characteristics that gave them Solar, Instructor In psychological | pleasure and those which had foundations and educational re- proved a problem.

search -at-Teachers College, |-- Then the principal- joya - and Columbia University, New York, trials were sot down in a check- turns the light of statistical ana- list form for them to go through Бубія on some problems that again as a sort of guided inter- started with the rst schoolroom. view. The educational

When parents and teachers they held for the children look at the Barac child, how in for discussion, too.

goals

come

different are the children they I complete the circle the

see?

7 What qualities do parents younsters themselves were soun- appreciate in their children 7 died out on what they thought Which do touchers value ?

their parents and teachers wan- ted of them.

The popular notion that every youngster is a darling in his inother's eyes — though teacher may find him the terror of the schoolyard-gels no support from this research.

If children were fearful, shy or tense, both their parents and tenchers noticed it. If they were oggressive and bossy, the fact got through to both groups. The same was true in respect to many of the children's desirable social traits. S there were differ-¡

ences,

The study was carried out in a school with a progressive phil-| osophy,"

Parenthood has fts bright! moments, a statistical analysis of these reports confirmed, or 1,409 Items brought up

by the parents, 1,003 were looked on as satisfactions, only 400 as prob- lems—a little better than two to one in favour of the satisfactions,

As one might expect, the tea- chers had less to say. They brought up only 440 satisfactions but a low score of 251 on the

helped problems'

keep their spirits up,

the

Fewer bright spots Proportionately, though, their bright spots were fewer and, From 6 to 12

presumably, farther between. The youngsters

Solar Involved Dr. del

suggests ranged in age from 6 to 12. Their teachers' objectivity might have fathers were lawyers, professora, something to do with the differ- teachers, doctors and

business ence. men of the "middle and upper All the parents reported one or more facts of their chil-

middle class."

Their teachers were all collegé- dren's personalities which trained, and the parents had done pleased them. The teachers, too, advanced work in education, found something to enjoy in most psychology and the like. Only of the youngsters. These quali one teacher had taught less than ties were not necessarily the five years.

same, however,

considered

This group, Dr. del Solar With responsibility lying heavy admits, could scarcely be termed on them, parents discussed at

length an average cross-section, These greater

the personal parents and teachers say a good qualities

importani deal more to one another in the for the eventual attainment of, course of the

the year about

sound character" or of "good" younsters' progress, behavior citizenship" amenable, gentle, and education than is usual in co-operative, honourable, truthful elementary schools.

or self-sufficient qualities, For this reason," she points

Teachers, on the other hand, out, "it is likely that any differ were not so much impressed by ences that might be found in the development of stalwart this study between parents and moral, conforming characteristics. teachers appraisals of children If anything, they seemed more would be magnified if a similar pleased with such qualities as study were made of the general galety, pep, restfulness especi- population."

ally among youngsters who were having difficulty at school. If a child had sufficient zest and

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Farern

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German fashion designers have also decided to create a 1950 garconne style which' anca before in 1925, governed fashion lines. However, in 1950 fashion is much more feminine. Skirts are

narrow-their width hidden in pleating, and linen, cotton and slik are the preferred materials. Colours will be mainly belgs, navy and white and prints. The fashionable hair-do which requires the amali cap-like hat emphasizes the garconne style. Photo shows this newest German afternoon dress, of blue crapa antin with white print resembling small coffee beans. A three tiered skirt, plosted, is trimmed with : white piqut.-Associated Press Photo.

to get

child's life, then, agree on about, of another, they were not taken one-third of his qualities.

in. Noticeably absent from the teachers' reports were mention them what they thought their

When the interviewers

asked of the child's companionability parents and teachers wanted, the a high ranker among his ability

parents youngsters were quick to report, brothers and sisters, his routine wanted them to buckle down to along with Mom and Dad, they declared. habits, eating, sleeping, keeping business on the threg R's, make himself well groomed. By tradi- less noise, mind quicker, prac- there is nothing strange in this. tional educational standards, tice their plano and stop fighting

with their brothers and sisters.

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However, Dr. del Solar dee- "The claim that a school Jares, Parents liked,

too, youngsters' sense of humour, their such as the one in the present tendency to laugh easily. They true with regard to nearly all study (and no doubt this holds admired their enterprising traits, schools with their keen desire for doing, This

'progressive'

fast was a joy to the teachers Philosophy) ministers to all as- pects of the welfare and training too,-along-with-a-child's-vig- of the whole child needs quali- orous qualities, his quick or nication." decisive movements, his habit of playing hard.

Both groups agreed on the worth of good taste in reading, were mere impressed than teachers by a child's liking for study teachers more by a child's fanciful er constructive imagination and capacity for con- centration and persistence.

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As for The problems most frequently selves, despite all the talk among the younsters them- worrying both parents and tea-the adults about personality chers included unfavourable traits goals and the declaration that no 2D, Hankow Ed. of personality, various intellec-one aspect of a child's develop- tual shortcomings (although ailment be fostered at the expense the youngsters had above- normal IQ's), and undesir- able social relationships.

First on the list of problems was shy, withdrawing, self- effacing behaviour something to think about for those who feel that aggressive, self-assertive bruttiness is the order of the day. Compared child by child, where the good points were con

teachers' cerned, parenta' and opinions overlapped 34 per cent. When the difficulties went under discussion, the: figure dropped to 30 per cent. The adults in a

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