Excerpt from Training the Boy
I have a profound faith in the common boy - and that means practically all the boys, for there are few natural-born blockheads. But the common boy has within his being at infancy all the latent possibilities of intellect, of morals, of spirituality, necessary for developing him into a citizen of great worth. A noble citizenship does not call for brilliancy in men so much as it calls for honest self-support, cleanness of the daily life, courageous action in the face of trying circumstances, cordial sympathy and helpfulness in all dealings with others, and a sane disposition toward the Ruler of All Life. And all these may be wrought into the character of the ordinary boy - provided we begin his training in time and deal with him intelligently throughout his growing years.
The motto of this book may be expressed in these words: Train the whole boy and not merely a part of him. As I view the matter, parents and other boy trainers too often fail to appreciate the significance of a full program of education as against a partial one. Too many are looking to the public school alone to give their boys an adequate course, and are blaming the teachers for shortcomings rightly attributable to themselves. With all its imperfections, the public school is tenfold more efficient in doing its part of the boy training than is the average home. Its chief source of weakness is lack of substantial cooperation on the part of the home, the church, and the other institutions which should furnish an important part of the education of the young.
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