Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . o M ^ be 2 a £ H M 03 ^ ° WHY TEACH A CHILD TO PLAY? 265 instinct for throwing, just as a bird inherits the instinct forsinging, but not the song. When this instinct is not super-vised, what happens? Some Pittsburg boys were arrested and brought to thejuvenile court. They had thrown stones at moving passengercars in the ravine below them. In common with other boysthey had the instinct for throwing, but it wasnt supervised. Ifit had been, these boys would have been given a ball field, andball throwing would have taken the place o
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . o M ^ be 2 a £ H M 03 ^ ° WHY TEACH A CHILD TO PLAY? 265 instinct for throwing, just as a bird inherits the instinct forsinging, but not the song. When this instinct is not super-vised, what happens? Some Pittsburg boys were arrested and brought to thejuvenile court. They had thrown stones at moving passengercars in the ravine below them. In common with other boysthey had the instinct for throwing, but it wasnt supervised. Ifit had been, these boys would have been given a ball field, andball throwing would have taken the place of car stoning. Notlong since I walked behind a group of schoolboys going homefrom school. A stray hen crossed the street and entered avacant lot beyond. The boys saw her. Immediately a fusil-lade of stones flew about her until she had narrowly escapedup the bank beyond with a whole head upon her. If theseboys had been carrying ball bats and mitts, I doubt that thehen would have been noticed. Boys have been taken to courtfor less serious offenses. Back in the
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