Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . MODERN METHODS OF CHARACTER BUILDING A Manual of Work and Recreation in which Many Val-uable Lessons are Taught that Prepare Boysand Girls for Future Usefulness EDITED BY THOMAS H. RUSSELL, A. M., LL. D., ASSOCIATE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL ANDSOCIAL SCIENCE Boy Scout Stories, by Marshall Everett, the GreatDescriptive Writer ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM L1TB b .AK SPECIAL ARTICLES BY Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey. Prof. Wm. A. McKeever, M. A., Ph. M., of the Kan-sas State Agricultural College.
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . MODERN METHODS OF CHARACTER BUILDING A Manual of Work and Recreation in which Many Val-uable Lessons are Taught that Prepare Boysand Girls for Future Usefulness EDITED BY THOMAS H. RUSSELL, A. M., LL. D., ASSOCIATE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL ANDSOCIAL SCIENCE Boy Scout Stories, by Marshall Everett, the GreatDescriptive Writer ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM L1TB b .AK SPECIAL ARTICLES BY Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey. Prof. Wm. A. McKeever, M. A., Ph. M., of the Kan-sas State Agricultural College. Sir Francis Vane, . Bart., J. P., President of theBritish Boy Scouts. George Ellsworth Johnson, Superintendent of thePittsburg Playground Association. Eev. Peter MacQueen, Ph. D., F. E. G. S., the GreatTraveler and Lecturer. Frank G. Bruner, Ph. D., Department of ChildStudy, Board of Education, Chicago. Alice P. Norton, Professor of Domestic Science,School of Education, University of Chicago. Copyright, 1912,by L. H. Walter. Chicago PREFACE PROPER development of children is the first considera-tion in civilized society. The United States, which tookthe lead in establishing public schools and supplying free edu-cation, has also taken up earnestly the whole subject of Chil-dren. This volume deals chiefly with the subject of children atplay. It gives a comprehensive survey of work already ac-complished, a review of the best thought on the subject, anda glance into the future. Scientific study has brought the most remarkable resultsin the raising of cattle and other domestic animals, in the pro-duction of wealth, and in the adornment and refinement oflife. But all students of existing conditions see a great gulfbetween our material achievements and their application tolife, especially to the lives of children. Cities and towns, andeven farmhouses, are built, not primarily for living, but forwork. Living in the cities and towns is an incident to produc- 6 PREFACE tion
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