CHILD TRAINING
Dr. Marion C. ; Hamilton, of San Francisco,, who is visiting New Zealand to attend the New-Education Fellowship- Conference . (states an. exchange) throughout her career has specialised in economics , and . child draining, gaining hi* degrees at the London University, where she spent three years, and at the Columbia University. ■ . ■ . • ; • ■■ ;
.An important new movement in education -was ■•the training, of children in.the;management of money, both in judicious spending' and ' proportional saving, said Dr. Hamilton. In this era of what she termed "economic illiteracy," parents and educators were coming more and more to believe that the trainings of children in the fundamentals of . economics should begin in the early years rather than be left.' to the end of the college course when bad habits in handling personal finances -may have been established for life..
Dr. Hamilton, who is a member of the American ; Association of Economic Education, had.assisted in the formulating -of a,.' highly „ successful course in money management used for more than eight years in the Brookline schools. ■ .... ■■.'..-■■■ :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 14
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168CHILD TRAINING Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 14
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