BOYS’ MENTAL ENERGY
I MBA I RED BY I' XEI TX ESS. ! SCHOOL RRIXCIRAE'S views. I REFLEX. HE EX EM PLoYM EXT. (Special lo "X'oiUicrr \ o n.r-i i.• " ) j A I'CKLAXD. This Day. ' The -4 at ciiifiit that growing numbers 1 of bnvs have their mental energy iui- ! paired bv physical unlitm-s- was made j l,v the primipal of Hie Ml. Albert i Grammar School, one of the larges! i .■|.|.|i)ii|;irv seliools in the citv. at Hie I. . , j prize-giving last evening. j '• Examples of i u to! lee (na I p; ogress being n laided by sheer bodily debility have so multiplied,’' he said. ''that | verv line discrimination has to be used j bv the masters as lu how far boys may Hie driven. To be sure just where menj t:i I distress is beginning- ami to diag- ! nose the cause of it, are matters always !of prime importance in dealing with j |->ovs of secondary school age, but the | curtailment of even, neces- ; stirv, comforts in the homos of many boys today ha-' seriously aggravated tlie dangers of submitting boys to n mental strain they eannot saf'elv I ic.'i r. •'' A s.'eoml dilliftilly was introduced | bv (he violent disturbance of Hie boys’ I minds ami thoughts brought aboiif by I the prevalent discontent and restless- | ness, and by Hie presence around them Inf so many examples of unwanted training and skill. So far boys have shown stout resist auee to their (roubles'..
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Northern Advocate, 15 December 1932, Page 9
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244BOYS’ MENTAL ENERGY Northern Advocate, 15 December 1932, Page 9
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