teacher may
often be made clear, and seen to be just, when the welfare of the
whole school is taken into consideration. This is a matter of the
natural enlargement of the child's mental horizon, and if the proper
spirit has been fostered, the child will welcome it. Should it be done
carefully and wisely, the roots of many social weeds will at once be
eliminated.

Fault-finding should be discouraged in school and at home. It is never
the best method of fault correction, and should not be countenanced.

The bringing home of tales of the teacher and of schoolmates, in a
spirit of complaint, should not be permitted. Pleasant accounts of
happenings at school should be encouraged, but grumbling against
rules, as well as personal gossip, should not be permitted. The
authority of the home must support the authority of the school or the
child will nowhere receive that discipline and training which he needs
in order to meet the experiences of life.

The child should be allowed a certain sum of money, which, even in the
most lavish homes, should be a little under what the wants of the
child require. The giving of this money should be done regularly at a
stated time, and there should never be any extra giving, or increase
of the usual sum, except under very unusual circumstances, which
should not be allowed to happen more than once a year.

The child should also be held accountable for his money. If he is old
enough to have any money, or to spend any, he is old enough to tell
how he spent it, even to the last penny. Unless all is accounted for,
the habits of accuracy and care are not formed. The record of this
should be written down, even if done very simply and without special
form, and later, as the child grows older, more conventional forms of
bookkeeping should be required.

It should be also required that there be some saving, which is
preferably a certain proportion of the whole, this for a beginning to
which to add extra sums as the child may wish. This saved sum should
be permanently put by, and drawing from it should not be permitted. It
may be transferred to a bank at long intervals, always by the child
himself, and his pride in doing it and keeping it there should be
cultivated.

These matters may all be made a game and sheer fun. Their grave
importance is apparent on every hand. For the child which has been
taught early to do these things, will do them with such ease as to
make it seem instinctive, and the child