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3. Why will not railroads employ even " moderate drinkers" ? 



4. Why is an idler in the third grade likely to be an idler in 

 the sixth ? 



5. Why is a high school drone quite likely not to become a 

 capable college student ? 



6. Explain the statement, "Sow an act and reap a habit j 

 sow a habit and reap a character. 77 



7. Why is it important that correct habits be formed early 

 in life? 



8. Explain the following : " The chains of habit are generally 

 too small to be felt till they are too strong to be broken." 



Special Reports 



1. Necessity of food, fresh air, and rest. 



2. Necessity of good or right habits. 



3. The waste of bad habits. 



4. Self-control vs. appetite, 



5. The habit of using headache powders and patent medicines. 



6. The value of regular habits of work, exercise, and rest. 



References 



Hunter, Essentials of Biology. Chap. XXVIII. 



Hunter, Elements of Biology. Chap. XXXV. 



James, Psychology. Chap. X. 



Howe, S. H., Habit Formation and the Science of Teaching. 



Gulick, L. H., " The Will To Be Cheerful." World's Work, July, 1908. 



Gordon, Dr. H. L., The Modern Mother. 



Gulick, L. H., Control of Mind and Body. 



Hope and Browne, A Manual of School Hygiene. 



McComb, Samuel, "Alcoholism, Its Causation and Its Arrest. Every- 

 body" 1 s Magazine, April, 1909. 



" Worry, Its Cause and Cure." Harper's Bazar, January, 

 1910. 



" Nervousness, A National Menace." Everybody's Magazine,~Feb- 



ruary, 1910. 



Walton, L. L., Why Worry ? 



Johnston, W. A., " What Science Has Done for the Child." The De- 

 signer, March, 1910. 



