36 PHYSICAL TRAINING 



Such a child, when checked or "baulked," will be 

 likely to show signs of hysteria, if there is any 

 predisposition towards it at all. 



Right here is one of the dangers existing in so 

 many "new" educational systems, which are 

 built upon a false and silly sentimentality, gen- 

 erally by persons who are ignorant of the fact 

 that self-control, a vitally necessary factor for 

 happiness and success, is developed largely by 

 means of an intelligent discipline. The discipline 

 affecting the lives of adults is a very stern and 

 severe one. We have to learn to accustom our- 

 selves to the ever present "must" and "must 

 not." Obedience comes only through long train- 

 ing. Allowing children to develop according to 

 their own instincts, allowing them very largely to 

 follow their own desires and pleasures, endeavor- 

 ing to train and educate them by means of subtle 

 persuasions, develops wilfulness instead of will- 

 power, and egotism instead of self-control. Many 

 a hysterical and uncontrollable child is so because 

 of this very kind of training, or lack of training, 

 which is bad enough when developed in the home 

 by ignorant or weak-willed parents, and still more 

 pernicious when actually systematized and prac- 

 ticed upon children by the score. 



With hysteria, medical attention is likely to be 

 necessary; but the treatment should be moral as 

 well as physical. Moral education, of whatever 



