ii6 Heredity and Child Culture 



facts. In the case of children there is apt to 

 be too much instruction and too little education. 

 The pressure that tries to induce extensive 

 knowledge is in danger of lessening vitality 

 without giving corresponding power, success 

 or happiness. Too many studies are usually 

 given to children, and this crowding creates a 

 serious problem. Not only is depth sacrificed 

 to extent of surface in this form of mental 

 training, but too little time is left for physical 

 exercise and amusement. 



The growth of forced and so-called higher 

 education has been relatively more rapid with 

 girls than with boys. In the former, the ques- 

 tion is complicated by the importance to them- 

 selves and the race of proper physical and sex- 

 ual development during the period of growth. 

 At the time of maturing, the body is more im- 

 portant than the mind, yet this is just the time 

 that the girl is pushed hardest in her educa- 

 tional career if she expects to pursue a course 

 in high school or college. The women's col- 

 leges are increasing in number and importance 

 and have set the educational pace, as in the case 



