i82 Heredity and Child Culture 



prevention and care of its own ailing children. 

 This by-product, involving improved social 

 ideals and a higher standard of living, may be 

 made a very important feature of this work. 

 It need hardly be stated that this individual 

 and social ideal, in order to attain its highest 

 success, must be operated by those who believe 

 in it and are willing to put forth enthusiastic 

 efforts toward its support. In other words, the 

 human effort is here the important factor, and 

 the system in order to attain its greatest effi- 

 ciency calls for high grade workers who can 

 idealize their efforts, as well as for good family 

 homes where the boarded-out children will be 

 reared under constant and intelligent super- 

 vision. The emphasis is thus placed on human 

 agents rather than on bricks and mortar. 



The underlying idea of a unit is to include a 

 certain area in city or country that will be 

 suffiiciently circumscribed to allow the workers 

 to be acquainted with the personnel of the 

 neighborhood and accessible for communication. 

 It may include a part of the whole of a village 

 or a certain district or a ward in a city. 



