This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... essential to the pupil need careful training. These are, mainly, cleanliness, neatness, orderliness, regularity, punctuality, accuracy, silence, industry, and veracity. Cleanliness inspires the child to keep himself neat, presentable, and free from all unsightliness. In the words of Bacon, "Cleanliness of body is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... essential to the pupil need careful training. These are, mainly, cleanliness, neatness, orderliness, regularity, punctuality, accuracy, silence, industry, and veracity. Cleanliness inspires the child to keep himself neat, presentable, and free from all unsightliness. In the words of Bacon, "Cleanliness of body is rightly esteemed to proceed from a modesty of manners and from reverence." "Cleanliness," we are told, "is next to godliness." Neatness is cleanliness on a more extended basis. It comprises not only the care of the person, but of the clothing, desk, hall, classroom, diningroom, bedroom, and lavatory. It requires that the pupil present himself in the classroom, study hall, and elsewhere neatly and becomingly clad. It demands that he respect the furniture and all the appurtenances in and around the school. Neatness prevents unnecessary soiling, suppresses all inclination to deface what is useful, and forbids the disfiguring of anything with unseemly scribbling or marking. The most evident indications of a lack of self-respect are untidy clothing, soiled face or hands or disheveled hair due to a want of care and personal effort. As an illustration of a want of neatness, I quote the following pointed incident found in one of our Readers. A gentleman advertised for a boy to assist him in his office, and nearly fifty applicants presented themselves. Out of the whole number he selected one and dismissed the rest. "I should like to know," said a friend, "on what grounds you selected that boy, who had not a single recommendation." "You are mistaken," said the gentleman, "he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful. He gave...
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