Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — Why Boys Play Hookey. [ARTICLE]

Why Boys Play Hookey.

A child plays truant either because the school haa too little interest, for him or else because the parent cannot properly control him. Probably in most cases both circumstances affect his conduct If the subjects taught and the teachers themselves were In all respects what they should be and if the parents had full control of their children, there would be little heard of truancy ortts effects. .There are three causes of truancy, therefore, which deserve attention—a narrow curriculum which fails to meet the needs or Interests of all the pupils; Inefficient teachers who by reason of a lack of skill, tact sympathy fall to reach some oFrthe'pupils; weak or Indifferent parents who fail in their duty of keeping their children In school. —Charities and the Commons.