A MOTTO FOR EACH BOY.
YOUTHFUL IDEALS
An interesting educational experiment has just been started in a North of England school. An account of it was given to a newspaper man by the mother of one of the pupils. ' “About three weeks ago,” she said, “my small boy came home to me proudly announcing the fact that he had a motto. I asked how lie came by it and'what it was, and he told me that the head master had suggested that all the boys should adopt a motto, and that his was ‘Foy pour de voir’ (Faith to see with), the old French saying of the Dukes of Somerset.
“The head master thought that an intelligent, imaginative boy would find more inspiration in a good motto than in dozens of moral lessons, and that he would hate to dishonour it by any disgraceful deed.
“A number of mottoes were suggested to the boys, who, after consideration, chose those they liked best. Some of them were borrowed, as in my boy’s case, from an ancient English family, but a good many boys invented mottoes of their own, ‘and others took some favourite sayings from books. It may interest your readers to know what some of the mottoes were:—
Boy of 12. —“Qui non prolicit deficit” (He who does not advance goes backward). Boy of 10.—“Honneur et patrie” (Motto of the Legion of Honour). Boy of 15. —“Vincit qui se vincit” (He conquers who conquers himself ).'
Boy of 10. —To score for the side. (This was original). Boy of 1G. —“The saints are the sinners who went on trying.” (R. L. Stevenson). Boy of 16.—“ There’s nothing worth the wear of winning, save laughter, and the love of friends.” (H. Belloc.) \ “The mottoes were very varied,” said the mother. “One boy with a love of poetry adopted four verses of Thomas Hardy, the first of which
Let me enjoy the earth no less Because the all-embracing Might That fashioned forth its loveliness Had other ends than my delight.
“The idea, I think, is excellent, and the boys are enthusiastic about it. It would be interesting to know if the plan has been adopted in other schools, and what teachers think of it.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2345, 22 October 1921, Page 4
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371A MOTTO FOR EACH BOY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2345, 22 October 1921, Page 4
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