Turner, Marcia Elizabeth2017-09-202017-09-201906http://hdl.handle.net/2097/37907Citation: Turner, Marcia Elizabeth. Imagination in child-development. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1906.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: To him whose part in life it is, to train the intellect of the child, must come the feeling of vast responsibility at holding in his hand that most delicate of all mechanisms, and knowing that largely on him, depends its destiny. If he takes up his work carelessly, without realizing the importance of his mission, it may result in the downfall of nations; but if he regards it as a sacred charge, to which he must devote his best thought and action, he may succeed in moulding the little mind into the form it was intended to be. Until of late years, child study has been either ignored altogether or at best, studied in an aimless, wholly impracticable way. Some one has said “It is strange that the child should be the last of all God’s creatures, to be studied scientifically”. Now however, parents and teachers are beginning to understand the necessity of a clear conception of the child mind, which knowledge is largely obtained by a thorough acquaintance with him as an individual, during the time when his mind is so rapidly unfolding.The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.ImaginationIntellectChildhood DevelopmentEducationTextThesesManuscripts (documents)