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Show resistance to disease. If height and weight increase topether, there is less danger of weakness from growth, but growth in height without weight is accompanied by weak-ness. In general, there is greater health at this time but more nervous irritability. Often there is ereat chaneeableness of awetite. which Buzzeats the need of a earefi~l ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ .- ~~ variation of foid. There'are importantA60ne a$d muscuG chhees: in the male the ehouldem broadell and the n~u=c I~hnan len: it i~ the tiurc par e&cilence ior ulusclc t ~ i n i n gan d ,orowth. ?ornetin,er th,, growth of hour in I~ngthis too rapid f ~tire rran.11~o f mwcle. in slairh msr the child ~uffemf n ) ~~'r~nw i~lnrnr in,. ~~ ~ 9-. . - There are often i t r i b g c hangesi&hysiognomy, espec~allyin the prominent bones of the cheek nose, and chin. The larynx enlarges in both sexes and the vocal cords elongate, givh to the girl a richer, stronger tone, and to the boy not only greater power of voice%mt also an octave lower pitch. This is a period of " Btorm and stress," of rebirth either for better or worse. The energies are summoned before a final court of appeal, the stm le is renewed with fresh advocates, and the fittest cause within the mdividual wil?%mrvive. Turn 1lC.a I,, the unhjr~crirt3, iJe oi rhr d r v e l u y r . New and rtrangr w.nuations h I I i n . N r s hopep, dreal#tr,a n longmg~c ome lo irmn the dominat-ina ~umostua,n d ua~qonso f liit.. i\ teml,ect ofrt~~i,rl hi.ieeJ 111~k ing. n~nnin-l rt lw -- g a G t from the depths of pessimism to t6e heights of houe which knyw n x m d s . Tl1i.i is often as~uvikrtrlw iih liu~tuationin l ~ ~ woi iat.te~riti on and work. Th.. vfiw.1 of the. murP self-cdrlacium emotions i. U~ I E I Is een n~fle(.t$.i.nl I hr arts of merch and om1 resdilinr shivh ofren mun he I~arnc,l orcr wain. st least in nart. iove of solitude and reverie are characteristic tendenci&. I?on&ient&&nisrandid inwanlncs~k l o n r to the girl, and rivalry aral lore of adwnture to the buy. The ppnsions of love, hate, pride, ctc., are keenly ielt th<t!r.rlb under control. Certain fonun of wetma1 alicnati<,n r n ~ vxn urar. hltt the too inttn4e mood3 ara ootun,nn. ~ ~ ~~~~~ - - ~ ~ ~..--. - - except in cases of amsted de;elc%mel(t. The neater emotional activitv ie inti-luutJyconnrt! tnl with rlbrgrl.ater phvsirial viulitjuf theage and with ~heakakcnin~ of I a i n . It ih pws;ble fur t l~i sc .!notionitl eonwst remit in new s l re~.~'athn d cl.aracrer I , thr*i ndividual: often rhv nxrcrre. TI.; n.osr important feattin%u .otlif\.i& the inoral l,ri& is the awakening of an cmphariv, often exceclive, i n ~ l i r i d u a l ~I~t ~is., in the wt~nlso f Dr. Ilsll, a tinlr of ' ' 6 ~ ~an1a liw~inga1 hl v e l f ~ u ~ ~ * r i o ~Im~ cnk~ed~ nso,t" u nly byrmptional and phgsic,al intr~tiit,-h, ut hy gnater nrrt,~~g<tl, wiill . 'This gets t.xpresalon in mnny ways. The Penre oftotleh, +I, 1.1,st.ly allicd with matten; of ht,x itnJ in the moat delicate and r i r i r ~w~al id uwallv k~eatlvL riglrtrued. T s t r ant1 omell an. keener, and henre aFw the PStKai, likvsnd dirlilii.5 whirh dopeml tlrl rlrwe +ewe.). Thu individual is apt to hr rarried away by i.48 which ofteu ssunlv t l . ~n ature of i;~li4i+cipline. .\rt, ahivh Colin S ~ o trta l.2 ' a n irradiation of tirx." r f f rn t l ~ cri chest field for the pla$ of the youth's fancy for fads. The reding imze is very common and it is a golden opprttmit for education, for the mind is at this time very retentive. The penod is a i o one of ideals, and a little stimulus suffieea to give the youth thowhts of the deeper rneanina of thines. It is evident that he is m.i d l .v a.~.~ r o a c h - i x . ~ti it, t h e s .herl GI. rlrall be i;reatin,n ideals ior life. The rarbg fratun,? ui mlult.rccnce lie in the social nnd rrli iouq inqtincta, whirh arc nrrr,llu at Illis ace. Tllil is tile m?nr ool,ortutritv in t~hes~e ?-i-l-r~e8.-.- .~l-'~t .1 .r h~v sor ial instinct iz sometimzs a t first strangtly ma;;ifested, f i r now the ~ ~ r e fnintds his hold on the coddence of his child slipping away. The first break is secretiveness toward the pnrcnr and rhr, an1,stitutiou oi-frirr~~~l;sn widtu>f howe in n.at1t.n oi rontidencr. Yet there b evident deaire ior vot!at,u~liunallipw ill! older and dt~ongerp emonr. Out ui tlrr narrvwrr v~uot innL'T~II\ V tltoac which are a l t ~ i 3 t i can d seli-szwrifirirtz. A lame per cent of our prominen<men and women have won striking successes with& the S o d of dolescence. - ~ %deesir e for p d c a l a ctivity often takes the adolescent away from home. This is the case when the travel instinct is strong. These are common characteristics of the male adolescent. And quite characteristic are the motivea which prompt this-the injured feeling, love of adventure, and mating. On the other hand, they may develop a fondness for vigoroua teachers and for severe studies. Desire for activity becomes a. veritable a~oetite. A marked feature if moral growth is the dominance of reasoning powers in the rcgulntion of pe,~onal acts. li in the reaaonablcnera of a Ian. that ippexls w their monl choice. P11e). arc ron?cioltz, of perrorralitv and of thrir rights a? indi\.itJuals. Their nlocnl mo\r Ill mn not irlifir~t h w . The rdllcator tiho~cauthoritvis not nocial and rational Tails in leadershrp of this age. With fuller maturity of the reasoning powem comes often a strong philosophic interest. Religious doubts appear, and their injurious effects depend largely upon the extent to which religious training has been characterized by dogma rather than |