full growth and its self-realization, especially on character levels.
The educational function suggests the features of family life which we
do well to seek to preserve. Many incidental forms may pass, but the
essential human relations and experiences that go to develop life and
character must be maintained at any cost.


I. References for Study

C.F. and C.B. Thwing, _The Family_, chap. vii. Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard, $1.60.

W.F. Lofthouse, _Ethics and the Family_, chaps. iv, v. Hodder &
Stoughton, $2.50.


II. Further Reading

"The Improvement of Religious Education," _Proceedings of the
Religious Education Association_, I, 119-23. $0.50.

_Religious Education_, April, 1911, VI, 1-48.

S.P. Breckinridge and E. Abbott, _The Delinquent Child and the
Home_. Russell Sage Foundation, $2.00.


III. Topics for Discussion

1. What is the chief end of all forms of social organization?