When the motive is the approbation of fellow-pupils, these fellow-pupils
must be made to change their attitude of admiration for muscular
grotesqueness for one of appreciation of facial repose, beauty and
dignity. It is a matter of inculcating ideals. Beautiful pictures of
ideal faces, such as those of Hoffman’s _Boy Christ_ and Raphael’s
_Madonna of the Chair_, may be used to illustrate the ideal of fine,
controlled faces that express beautiful and kind thoughts. Sometimes
offhand contempt of a babyish practice helps, especially with a vain and
self-conscious type of pupil.