The pupil who does evil for approbation will do good for the same cause,
if approbation for good can be secured. In this case, Mr. Fraser might
have turned Cleaver’s talent for making cartoons and doggerel into less
personal use, utilizing the admiration of his classmates as a spur to
accomplishment. If he had asked Cleaver, for instance, to illustrate
some event in current history with an original cartoon, to accompany a
talk to be given in opening exercises, even Cleaver’s vanity would have
been satisfied at the flattery of having his talent taken so seriously.
At the same time the narrow personal nature of Cleaver’s interests would
have been broadened by a knowledge of affairs outside his immediate
world.