THE Childrens Foundation has for its objects the
study of the child and the dissemination of knowl-
edge promotive of the well-being of children. It
came into existence at Valparaiso, Indiana, late in 1921,
when a charter was granted to it by the State of
Indiana as a corporation not for profit, and a gift was
made available to its Trustees for effecting its organiza-
tion and developing its program of work.

The Foundation has first undertaken the task of
appraising present-day knowledge relating to the nature,
well-being, and education of children, and through this
volume, "The Child: His Nature and His Needs," it
seeks to make this knowledge available for practical use
everywhere by those who are in immediate contact with
children, fashioning their intellect, moulding their char-
acter and influencing their physical development.

Special acknowledgment is due Professor M. V.
O'Shea of the University of Wisconsin, and the staff of
eminent students in the field of child life who have
collaborated with him in the preparation of this work.

The second contribution of the Foundation will appear
late in the year 1925. It will deal comprehensively
with the problems arising out of the changing, economic
and social conditions as they affect the well-being of
childhood and youth in the American home.

The Trustees invite the counsel and desire to enlist
in the work of the Foundation the coöperation, good will,
and efforts of individuals, associations, institutions, or
enterprises, having directly or indirectly for their objects
the well-being of the childhood of the human race, or
having at their command the facilities or instrumentali-
ties desirable to be employed for arousing individual
and public interest in, and disseminating knowledge
about, the well-being of children.

LEWIS E. MYERS

Valparaiso, Indiana
April, 1924

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