“…Too often they cannot realize that the child has matured to the point of having some judgment of his own and a strong desire for a little independence and responsibility. (p. 120) At Grand Rapids Central High School, during his principalship, Davis had the opportunity to implement his beliefs and did so with passion (Brewer, 19��2;Davis, 1912Davis, , 191��, 1956b. He established a systematic guidance program that reached from the junior high school to the high school, again using the three steps that he observed earlier in his life.…”