(2) _Evil associates._ The teacher cannot guard the child through the seven days of a week; often the home does not, and in this new social interest there is a danger from evil associates. Better pastoral work by the teacher, a closer co-operation with the home, and substitutive--not prohibitive--measures avail much in meeting this difficulty. (3) _The enticement of bad literature._ This period and the next are the time of greatest hunger for reading and there is a real danger from the temptations of pernicious books. Satan has emissaries on the school-grounds and in the candy store, and boys and girls are his shining marks. The substitutive measures here again are the only wise and effective ones. #22. Results to be Expected in the Junior Age.#--The results of work in this period ought to appear in an increase in Bible knowledge, the strengthening of right habits and manly ideals of life, and back of it all the warm love of boyhood and girlhood for the Lord Jesus Christ. Test Questions 1. How may spiritual ends best be gained? 2. How may the pupil's efforts in right doing be aroused? 3. What is needed in this period in addition to impressions? 4. What essentials of the Christian life may the pupils readily have at this period? 5. What aspect of Christianity appeals most to pupils of this age? 6. What method of teaching should be substituted for story telling? 7. What three difficulties may be encountered in the Junior Age? 8. What results may be expected? Lesson 7 The Intermediate Age--Twelve to Sixteen #23. General Character of the Period of Adolescence.#--The Intermediate age ushers in a time known as adolescence, including the years approximately from twelve to twenty-four, during which life passes from childhood to maturity. The period is marked by the development of new physical powers, new emotions, new ideals and conceptions of life, and a new spiritual consciousness. The change from the old life to the new, from the narrow to the broad, from interests selfish and small to interests as far-reaching as the world and eternity, is often accompanied by more or less upheaval in the soul and this period of re-adjustment may be a time of "storm and stress." Two facts out of the many suggest the critical nature of adolescence: (1) During these years the pupil is most susceptible to the power of influence. It does not touch his life simply as an impression, but as an impelling, determining force inciting him to action. (2) Life rarely changes in its tendencies and character after full maturity has come. There is a physical reason for this in the hardening of the brain which fixes the pathways of habit and renders new lines of thought and action difficult. Therefore, in all probability as life emerges from adolescence will it enter eternity.