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The "Youth Problem"
17E hear a great deal these days of America's
'Tv "Youth Problem." Most of those who write
and make speeches about it seem to have the im
pression that it is something new, or at least that
no social system up to now has tried to do anything
for the young. Of course that assumption is incor
rect. The problem of how to make young folk into
good citizens and self-respecting members of so
ciety is as old as the human race. One has only to
turn to the Bible and read what Solomon and many
of the prophets had to say about the "perverse and
crooked generation" of those ancient days.
The effort of society to bring up children in the
way they should go, so that when they are old they
shall not depart from it, has been constant in this
country from the earliest days. The Massachusetts
Colony in 1647, ordered every township to appoint
someone to teach all children how to write and
read, especially how to read the Scriptures. Nearly
every legislative body in America since then has
enacted lavys for compulsory education of children,
for protection of the young against exploitation for
money, even lor intervention between children and
their parents when the child's interests, which are
paramount, seem to be threatened.
Dr. Walter, A; Jessup, president of the Carneigie
Foundation for the advancement of Teaching, sug
gests in his annual report that perhaps there has
been too much intervention by the State, for the
best welfare of the child. He says "the child has
been withdrawn' from the home, the apprenticeship
system, the church, in the belief that the school is
the-agency best adapted to assist youth and to
serve youth's interest."
Then Dr. Jessup raises the question, which must
have occurred to everyone who has given thought
to the subject, whether the school system may not
be in itself a form of exploitation of children. Has
the welfare of children become subordinated to the
interest of the smoothrunning educational ma
chine? Better no school "system" whatever than
one which tends to make children merely so much
grist for the educational mill.
It- is not unfair to ask whether the alarm over
the "youth problem" may not be evidence that our
school system has not been too successful.
Selected.
Revolutions Are Not Bloodless '
A PHASE which is of ten heard but' which does
not' mean anything is "bloodless revolution."
There is no instance in history of a revolutionary
change in a nation's system of government with
out bloodshed. Nations have changed their systems
by popular mandate, but such changes are not rev
olutions. The word "revolution" implies a revolt
against the existing government. When the people
change it by a majority vote, that can hardly be
called a revolt.
. Revolutions do not succeed unless the revolution-
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The Bolshevik revolution in Russia , succeeded be
cause it began in the army, with the organization
of the Soldiers and Workers Union. The Fascist
movement in Italy would have been no more than
an ineffective rebellion had .not the army been be
hind Mussolini. So, too, Hitler could never have
won and held power in Germany without the army
behind him. The present Civil War in Spain began
with a revolt of a large part of the Spanish army.
There is no way that a minority can impose its
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will upon a majority without killing peopled Armed
force and terrorism are the means whereby usurp
ers and dictators seize and hold power. Once the
killing begins, it has to be kept up whenever oppo
sition shows its head. Only by making an example
of those who try to go contrary to the will of the
dictator can, the people be kept in proper subjection.
Stalin, the Russian dictator, is now engaged in a
"purge", killing off active and suspected enemies
of the Communist regime as a warning to the rest
of the Russian people that tley had better walk the
chalk-line and obey orders.
Any talk of revolution in this country is absurd.
Alarmists and irresponsible person's who enjoy scar
ing folks have indulged in a lot of loose talk about
revolution, based upon nothing but sharp differ
ences of opinion on public questions. That sort of
talk, if long continued, might possibly lead to blood
shed, but we are not in danger, of a revolution until
the revolutionists are able to back-up their threats
with superior force, which seems a very remote pos
sibility. Selected. .
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BARTON (
of his wife's maiden sister. She,
poor thing, was living peacefully
in a lovely little town, with an in
come sufficient to provide comfort
ably, for her simple wants. There
was every selfish reason why she
should stay just where she was.
Yet, at this summons, she ' did
not hesitate. She cast aside every
personal consideration, came down
to 'the bleak parsonage in its ugly
part of England and proceeded, for
the rest of her life, to devote her
self to those children.
How many millions of similar in
stances have there been in history!
What a priceless wealth of affec
tion is poured out on the other,
people's , children by. aunts and
nurses and cooks and teachers to
whom Fate gives no children of
their own! How could humanity
conduct its existence without them ?
I thought of these things . as I
watched Aunt Julia wrap up her
niece and hurry away. I lifted my
hat reverently . and waved them
good-bye,
(Copyright, K. F. S.)
LET'S BUILD COURAGE
AND FAITH
"In the front room was the
mafcter, waiting at. the table to have
his meal served; in the next room
were the butler and the maid en
eracred in what we shall call a
'petting party.' In the kitchen one
observed the cook feeding the
butcher boy some crackers and milk,
while on the back porch the cat
slept peacefully. Here was, appar
ently, a happy domestic scene.
"But see, what happened.
"The butler, came in !with the
food which apparently did hot
please the master of the house. He
spoke his mind freely and harshly
to the butler, who, offended, re
turned to the pantry and, instead
of kissing the maid," straight-armed
her into a corner. . ,, .
"The maid -burst into tears: she
went in to scold the cook, and dur
ing the subsequent argument, slap
ped the cook's face. The cook, in
her anger, snatched the food away
from the butcher boy, who, on his
way out, kicked the cat down the
back steps. .
'A graphic example," said Dr.
Myerson, noted psychiatrist, "of
how emotion of fear or ill will or
meaness spreads through an entire
organization. , Cheerfulness and
courage can spread just as far and
fast". ,
What we are inside changes the
inner life of our families, our busi
ness associates, ' and our fellow citi
zens. We cannot harbor fear or
anger or selfishness without dilut
ing the emotional blood-stream of
the race. ,
And every courageous or unsel
fish emotion builds up the whole
world's stock of courage and faith.
HATS OFF TO
AUNT JULIA V
Having just come from . France,
and feeling very continental, I
bent over and kissed. Aunt Julia's
hand. She blushed like a girl. "You
mustn't try to flatter an old lady,"
she said. , .
But it was no 'attempt at flat
tery; it-was an act of reverence.
She is a member of the nobCest
clans in the world.
J had been, reading, on the boat,
a book about the Bronte family.
Mr. Bronte was a self-centered
country parson, who wore 'out his
wife by making hen the mother of
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six cnuaren in six years, i-eit wun
the motherless brooq on his haads,
he cast around for help, and thought
Marines and Army,
Seek Recruits
Forty vacancies for service, in the
U. S. Marines will be filled from
this district during March, it is
announced by Captain A. C. Small,
district recruiting officer, "with
headquarters at Savannah, Ga.
Young men in this vicinity desir
ing1 information concerning enlist
ment in the ranks of the "Sea
Soldiers" may write to the Marine
Corps recruiting station ait Savan
nah. Application blanks will be sent
on request, Captain Small stated.
-Ttam Army
The United States Army Recruit
ing Officer, located in the Post
office building at7 Asheville, N. C,
has received ' a J large enlistment
quota for . the month of March,
1937. Men enlisting now have their
choice of any one of the following
stations: Panama Canal "Zone, 1st,
Corps Area headquarters, Boston,
Mass., and 2nd Corps Area head
quarters, New York. The branches
of service to select from are In
fantry, Field Artillery, Coast Artil
lery, and Ordnance. Men must be
between the ages of 18 ' and 35
years.- Single, n good health, and
have a good characterOffice hours
are from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. in.
every day except Sundays.
The average height of men in
America is .five feet and eight
inches, and of women, five feet and
four inches.
The word "news" originates from
the letters that stand for t'ne four
directions of the compass,' North,
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