Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-30
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s4 rha Paper Read By Secretary $. A. Kin
 eaid on That Subject Before the
 Y. NJ. CA
 The follow ing ia the paper read on
 asoeial Work" by Secretary $. A..
 E,ncaide. of the Local Association,
 hefore the State meeting ofthe Young
 Mons Christian Association, recently
 held in thisci y;
 Man is preeminently social being s8 No man lives to himself" Man M usast have company-he must have
 trlends and assoeiates. I here are as fek hermits in he world, and these
 are an unnatural product and made
 so by unusuaI circumstances. There z ara many men who find pleasure In
 hooks and intellectu Il pursuits. but
 fbese also find If dull thing indeed
 without friends and frequent social
 uleasaFe. There are few men indeed 8 ike Edison " ho will forget all about
 his friends and family and even to S mt gtSf sleep, in his everyday chase q after scientific truths. There are few w indeed like Gladstone, who takes de- 4s)ghtful recreation in making Voriginal translations of old Greek manuscripts. V ere all men like these, there would be little need for Ar worrying about mems social needs. But as 1t is we find that men as Il rule, when not earning their bread and butter by toll, are going after social pleasure-are making those about them their part nprs in the pursuit of happiness-are G..sl...-1 ,ifw friends and associates are seek ing new haunts of pleasure. seN settlements, new amusements, beautiful places. the hearty welcome, glitter, fralic and fun. Even the labor of life and the voluntary effort of men in seeking higher attainment is for the purpose of shining among their associates in il social way in most cases.
 He all wish to have friends and pleasant associates. How much ,lo we depend upon Them? How much good have they done to Us? Ne leertainly cannot afford tn lose them. And then on the other hand, how much of evil have some of our asso- ffstes brought into our lives? What good day in ouI lives also when We turned our backs upon some old associates who were untrue to Us and murred our lives by leading us where we should not go and failing to influence us to go where we ought to go, and to do what we ought to do. Thus it is with mankind. Our destinies, although distinct. are yet interwoven with eaehother. Others are our partners in the aflairs of life. Others must in the nature of the case, share with us both veal and woe. .'Socius' means partner ship.
 But if man is social animal. the young maa is the most social animal. Young ladies are generally kept close at home and shielded from the world, while their brothers are early Ill life thrust out into the world to become their own bread winners. The girl has her friends chosen for her, but the boy usually chooses his friends, and am sorry to say he. usually choses the wrong kind. Now since young man is known very largely by the associates and friends he has, it Is safe to conclude that the average young man is not the right kind of a young man,
 Ne all know that the Young Mems Christian Association has been or dained and established and sustain ed by the good people ofnearly every city of importance In the United States for the purpose of meeting the needs of young men who are in need oi special work in their behalf. In beginning it's work the Association starts with the fact that the young man of the country is what he is largely because of his environment. With evil associates he goes to the bad-with good he is made a better man. Nearly every community is constructed on plan that provides evil associations and attractio ns every day in the week and good as