The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-05
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Yos.s Men Meet and Pssteet Or
|; 9anizaiien Meaaay Eve.
The young men interested in or
ganizing an sthletie and amusement.
association, met in the office OF Dr.
Dodge, Monday evening to select
officers and transact such other bus
mess rs would result in = formal
and permanent organization. At
this meeting the following ofhcass
were elected; President, ). j. kies;
Manager, Arthur Steinhouse; sec1s-
tary and treasurer, w. F. Evans;
Vice Presidents, Ira King, Jay VOL
ven, Clifford Loveless, Harry MICH
OILS, Comnitte on by Laws, STEELE
Smith, WI. Carpenter, JIM. Plotta;
Managing committee, Art Stein
house, Jay Wolven, Ira King. The
following is the present member
ship: Dr~F.E. Walker, Merritt Hard
ing, W. u. Ramage. J: M, Arbes, W.
/. Carpenter, Or: g. .Gholz, "Duf I"
Thomte; f. E. Ellis, DIR. w.. Dodge,
Jos. Kies, Wallace Evans, Afford
Lundell, E. Sterling, CIR. Wakefield,
r. Il. Smith C. Fl. PanneH, J. M,
Plotts, Archie Moberly, f. c. Tripp,
H. Barris, A. Steinhouse, Stelle
Smith, Will Devaney, Glen Baker,
Ray Hawley, Jay Wolven, Harry
Nichols, Clifford Loveless. This is
q good start for a club of this char
acter.
One Of the prominent rules of the
club will be, no swearing, drinking
Intoxicating liquors or gam bling.
The boys are at loss for an apr
propriate name and are open to sug-
gestions, they say, especially from
the young ladies.
BY this it will be seen that. the
boys are in earnest, with the pur-
pose to secure place of congenial-
ity that will not have communicating
influences. The young men should
he encouraged and assisted, 80 long
as they keep within bounds and CON
duct their quarters 90 as to meet the
llapprpyal of ever 81 g tihe
icitizen. We don't believe there is 8
person within our village that will
not say this is good movement.
Boys who take the initiative to pro-
vide a place where they can profit
ably spend a few idle hours, will
grow up and become reputable citi-
zens commanding the respect and
esteem of all. The boys are to be
commended for their efforts and the
example tney are setting for the
younger element Their action also
appeals to those men and women
who hold meetings Of differ
ent kinds with a view of doing some
thing for the young men. After
years of waiting the boys have done
something for themselves. They are
not appealing to our citizens for aid
and support but soliciting the men,
bership of every young man with
an aim to cultivate good habits and
grow into manhood with elevatiDg
influence. Young men united with
this purpose in view will certainly
elevate themselves to. the highest
pinnacle of American Citizenship.
Now is the time for those interest
ed in keeping the young men from
evil inuaence to bestir themselves
and act. Their aim is high, are we
going to encourage or discourage it?
They are making no secret of their
purpose nor parading what they
hope to accomplish. Help them
while they are legitimately endeav-
oring to help themselves lest they
become discouraged and the reaction
sets in. In our estimation their eff
ort is among the noblest work now
being conducted in our city. It is
easy to educate mentally but to form
character requires more than a
teacher. To christianize is difficult
but is made easier by high stand
ard of morality.
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