The San Francisco call., 1904-04-08
THE DAY OF THE BOY.

TT HE coming celebration at Modesto, to commem-
orate the destruction of the bonds that long
a burden of deb. will have for of its
leading features great set of games by the San
Joaquin Valley Academic League There will be other
features of interest, day and night reworks military
maneuvers barbecue speeches and songs the partcpa
ton of Governor Pardee banquet etc. but where the
shouts will be the loudes and where the excitement
will be the keen and where the largest following
will be is dependent upon the boys and their field day
The Modesto Herald says that the high schools of Fres
no, Sanger, Easton, MADEIRA, Merced, Oakdae and Mo-
deso will be represented at the time of general reJoic
ing. The visiting delegations from the high schools will
be attended by numbers of their edersgrown-up boys
and grown-up girls-ther fathers and mothers, whose
pulses have grown old to tingle when their
brave lads battle victory valorousy go down in
defeat when the glory of school and home at stake
The sagacous managers of the irrigation jubilee at
Modesto have that the lads will draw crowd, and
prizes have been offered for which the several high
school teams will Justify compete. While the other
events at Modesto may receive newspaper space in
the reports business considerations commanding
greater share OF attention occasion that is dis
tinctively celebrate fiscal transaction what is done
and what is said the field day" will be longer re-
membered by the boys who and participate than
will any other happening of the jubilee.
Room for the boy 1t is we'll that his muscles should
be strengthened that his pluck should be stimulated
and tried by competition that he should learn to lose
chvalrousy he wins. Room for the boy of the San
Joaquin Vaey An empire in extent is his heritage All
the energy that he stores up all the steadiness
that he acquires stress of emergency, will find
fitting Around him spread countless broad acres
that will be the home day. of millions It's fruitful
soil and balmy atmosphere contain, hidden but
suspected, the basis of food supplies varied that
prince could ask for little that in the great val
ley be produced The snowy mountain peaks that daily
present themselves majescally to his admiring gaze
shimmerng his horizon, rich with minerals so
in value that they literally said have been
hardly scratched Their slopes scanned with the
currents of mountain streams that give life verdure
in the summer months and contain power enough to
all the wheels of industry for empire
Room for the San Joaquin Valley boyl The eyes of
fond mothers and of fond fathers the young
Olympan. The State of California looks to him to be
upright, self-respecting energetic, loyal, fun-ovng
good American, good Californian, firm believer in
the great valley in which he thrives When the buges
bare and the drums beat and the people cheer for
emancipation from bonded indebtedness, still the COM
thought, deeply cherished is for the future of the
boy. In sports, the day will be his In significance it
has less immediate Interest to him, it is the future
arber of the destinies of the valley Next the San
Joaquin Valley girl he the best and most cherished
product of all.