The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-09
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The great success of American Bo,
= Day at$the ST. Louis Exposition helt
;under the auspices of The American
q Boy and the letters received by tbs
4 editor of that publication since tina
day indicate that the boys of Americs
will hail with delight the announce
4 ment of permanent American Boy
/ Day which shall become as much s
i feature Of American life as the Fourth
of July. Thanksgiving or Christmas
4 is now. 3&i it II
/ II talented boys can produce sue.
cessful and inspiring celebration on
a day called American Boy Day at
the ST. Louis Exposition, why may
they not do so on some certain day
/ in every city. town and country vii
lage in America? There are talented
boys in every community. There
are good men and women who appre-
ciate boys and love to help them
There are hundreds of boys in every
community who need the encourage
| ment and Inspiration to be received
from an American Boy Day--not a
day of fre-crackers, picnics and gen
eral hurrahs, followed by headache
the next morning, but day on which
Young America shall celebrate the
achievements of American boyhood
and grid itself for the coming years
of citizenship: where talented boys
may be given an opportunity to dis
play their talents, and thus encourage
and inspire their fellows; where
grown people may catch the inspira-
ton of youth and learn something
more OF their own duties and respon-
sibilities; where boys may imbibe
from one another spirit of loyalty
and of independent thought and eff
fort. Why not? Who Is there to OBJ
ject?
We, the publishers o. The Ameri- |
can Boy, will lead the way. We shall |
for few weeks listen attentively to
any suggestions with reference to
the day. the character of the program,
etc, etc. then we shall make our an
setting some particular
day in the year 1905 as American
Boy Day, the country over. We call
upon good men and women to enroll /
their names as our assistants in en-
listing the best boy talent everywhere,
and planning for the day.
No one can Calculate the immense
good to come from such day. The
Fourth of July, which should be con.
secrated to holy ends has degenerated
into day of noise and buster and
bunltum, leaving no real impression
for good on the youth of the land.
Let the boys themselves make a
start for q day OF real patriotism, con1-t
some great event in our
country's history and devoting it to-
uplifting and inspiring American
youth to wider ideas and 1oftier ambi-
tons. The same concentrated zeal i
and love for the boys Of America that
made possible the wonderful success :
Of American Boy Day at the Worlds
Fair can carry out this new and
greater undertaking, and we now {
pledge ourselves to accomplish it.
We invite correspondence on the I,
subject. particularly from men and
women whom we can depend upon to
assist us IN rousing interest and ,
planning for local celebrations AS
O the boys we shall depend upon 7
hem, especially. for our success
nd greatly shall we depend upon the +
order of the American Boy, which
ow has companies in thousand f
american towns.
Awaiting your assurance of sup a
ort, which we know will be sure and
earty, but proceeding in the mean 4