Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-10
UNION SERVICE.

The congregations of the Methodist,
Baptist, Universalist and Presbyterian
churches held union services Sun day
evening in the Presbyterian church
and the church was filled 70 overflow
ing The special choral music was
very line and one piece, solo by Dr.
Belknap, Where is my Wandering
Boy Tonight" was very appropriate in
asmuch as the subject of the address
OF the evening was to be The Bow
Problem" Rev. B. B. Gibbs, l.. stor of
the Universalist church, read a psalm
and Rev. A. E. Patch, of the Baptist
church offered prayer. Rev. S. N. Will
son then introduced Col. A. j. Hutton,
superintendent of the State Industrial
School for Boys, who delivered one of the
most pleasing, from moral standpoint,
and able address that has been listened
to by q Wausau audience in many a
year. He brought home to his listeners
truths and philosophy which cannot be
disputed and embellished the same with
wit. The industrial school of which he
has charge contains 800 boys who have
opposed the laws OF society, besides 700
more that are on parole. These he con-
siders the waste material in making
men. Heredity, environment and train
ing are component parts in fori.sing the
man. lie is regretted fact that the
children of today are getting farther
away from the true teachings of the
school and church. This is not the
fault OF the children but of the parents.
The speaker, while he did not use our
form OF reasoning, evidently intended
to bring out the same point. Compare
the schools of today and all their COM
Portable furnishings with those of old
New England at an early time. The
latters were rough, lily provised affairs
but were governed by teachers whose
desire it was to make young men and
women out of their students, who
would be credit to their parents, the
state and nation. Besides the ordinary
courses of study they we're compelled
to accept a certain degree of religious
teaching and the difference between
right and wrong was demonstrated 10
them. This is not said in disparage-
ment to the efforts of teachers of
modern times for they are equally as
conscientious of their duties, but the
social system has changed. From those
old New England schools arose class
OF sturdy men, whose acts and deeds
have made the pages of this country
history. Industrial schools were I'M
known IN those days and crime was not
rampant as 1T is at the present time.
Our forefathers were men who accepted
religious teaching as duty they owed
to their country. The present generation
too often accepts it as sham-a step
ping stone into society.
AS heredity, environment and train
ing are the formative constituents of a
boys character, so are the minister, the
teacher and the parent cumulative
forces which augment to making a man
of him.
MI. Hutton brought out many ideas
during the course of his address that
will act as help to parents, notw;th-
standing the fact that we have few bad
boys in Wausau. They will be useful
helps in safeguarding their children
from influences not controlled by any
one individual. The address was plea
for the home from a man who has wide
experience and devoted years of study
to his subject. The meeting closed with
an offering and prayer by the Rev.
Geo. Carmichael, pastor of the Metho-
dist church.