Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-25
Marshall County secured all appro
priation Of $4,000 as its share of the
road and bridge fund.

How to bring up the boys is one of
the serious problems that confronts
all parents, especially in the cities
and towns where SO many harmful
attractions and evil associations beset
the path Of the young. The country
boy also has his pitfalls, but they are
fewer, and. besides his time is more
taken up with doing chores and help
ing his parents, so that he has very
little time to loaf. The country boy
in many cases actually suffers for
lack of proper enjoyment and oppor-
tunities to crafty his natural taste
for social life. Yes, we wonder if the
city boy may not also suffer for lack
of home pleasures and such social
surroundings which his nature
Graves. In every city there ought to
be. gymnasiums, swimming tanks,
club houses with libraries, and social
gatherings arranged for the young
man, and young woman, too. These
are cheaper than reformatories.
Every school building should be
center where high ideals is preached
and virtue made lovely. BY these
means most children who are we'll
born will be started along the paths
Of honest living.
What parents need to do more than
anything else is to study their chill
dren, and especially the boys, who
too often are shamefully neglected.
We study politics, grave problems of
state, and economics, yet the greatest
problem and one that is right before
us, the boy, we give perhaps but a
passing thought. And yet the boy
of today is the citizen of tomorrow,
and upon him will soon rest the fate
Of the Nation. We study books, but
the living volumes, our children, up
on whose blank pages are written
every day something that makes for
veal or woe, we do not study. There
are very few children without some
good in them, and to bring out these
traits and develop them should be
the aim of parents and teachers alike.
Let US make confdants of our boys,
take an interest in their thoughts
and sports, and no matter how old and
wise we may be, we will always find
a great deal to learn from them.
The greatest philosopher can learn
something from the smallest child.
1t is true that parents who love
their children and who have SEEM
ingly done much to train them for
honorable and useful lives, neverthe-
less find their children growing up
hayward and bringing sorrow to
their hearts. Yet even in most of
such cases close analysis may reveal
some fault Of the parents in disci-
pine or child management. The
parents have perhaps not closely
studied that childs peculiar nature
and an inclination that was original
ly good may have become thwarted
and turned into evil. ALI children
are not alike, even in the same
family, and require different treat
ment in accordance with their diff
ferent natures and temperaments.
Over-indulgence on the part Of
parents often does as much harm as
too much severity. Children should
be taught early to mind their
parents, and if that were done there
would be less trouble for them and
their parents later on. All parents
we'll need to pray for wisdom to guide
the lives Of their children Alright.
Let us study the children. especially
the boys, as that is the greatest prob
lem Of the age.