Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-15
JUVENILE CIVIC ACTIVITY.
The RihinR Generation and Their IN
tts terest I'm Municipal Annirs.

The Rihins obneration and Their In
rts terest IN Municipal Affairs.
How shah we Interest the rIsInf
generationilln municipal affairs? IL .
question more frequently asked than
answered satisfactorily. Educators
'publieists, administrators, roformers.
have spent their time and energy, but
not always with the best results. Day
light IS ahead, however, and instances
OF successful efforts to interest boys
along civic lines are increasing. Here
istone account written by boy, AL
bert Gardner. who Is described az
"President OF Select council, Boys
Civic club of Scranton
During the month OF April. 1905, the
officers OF the Boys Civic club of
Scranton went to New York with Mr..
"A. B. Dunning to attend the Junior de-
partment of the National Municipal
lacquer Upon their return Albert
Gardner made the following report
upon one branch of the work. 1t points
the way to further work In the same
direction:
During our visit In New York with
Mr.. Dunning while he was a delegate
to the National Municipal league, rep
resenting the Scranton board of trade
at the leagues conference in New York
city, we met William Chauncey Lang
don of the Pratt institute of Brooklyn,
who has charge Of the Juvenile City
league work. One afternoon Mr.. Wat
son, one of Professor Langdon's as
sistants took us to public school No.
61,I where he distributed some cards.
This was after school, and the boys
were playing and practicing for an ath-
letic tournament under the direction
or the workers of the league. It may
seem strange TO you that so many boys
were staying around the school grounds
after school hours, and we thought the
same thing. but on inqulring found out
that this was the only chance these
boys had to play. and they certainly
did play, for they played and entered
Into their athletic sports with great
enthusiasm. =,
"One of the things which greatly In
terested us was the distribution OF q
set Of cards among the boys 'tNs'
"Besides this set of cards, they give
out small books, or pads, OF 100 leaves,
and on each leaf Is written. You are
violating the law against splitting. You
IRE subject to Imprisonment or fine, or
both. By order of the board of health
tSigned) Thomas Darlington, NJ. D.,
president On the back of this Is writ
ten more about violation of the law by
splitting on the streets. These little
pads are given to the boys, who take
great delight in giving them out when
they see any one splitting on the side
walks They also have cards which
say. Don't give consumption to others,
and doat let others give 1t to you II
tells how to prevent consumption and
how to cure 1t. 1t also gives a list of
hospitals that are free to people having
diseases of this kind. rA'aa A1fI
Now, 1t may be easily seen from
! What l have read, how much good can
AMI will be done by the distribution of
these cards 1t tells the people how
much good they can do by complying
with the law. For instance, they can
SEQ how the garbage and rubbish can
be made Of great use It shows how
they can keep free from disease. ~ p
i'iScranton, on the whole, Is a pretty
clean city, but don't think 1t would do
any harm, and 1t would do great deal
of good, IL few such cards as they use
In New York were printed and dis
trlbuted around the city"