Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-03-03
RANDOM THOUGHTS.

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gene were of inestimable benefit
to the young people of both sexes
as it not only cultivates venera-
tion for religion, morality and
social virtues, but throws a re-
straining influence around the
boys and girls. setting the young
minds to thinking along the line
Of true manhood and womanhood
and dispelling the petty, foolish
actions so characteristic at that
age. These movements will meet
with hearty approval from many
fathers and mothers who have
the welfare of their children at
heart.
If the natural tendencyof of man.
kind is toward evil, what can he
expected of a boy or girl who, at
the tender age of from IL to 16, is
permitted to roam the streets at
all hours of the night f; who never
has a single thought presented to
them along the line of purity of
life, honesty of purpose and spot
less character, which, if once lost,
can never be restored.
The time has passed when the
boy who abhors profanity, cigar
cite smoking, drunkenness and
kindred evils will be sneered at
by his companions, and it is now
a conceded fact that many great
corporations refuse to employ men
vino drink or chew to excess. If
they would go step farther and
add licentiousness, in it's most
degraded forms, to the list it
would go far toward placing la
boring men on higher plane of
living as well as purifying the en-
vironment for future generations.
Not only was it a time of regal
enjoyment, but it cultivated in
the minds of the young people
the thought that theymust not live
for self alone, but help "the other
fellow" thus filling his life with
sunshine and helping him to avoid
the snares of the insidious which
surround him on all sides.
This Boys Convention has
brought to our mind the thought
of the great responsibility resting
upon the citizens of Corvallis.
With over LOO boys and girls
attending the Oregon Agricultu-
raj College they are getting an
education which will either be a
blessing to them in later years or
they are learning pernicious
.devilment which will not only
bring disgrace upon themselves,
but break the hearts of fond par
ents who are entrusting them to
our care and keeping for four
years of the most dangerous pc
riod of their lives.
We rejoice in the record of the
0. A. c. for purity, cleanliness
and order among her pupils, but
when we read that -Four deaths
from drunkenness atLeland Stan
ford University make up the sick
ening roll for the present year,
and now the Board of Regents
seriously think of allowing the
canteen on the university cam
pus so that they may regulate in
temperance on the quadrangle" "
we feel like sounding note of
warning to our citizens lest we
forget our duty. Think of it-a
saloon promoted by university
people, patronized by students,
on university ground ; all for the
want of better control of stu
dents. 1t is barely possible that
DR.. Jordan has EARNED out" his
duties as president to underlings
in order that he may be absent
from his post on junketing trips
abroad. when the cats away
the mice will play" This may
be the policy in California, but it
comes far short of the Oregon
standard. Day by day, Oregoni-