The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29

Of the boy, and OF society II means /
we're taken to elevate him i'm his owl |
estimation and inculcate I'm him the |
knowledge that the is a better f. /
ture before him? / do not need {. |
press the question, for in the Big |
Brother movement thee is the OF |
portunity to make good citizens on. /
OF material which today. because o. /
Indifference or disregard, is be'n |
wasted and bad citizens come when /
good should come.
The Big Brother is not an officer o /
the law. He is an officer of Humanity |
or CHARITY. Of Good Citizenship and /,
Kindness. The street gamin is to hin /
q Little Brother The Big Brother /
especially in cases of boys who have
been dis charged from the correction. .
al institution, takes note of the Lift
Brother, seeks his acquaintanceship
encourages him, is kind to him and b.
kindness leads him ffrom evil ways &c
a higher standard of mor'lity and to
good citizenship.
How Is the Big Brother movement
to be organized? First in the heart
Then by that species OF organization
which has its basis in some one o.
other association formed for mutua
benefit, for uplift or for works OF
benevolence, and there is no organiza.
! ton like unto the organization OF Elk
! dom better fitted, or better equipped
! in membership and in brotherhood, fol
taking up the work of the Big Broth
er.
! Let each Elk take some little Broth
er by the hand and with words of en-
! enlargement and of companionshiL
| lead him to the plane occupied by the
Big Brother in the world of business,
of professional men, of industry, OF
science and, more than all, to the
plane of self-respect and OF confidence
in and love for his fellow men. The
rags on the back of the Little Fellow
of the street cover only his body-but
no man knows whether that body may
not be united to a soul and to a mind
capable of great things or, at the
very least, capable of rising from the
plane of the gutter to the plane Of
honest labor and integrity.
The way is not hard and the work
is not difficult. Secure the confidence
of the boy, especially if the boy be one
who has fallen into the hands of the
corrective institution-and the rest
is easy. 1t requires no special super.
vision. On the contrary special super
vision would excite the suspicion OF
the Little Brother and, possibly, his
hostility. Select your hoy and let
your brother Elk select anoJner and
then not only watch over the Little
Brother but visit him on occasions
Do not occupy the time Of your visit
in lectures but in companio1able con
versation. Let your whole heart g
out to him as you would have had.
and as | would have had, the whole
heart of some gentle and companion
able friend go out to you or to me in
time of trouble or OF advesity, when
the skies seemed black, and only
black, and not glimpse OF the bright
sun anywhere.
The Big Brother movement is grow
-hprId faIy,, h,, q
hand and each and every brother of
our Order be an active and a con
tinuous worker. We know, only too
well, the dangers besetting the boy
whose home life is not that which it
: ought to be. We know and we ap.
preciate at its right value the work
We know the quick growth in the
mind OF the homeless boy, or the boy
! who has been subjected to the law
of the belief that society is hostile to
70 him and that its hand is against him
and what is the result? Simply that
his hand is turned against society and
= ness done in time would be the sure
+ forerunner Of good citizenship The
I boy, as rule, is neither bad at heart
nor is he beyond salvation. But while
there is no outstretched hand in kind
ness the hardness in his heart in
creases. So, my brothers, let us take
the boy-the Little Brother-in time
Let us be his Big Brother, to guard
him, to suggest to him, to be his
D friend, his counselor and his com
panion in the right degree and the
9 boy who Will not respond in kind
l. the boy who will not give confidence
5 for confidence and kindness is the boy
j in a thousand.
So let us be Big Brothers, not in
terfering with the work Of Others
S whose hearts have turned to the boy
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