The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-12
pIIB[IC DANCES
LEAD TO EVIL
Rev Adams Advises Against So.
cial Prom" in Schools


I'll, Young people to arrange some
.,brr diversions that will be free from
,u objectionable features that might
,ocud anyone. And why should moi
,,,r school board make this "A matter of
serious .onsideration?' said Rev. c. l..
Adams "A the Calumet NJ. v. church
last evening in his sermon on The
IIigh school Dances.
The sermon was deduccd from the
,cv Matt Is. G:-"But who so shall
ra,ls, one of these little ones which
h,liey, ON me 10 stumble. il is profit
able for him that great milestone
should be- HANGED about his neck and
that ne should he sunk in the depth of
the sea.
continuing, Rev ADAMS said;
"Thcyr are strong words used To en-
press the Masters appreciation of the
worth of his little ones his sense Of
their dangers his conception of re
sponshil,ty that they must bear -whc
assume to care for and train young
people and hia Judgment of guilt that
must ever burden the souls of those
who have been the occasion Of their
downfall
~Thcr. are three great institutions
that are bearing the burden of fitting
our Young people for the privileges and
duties of American citizenship, the
home. the school, the church. and il ia
not easy to say which is bearing the
heaviest share of this burden. Many
of our homes are far, from what they
ought To- hc. hardly better than board
ng houses places for eating and Sleep
ing with little attention to the higher
ideals and purposes of life. To any
thoughtful man II is evident that the
church is only partially succeeding in
holding the Young people to her affairs
and service. And il is equally clear
that many of our boys and girls slip
from the public school long before
they have been sufficiently trained to
bear successfully lif,'s burdens and
responsibilities. And yet these are the
three chief factors in solving the prob
lem of our citizenship,
As the theme of tile hour touches
matters relating 10 our public schools
! gladly take this opportunity to cN-
press in some measure my apprccil-
ton of those splendid institutions and
Of the work done 10y that army of men
and women who are giving themselves
to The task Of training our young peo-
pie for useful citizens in this republic.
No other institution IS doing as much
as cur public schools toward unity irg
the widely diverse elements of this ma
ton into "a homogeneous solidarity of
\mcrican citizenship. The children en-
ter our schools as Swedes and Films
aud Nuslrians aud Italians and French
and English etc, but they come out
as Americans with a low, for the stars
and stripes and line appreciation of
the privileges Of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness But in these
later wears there has orept into certain
cf our public school functions-prac
ucrs which seem to me inimical to tho
true purpose and real efficiency of ON
school system | refer to the subject
The liieh School Dances
'Of course every one knows that
refer principally to the sc-Callcd re-
,cptou or Junior Hop given by tn,
UNDERGRADUATES of the senior and jun
Ifl,tutt. IL. h., "a, 4
receive their diplomas, aud to thcil
friends
do not care to discuss at any
length the merits or dement's of the
danes n general The evil. if there b,
t'll Is not I'm the exercise itself but IL
The association aud relation of tn
sexes to- each other, such that passions
are aroused, and in the Fascination
'hal leads people step by step from th'
uane" HAT Is select and carefully
guarded down the rungs OF the mora
adder until that level is reached II
inc dance halls of our cities where lid
pol8 are sold to girls under IL year
VI age and friends are provided 10
,hem if desired.
IN Chicago there are 200 such dane
u'iis according to the statement -
MIS- Gertrude Brittcn. "a settlement
"oikcr who recently testified bcfor
ihe Illinois vice commission Even tn
So''allcl soft drinks sold in thcs
p"'eS when andlyzcd were found [
coh'alu alcohol. such conditions u
'oulsc do not attend our high schot
u'heeS' nut when the dance mania get
poNSessi"n of our young people
never Know where 1t will end especial
WIN they seek "A livelihood i'm Oh
'' Scr CITES. II is this Danger realize
III 'h' sad fruitage of sin and sham
'ndt led the city fathers OF Denver
undertake. the supervision of the
puollc dance halls, having discovere
'"dt the Wholesale attendance
lung people without supervision
pup'Ic amusement resorts had SOM
"'ns ol The same kinship to juveni
""le as cause hal to effect And
'"uerStdnd that the management
our own Electric Park has deemed
p'"ueht TO station "A Waterman ne;
'.' pavilion to prevent our young PEI
r'e Oh leaving the dance hall fro
'cN'hg some secret retreat in u
woods.
we agree as to the wisdom of SUI
oversight but il bears its own witne
W TIE tendency of these pub
,0'''s To breed sin anu crime. And
UlIhlANn Al