The Detroit times., 1913-03-18
WOULD LIMIT
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
OF CHILDREN
Statute Combining Functions for
Riddles to Friday Night
Good Plan, Says Pastor
ASSERTS MANY STUDENTS
INCAPACITATE SELVES
Interesting Address Delivered
BY Detroit Minister in Noon.
day Lenten Service

The Rev. William Byron Forbush,
Of the North Woodward Congrega'
tional church, was the speaker In the
MONDAY services in the Church OF
Our Father, Tuesday. His topic was
"Self-sacrifce in the schools
"Our educational system Is built
upon self.sacrifice,' said DR.. Forbush.
The founders of our country put up
schools before they had comfortable
habitations for themselves. Teach
ing today 10 done at sacrifice, for
the teaching profession is the worst
paid that there il and, under political
regime, the most precarious OF
tenure.
The purpose OF our schools is 10
train children for living together in
u social state. The school years are
! the friendship-making years, and chill
dren should not be bound by artificial
lines OF caste in the making OF friend
ships. l realize that II is hard for
the boy who walks to school TO come
to Z sympathetic understanding with
q boy who 10 driven up every morning
(. in . $1,000 limousine. But II Is pos
sible II the boy who rides In the auto
mobile IL an unspoiled boy.
THE encouragement of extravagant
habits and the formation Of tastes and
desires which are beyond the means
Of the parents is not so much or
problem in the home OF the self-re-
specting working man nor yet in the
home Of those who are blessed with
q large portion of this worlds goods.
The real problem comes 10 the
families In between, who in their
foolish zeal to give their children t'he
best there Is. undergo expenses which
are beyond their means. There is a
noble side to this manner of sacrifice.
but there Is also pathetic and
foolish side. 1t encourages a view OF
life which il false
system 10 the over-emphasis OF social
life during school years. Many OF
the students In our schools are in
capacitated for their school-work
through keeping pace with the social
meeting the demands OF their own
friends. There ought to be a statute.
almost. limiting social affairs for
school-children to Friday nights.
This brings us face to face with
u
fraternities and sororities, which have
been the subject of much discussion
with various degrees Of foolishness on
the part OF teachers. parents and
legislators. This problem was han
died with great skill in our own city
and the organizations in our high
schools lacked the Objectionable
features which were discovered else.
where. But the legislature passed a
law which Is not enforcible, and as a
result the children have their organi-
sations just the same but there is no
member Of the teaching faculty TO
superyise them and see what Is go
Ing on in them"
Bishop Charles d. Williams opened
the holy week series of MONDAY len
ten services in the Miles theater,
Tuesday, with an address on THE sin
OF Pontius PLATE.
TN our creed said he, the name
Of Pontius PLATE has been pilloried
and gibbeted. He stands before US
always a. the type of the unjust Judge.
the Judge who sacrifices justice to ex-
pcdieEcy.
do not think that conception of
PLATE is the correct one. believe
that from the first he was determined
TO do right. He had the spirit Of Ro.
man fair plaG-But- plate was a dip.
lomat. He loved the game OF diplom.
acy. He enjoyed balancing one force
against another. confident that his
own astuteness would enable him
through clever manipulation to reach
the END which she desired But the
forces he played with proved too
strong, and he fell into the sin which
he had never intended to commit.
To do right unerringly We must
have one Of two situations-great sim !
rlicity Of circumstances 40 that the |
right and wrong Of the question are !
self-evident, or, in the case OF COM |
pucated circumstances, simplicity OF |
character which enables one 10 clear. !
~ see the right. PLATE had neither OF |
these conditions to favor him.
Some OF you here today are men Of
ahaire and women OF affairs. All o.
us are called upon at time to make
decisions involving complicated cir
cumstances and opposing forces How
do YOU solve them. DO you go straight
shead Influenced only by the right and
wrong OF the matter in hand. or are
you swayed by cross currents and in.
huenced by other considerations. con.
hdent that your own cleverness will
enable you to reach the end Won de.
sire? II so you are I'm grave danger
Of committing the sin of Pontius
Plate"