The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-10

gun really 10 DO something, Boys
are being stadied by the LabFa-
tory method and very remarkable
discourses have been made. Out
OF it all we have concluded that
they are capable of being develop
ed into the best specimens of man.
kind, just like any other organism
OF nature into its best so long Us
we follow natures laws.
In our study Of boys we hsve
learned u few valuable things COO
corning them. Ooe OF the in
stincts of boy life is TO be in the
gang. This gang business' has
always struck terror into the
hearts of the leaders of boys.
Every effort has been made to try
and break up these gangs, bat oil
TO no purpose. Instead of help
ing matters we have made a bad
matter worse. We have driven
boys to form the lowest kind OF
organizations, surrounding the
pool rooms, saloons and places Of
i'll repute. No matter how great
our entreaties il was of no avail
get together, they would, in spite
US. Thanks to the efforts of such
men as Judge Lindsey. SuDerin-
tendent PETER and jacob Rus, we
now know better. They have
shown us that it is as natural for
boys To form organizations 40 it is
for q fish to swim, and there comes
d period in every boys life when
the "clan" or gang" spirit ore,
dominates, when his interests turn
away from the home circle to that
of other boys with whom he wish
es to be most Of the time and es-
peciaily in the evening.
Granted then, that the boys or
CARNATIONS are necessary for their
development; what shall be the
nature of such organizations
just now there seems to be boys
organizations Of all kinds. There
are Boys Brigades, knights Of
Of King Arthur, Boy Scouts, Sons
OF Daniel Boone, Big Brothers, Y
M. q. A., Sunday Schools,
Churches, Christian Endeavor,
Athletic, Literary, Debating, Nat
ural history, Agricultural a n {
Corn, Potato and Tomato And
what not clubs. There are clubs
for the poor and clubs for the
rich, clubs for good and whether
we will or not, clubs for the bad,
Let Us speak Of che boy scouts,
OF all the movements in boy or
ganization, this at present, seems
to be one OF thes most popular
form of a club that we know. Its
work, so far, has been confined
almost or entirely to town and
city boys, for whom it seems very
we'll adapted. The one great
weakness, | think; if may make
a criticism of the boy scout move
ment is the general lack of relig.
ious effort. The organization is
secular the religious factor being
left wholly to the scout master OF
local council. While many may
differ from me, on this point ]
firmly believe the more boys or
CARNATIONS that we can have with
the spirit of Christianity prevail
ing it, the more progress We shall
make and the more lasting our re-
suits. Some may say that this
will never do where there are
Jews. Catholics and Protestants in
q community. Granted that we
have such a condition, | can not
see why it is not possible TO have
at least the essentials Of Chris
tianity. Those, things, of temper
ance, purity, reverence and obe-
dience taught, for they are the
corner stones Of our civilization.
These virtues are not foreign to a
boys heart, in fact l believe he de-
sires to grow and develop in them
as much as be longs to succeed IN
swimming, boxing, wrestling or