The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-09
CLEAN UP SPIRIT SHOWN
A Strong Plea for Personal Purity
Presented by Mr. prum-Fu-
ture Meetings in the
Series.

IA. DIum were continued IN the CHIlS-
tan church Friday evening. At 6 O'clock
there was a large gathering of men
and older boys who sat down to sub
stantial supper n the Sunday school
rooms. At the close of the supper
there was held a boys conference with
toasts. Mr.. Geo. Rix opened the meet
liz with short address on What the
Community Expects From the Boy"
This was responded to by two boys
from the high school, Albert jenkins
and Theodore Newcomb. Clarence
Alling and George Hopkins spoke up
on what the boys expect from the
church and the response was by Rev.
]. II. McElree. The speeches were Of
a high order, and the outstanding note
in the addresses of the boys was a
plea for the abolition of the places and
people who stand ready to ruin the
morals Of the older boys. From what
WAS said, it seemed about time that
the good citizenship Of Keoknk did
some cleaning up. At least that was
the impression conveyed by the boys.
The topic of the evening was Tie
Boy and the Community" The first
discussion was responded to by Mr..
Rix on the theme What the Commun-
ity Expects of the Boy" He said that
the boys of today are more gentls
manly, In his opinion, than the boys Of
his day. He didn't think that boys are
as onery, mean and low down as they
were In his day. In support Of his
statement he stated some of the
pranks which boys played on others
when he was a boy. He said to tht
men: 1T is a good thing to awaken
to the fact Of how little we are" He
said If he were toastmaster he would
have his subject read What the boy
owes to the community" He said the
first thing is to settle on and establish
some true philosophy OF life. we must
all have creeds. The man who says
he has no creed is fool. The religion
OF Jesus Christ is not only philosophy
that Is worth while and worth while
to live up to. If you accept this phil
osophy Of Jesus Christ you want to
form your character now and start
with the determination that you will
live SO that you will be respected in
the community and your word will be
as good as your bond.
The next division of the topic What
the boy expects Of the community"
was responded to by Albert Jenkins
and Theo. Newcomb. Albert Jenkins
said he thought the subject should be
What the community owes to the
boy" First, to give him good schools
and good teachers. The teacher must
understand the boys and give them a
better understanding of things than
that which books give We should
have competent teachers in tho
schools. The community should also
furnish good churches and the church
members should make 1t their bust
ness to go after the boy who does not
go to church and make 1t easy for
him to go to church. There should al
SO be healthful and clean places Of!
amusement.
Theo. Newcomb said the boys want
from the community recognition. He
wants to become a factor In the com
munity. The church should be made
TO be the place for social enjoyment
for the boys. There should be a
strong moral sentiment in the school.
not only among the teachers but
among the pupils. The community
should provide good, wholesome places
of amusement to keep the boys off os
the streets. For instance, an open club
room for boys would be a good thing.
The community owes the boy chance
to work, not only after coming out OF
school, but during vacation.
The next division of the topic, being
What does the boy expect of the
Church" was discussed by George
Hoffman and Clarence Alling.
George Hoffman said: The young
fellow expects to receive from the
church his food for spiritual life
When he goes to church the minister
should give him an understandable
sermon. me young man expects TO
get some benefit out OF the church and
the church in return expect, to get
rtme.hiEg e,lt 81 the boy. He said
that the schools of Iowa have failed in
one thing; that is, they have failed in
the education of the boy on the spirit
ual side. There should be christian
education in the schools The Bible
should be brought into the schools of
the city. There are many young men
not belonging to the church and the Y.
M. 9. A. If the voters of the city would
compel the school board to bring the
Bible into the school the boy out of
Christ would there receive spiritual
food and 1t would be very helpful to
him in his life. He also said that the
playing Of pool itself is not bad, but
the Influence OF the pool room Is harm