New Ulm review., 1913-01-22
Champion { ! ! n Found
For Bad Boys
1 superintendent G. 8: Merica
Proves Fitness For Pc,
sition He Holds.
The Friend Of The Bad Boy
Calls Parents and Society
To Account.

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'sstsnl,pg room only" n he Con
grsgationsl Church last Thursda,
evening showed the keso interest taker
y by the people 10 esasesl whom Supt
c. o. Msrics of the Red Wing Train
iag School for boys wss announcst
by she Mems Club @ their speaker
!. Mr.. Merica spoke 70 the pupils of the
High School In Ito afternoon and il
she evening fsosd IN audience thai
l:led every seas ID the; church and
listened a.tentively 70 every word Of Z
speech lasting more than; On hour, on
Z ''The Boy Problem"
Tho speakers intense persocality
cannot be properly conveyed TO thosa
o1our roadsrs Who did MOI hser him
nor II IL pt sstbls 70 give 10 dstail the
many intersssisg snd Witsy di9rss.
sions OF his sslk. Hs said % mach
,hss IL 10 impossible 70 report i yer.
baetm bus " give - nesr % possible
HE own expressions end carry bile
Shsme thru % hs worked II out, leav.
iag out muoh thst added 70 tho enter-
ssinmsnt ssd kept shs interest 8 high
Pitch. T.. r.
..All my lite ! hssss sssa ; busy nao,
III ny ll1s hsss ussn = ssnshoa 70
work. Sore of thsss dayss 49, tho
suomons 70 work 10 not 20 insisteat
aad whom ~. daily toll ssens g b
over I sm going 70 prepare : regular
lsuurs, semsthsng shas~ viii seam @ b
like the lecture Of other folks. some
thing finished sud veh rounded fut,
!. something upon some Interesting snb-
ject. Now for instsnce there 10 the
horse. Some day an going 70 pre-.
pare lecture on the horse. Or the
COW. One could make most Interest,"
ing talk on the COW II one had time 70
prepare for it. And there is the
American hog,-hog iu more senses
than one. What q lot of interesting
tbings could be said on that subject!
But l have never had time to arrange
lecture on any of these interesting
topics and have come here to talk to
you about boy. This being so uD.
interesting and 90 uninviting and un-
attractive. Tho boy who is always in
she way, fellow who has too many
ieet, too many hands and who has the
unhappy faculty Of always being at
the wrong place at the right time.
"There 10 q boy on whom might
have prepared . lecture who is bis
mothers own angel child. BE has long
taken curls aud : beautiful complexion
With beautiful blue eyes and he wears
in the summer . white sailor suit upon
the sleeves of which his mother has
put an anchor. But this 10 not the
boy I want TO talk TO you about.
That boy has no Aaxen curls and
doesn't want any because they give
his opponent an unfair advantage In
the daily scrimmsge. His complexion
may oe fair IT you are able to get
beneath the dirt to find out, and he
uses the same words that folks use at
prayer meetings but they are little
differently arranged. can see him
now az one can see him every day in
the cities. saw him tho other day
going around . building and there
was another boy ahead of him. The
boy behind had club 10 his hands; q
true Ishma aelite is this boy 1 have
some to talk to you about tonight,
and this boy with the club IN his
hands oftentimes later in life comes
10 own the bank, to own the mill, to
own the store, to own the farms and
|he mothers angel child with aaxen
Durls and blue eyes keeps his books
md runs his errands for him.
"Now, in q discussion of any, SUBJ
ect we are always confronted with
more or less difficulty when We attempt {
% agree upon a definition OF the {
ABSTRACT thing we want to discuss. t
There is the word ''wrong," for {
Instance. Unfortunately, we do not I
Iii of us use the same dictionary, (
in this world. What is I
'wrong?" Why, wrong is very likely t
o be the thing that some other fellow t
loes that you do not care much about c
|oing. Wrong is so likely to be Y
ONE other mans temptation that c
ever attracted you very much. b
Wrong dwells in our neighbor's Il
ouse. Wrong 10 the thing that other o
Dlks like to do. When I like to do it q