The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-13

Editor OF The News-The air seems
( 90 have cleared little during the last
/ few DAYS ami the dust stirred up by
my sermon on nigh school canoes has
apparently settled somewhat How
ever that discourse did Iretty good
/ Job iu arousing the editorial fraternity
and certain newspapers contributors
especially in the upper peninsula And.
4 too. people have been very kind In
/ sending me their PAPERS and clippings
i.uyhiug this very live subject. one
( result has been thar ] have gotten
from 10 lot Of cheap advice which
MAY have relieved others while il has
( done M, no harm In perusing these
/ various contributions was forciblv
/ reminded a. the saving OF the late sam
/ Jones that Il you throw a stone into
bunch OF dogs YOU can easily tell
which one - HIT Then 10y the way
/ some 90 these editors have written
upon the moral and religious aspects
{ al th. subject ] was led 10 wonder
prinaiulrs OF morality ana religion as
taught by Jesus Christ ana his apos
! ties ~ yerChance they We're To discov-
! ,r them. From what they say one
would infer thai religion should never
/ ne mixed with politics. or business. OF
recreation. that ike the new suit ot
/ clothes IL should be worn On sundays
lf..,, a
/ fully folded and pat away lest IT be-
come su.lrd by too common use. As
I IL an. az the concerns 81 human III"
could hr exempt from the demands
Of morality and religion a. taught by
| the Great Teacher OF all mankind or
a. II the decision 0f maiorities could
I ever be- permanently substituted for
/ the principles Of eternal truth and
Righteousness, Evidently these editor
| ial sanctums would be greatly toned
up by the presence and practical use
Of the New Testament in which ""
are taught that by our words We are
/ To be- justified or condemned, and that
an our doings should be- in the name
Of the Lord Jesus
OF all that / have read of the con-
! troversy only the Escanaba Journal
land on. contributor To the Mining Ga
zette have touched the real point in
! the Issue raised, viz. that no custom
or practice that is' subversive of those
principles in which our young people
| have been trained at home and in the
church should be allowed in any funC-
! ton of our high school for no greater
wrong can be done To any man than
Iruthlcssly To break down his convic-
tons 10y 20 compilation which he Is uE -
/ abb. 20 bear We frankly admit that
there is an honest difference Of Opin-
ion among right thinking and right
living people touching the subject OF
| 6ancing In general, but | have failed
To- noe any difference al opinion az
To- the wisdom or right ot one man or
set Of men deliberately 10 put STUN
bling rblock ia the way Of another. or
Of our high school authorities To- en-
courage OF permit in any school al +
fair those practices which tend q
break down the convictions or to
weaken the moral character of our
Young people. And this is what our
high school dances are doing, and this
is the real point at issue"
II any one wishes 20 take the con
trary part | commend 10 him the read
ing again of the trenchant words oi
the Master Put whose shall cause
one Of these little ones which believe
In me t. stumble II is profitable toI
him that q great mill stone should he
hanged about his neck and that ho
should - sunk in the depth of the
sea"
For years a good many hearts hay
been made To ache over this matter
both among parents and their children
and if those who favor the Junior
Hop" would for time pat themselves
in the others place more would h" ~
4 FAVOR Of applying the Golden Rule t'
this as well as To other affairs Of life
g l.. Adams.