The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
FATHER AND son
BANQUET IS HELD
Proved 4 Success in a Large Way.
Having Very
Gratifying Al.
tendance.
BANQUET WAS PLEASING
And the Address of Secretary Paulson
Was Received With the
Most Sincere
Applause.
BANQUET WAS PLEASING

The father and son banquet held
In the auditorium OF the Y. M. c. A.
last evening was success in large
way. Sixtyfive men and boys sat
down to q sumptuous supper and that
it was enjoyed need not to be stated.
Mr.. Leonard Paulson, state boys
secretary, arrived in Keokuk Saturday,
morning, and was the guest Of honor
and the speaker Of the evening. Mn.
A. w. HUDSON, chairman of the boys
work committee Of the Y. M. G. A.,
presided, and after all present had
satisfied the inner man, Mr.. HUDSON,
with brief remarks introduced Mr..
Paulson who is byno means is stran-
ger to the boys of our city.
MIR. Paulson took as tile subteet OF
his remarks, THE Right OF the Boy
and In his own originaa and impress
sive way pressed fact after fact home
to the hearts of tina fathers present,
concerning the feelings and complex
desires of the boys who bless their
the boys their place in the commun-
ity and illustrated IN simple but
convincing manner the influence the
boy has among his fellows, and told
this boys the community expected
much from them.
Mr.. Pamlson opened his talk by
saying that the interest in the boy is
ever on the increase, that the people
are awakening to thu fact that the
boys have a real, vital place in the
life Of the community That great
deal may be done for the boys by the
men was allowed, but that whole
lot mora can be accomplished by
boys, for boys was agreed. An illusA
tration of what ten high school boys
did to clean up their school was used,
and Secretary Paulson made the state,
ment that they 1 accomplished more
than the teachers or preachers could
have done, just because they we're
boys who were interested in their
fellows.
Boys have tremendous needs: they
have big problems to meet and they
need real interested friends to help.
in the meeting OF them. Vice knows
how to reach the boy; it seems to-
have gone farther than the christian
organizations in understanding and
meeting the needs of thu boy. The
boy is a bundle of contradictions; on,
one occasion he will do one thing and
at another will turn right around and
do the opposite, and do 1t conscien-
tiously, and for the existence OF this
fact alone at times boy needs a,
friend and needs him badly. MIR. Paul.
son made the statement that he
thought if Christ would come at the
present time he would talk much
about friendship, even mors than ON
any other topic
Boys coyet the friendship of the
father, and then the question came as
to whether or not the fathers wsre
giving the desired friendship. That
many demands are made upon the
time of the man of today was con.
ceeded, but that thsre was no demand
so urgent as the call OF the boy upon
his father was also agreed.
The boy has four rights; the right
to be we'll born, right to play, a.
right to get an education, and right
to express his religious impulses.
At this point the speaker turned to
the boys and asked them If they real,
lied that big responsibility was
theirs. The community furnished
good schools, place to play, and
churches, all for the benefit of the
boys as we'll as the other members
of the municipality. Because of this
the boys owe debt to, and have a,
responsibility to the community in
which they live. For this reason thu
boys must be loyal to the community.
They must grow into good citizens,
keep above all else a clean name.
Their home and parents ars judged
largely by the actions OF the boys
who represent them, therefore boys
fer the sake of the home from which
1 thisy come must be manly. There lie
job for everybody in this world and
the thing that pleases father and
mother is the knowledge that their
boy is playing the mans part in the
world. With the pointed question to
the boys, ARE you playing the mans
part?' Mr.. Pa1llson closed his talk
and received hearty response by
applause from his hearers.