Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-19
BOYS VOCATIONAL club FORMED
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building and to the club and gave
them hearty assurance of the support
of the lodge and it's members, not
only to the club but nthe character
of Big Brothers to the boys. He was
heartily applauded.
Mr.. Newcombe was followed by c.
B. Wolf, who delivered a very inter-
esting talk to the boys, telling them
of the neglect in the days of his boy
hood of the boy insofar as his prepa-
ration for the future success or fail
ure of his life is concerned.
Mr.. Wolf was followed by Hon. E.
V. Carter, who, as Mr. Vining stated
in his Introductory remarks, stands
in the community for reliability and
enterprise. Mr.. Carter gave the boys
some excellent advice, coupled with
a couple of good stories, one at the
expense of the legal fraternity and
the other pointed at the bankers,
! which were much appreciated.
The next speaker, E. T. Staples,
was introduced as the man who could
still be boy. He told of his boy
hood days and declared he was still
kid in many ways. He also drove
home some good advice with interest
ing anecdotes.
Professor Vining then took the
floor for heart to heart talk with
the young men and boys present, in
which he told some truths which
could we'll be taken to heart by the
boys Of more mature years. He
said that boys receive sufficient
warning against the things which are
really bad, but not enough against
the things which are not worth
while. They let the 5-cent pleasures
wreck the $4,000 man. 1t is not
the intrinsic wrong of many things
which boy does which mar his ca
reer so much as it is the fact that
plpeasure becomes a business and
habits are formed which enslave him
He closed by announcing that he
would talk next Friday night upon
What You Are and Why"
The Elks quartet furnished several
songs which were sandwiched be.
tween the addresses. The quartet
also sang several numbers during the
refreshments which were served il
the grill room of the Elks Temple
The refreshments consisted of oyster
soup. sandwiches, cocoa, celery, etc
While the boys were eating, Pro
fessor Vining told several stories
which brought down the house, ant
at the close the boys, led by Kenneth
Williams, gave three cheers and {
club yell for the club and also fol
the Elks.
Professor Vining announced tha
A. c. Strickland had offered to train
a club quartet, an offer which met
hearty applause, as did every number
sung by the Elks quartet. The en-.
tire crowd of boys Joined in singinl
several of the popular college songs
sung by the quartet and the result
avs truly inspiring.
, Some very interesting data ha.
been procured by careful and sys
tematic tabulation OF the registration
cards. Boys we're asked to fill out
a cards with the following topics
Name, address, age. schooling, voca
tion selected II any, vocation of faith
| er, address of parent. One hundred
3 and twenty-three boys filled out reg
a istration cards, about ten beinl
q missed in the rush hour attendance
9 In regard to age 1t was found tha
16 was the representative age. ther,
being 22 of that age; 81, 15 years o
age, 21. II years OF age; 16. II year,
of age; 10, Is years of age; 13, /;
years of age; Z, 19 years OF age: Z
IL; 3, 20; 2, 81. and |, II.
or 1913 boys enrolled 61 had select
ed no vocation. The majority o
9 these proved to be from the olde
d boys OF the club. or the vocation
u selected. that OF farmer led with
= representation OF 13. electrician an,
y electrical engineer we're next with
:. following of each Thraa ragie
s tered as would-be merchants, 2 drug
gists. 2 locomotive engineers, 2 for
est rangers, 2 stockmen. civil en-
s gineers. lawyer, l detective. book
y keeper, mechanics, candymake
lthia was one of The nldnr hn,nA