Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-29
BANQUET HELD BY
FATHERS AND SONS
Old and Young Join in An
nual Event at the
Y. M. G. A.

That the fathers and sons banquet
has crystallized itself into a gather
ing which is doing much to cement
the bonds of confidence between father
and son and also to teach each the re-
sponsibility and duty he owes to the
other, was demonstrated for the sec
ond time last night at Y. M. C. A..
whom 200 fathers and sons gathered
about the banquet board. enjoyed an
appropriate supper and listened to a
number OF excellent addresses.
J. d. Brown presided as chairman,
introducing ]. w. Robinson, mayor of
Boise, as the first speaker Mr. Rob-
inson welcomed the guests to the as
ISOLATION and enthused over the Y. NJ.
c. A. and its work for men and boys,
stating that 1t was an institution which
was doing a work of building up the
body, mind and soul and one to which
all boys and men should belong and
attend regularly.
Must Be Square With Boys.
Rev. Willsie Martin, the second
speaker, gave out some wholesome adj
vice to both fathers and sons. He
stated II parents wanted to raise a
boy who would be truthful they must
be truthful with him. Be square
with your boy and let him know you
are square with others and he will
adopt the same polity toward you, and
toward others, he asserted. He de-
clared that children We're great imi-
tators and that they reflected the life
and training which they received at
home. He figured out the cost of
raising a boy until he was 20 years
of age at $4,000, stating he figured
board clothing. doctor bills, amuse-
ments, etc, and that a father had in
vested that amount in a boy and that
1t was up to the boy to at least pay
the interest on the investment not to
grumble about bringing in coal, car
rying out ashes, doing a few errands
and a little other work, but to con-
slider all that was being done for him.
l. Il. Elan emphasized the fact that
1t was the duty of parents, first -
see that their child was we'll born,
second, raised under the right influ-
ence, having proper care of body and
mind, that the father should be a man
Of responsibility sharing equally with
the mother in the care, education and
training of the boy. that he should play
with him in his games and show him
which the boy was interested.
What Father Owes tho Boy.
r. w. Childs. secretary of the Com
mercial club, spoke direct to the point
on the topic What father owes his
boy from business point of view"
He stated that too many fathers were
too indulgent with their sons, that they
furnished them money in order to keep
thap1 %
ing and did not seem to know or care
where they went or how they spent It,
thus teaching them extravaganza. He
stated that a father owed it to his
boy to take part in the life of the
city and its activities in order to make
it a better place in which to live
Fathers, who were business men, he
states, needed to learn to play the
games as their sons played them. He
then cited an example Of a high school
football game last fall. The Boise
boys, he stated, were against a much
heavier team They knew they must
lose, but yet they played the game with
all the force and muser they could
put into 1t and yet played clean game
At the end of the first half. the boys
got the band and formed a circle
about their opponents, with whom they
had struggled for supremacy, and gave
them three cheers. Fathers, he stated,
should play the business game and the
political game with the same splendid
spirit as manifested by the boys as 1t
would not only be an example to them,
but would make Boise one of the best
cities in the world. He also pointed
out that success was too often pic
tured from financial point of view,
but real success, he said. was in do
ing the chosen profession in which
one was engaged and doing it we'll, Civ
ing service that would benefit others,