The Irish standard., 1917-10-20

Love of and pleasure manifess themselves very
often early age Such obstacles in the of mental
sometimes found in the grade schools 1t is
usually high school reached that this evil begins
show it's ugly head Boys and girls not content
with the wholesome pastimes afforded them at home
They must have freedom They insist visiting where
maternal eyes watching where the fun riot
The social (pnkea) taste shows itself at early
age The girls must each have birthday party; they
having parties they form clubs and social
the of their elders They neglect their
studies learn and rehearse some frivolous part in
club sorority play So the precious slip by with
their getting grasp of precious knowledge Yes!
They pass examipations They graduate but what about
their education? In spite of their opportunities
though they hold diplomatic pleasure loving student
is shallow and the hours in the class room have not been
productive of desired results
Where school boys and girls are allowed to drift with
tide that carries along to useless life, there
sometimes be committed serious moral trans
gressions and in parental hearts broken
There been just enough concessions made by the
agement of many schools to warrant pupils in thinking
their teachers of their quest for pleasure
Regularly giving free time Matinee Day cannot be
looked upon as a mere accident The annual carrying
certain private school something
bid for popularity rather than aiming at efficiency
There are no prospects the peasurebent young
though he be student in the best school lie
succeed in his studies properly fit himself for one of
leading professions if his is divided, rather
if in his heart there is craving for things that promise
enjoyment while he is feeb trying to put his mind into
his studies.
After the man has become wage Garner love of
pleasure will lessen his of responsibility towards
home him to form expensive habits neglect his
ents opportunities of advancement go by, fail do
good make him disloya his church and sometimes
him OF both mental and physical vigor.
The wage who spends his first months earnings
himself and his worthless chums has character what
The daughter who does not strive Cat
part repay mother father their years
toll patience and selfacrice deserves contempt The
robust who eats what he does for
of justice honor and the he is told to get
and depend himself the he will realize that it is
not mothers place to boarding house and
others feed dead beat" The young to-
day has much money to spend luxures and little
nothing to spend the necessaries of life. He has
to spend cigarettes, CIGARS intoxicating drinks
theatres movies Dances outings fancy clothes, etc., but
couldn't five dollars during the year pay the bills
at the family grocery store dollar simply nothing
down town but acquires special value home and be-
tremendous amount the young man draws
near to the door of his church Why is the youth
free in spending down and niggardly giving
to his parents Because he has not enough character to
derive pleasure from doing what is manly You
close to the fact that the generation
been growing eliminate and is we'll that many
they must do mans work-even where hostile
lets fly.
The constant joyseeker will not be advanced by his
superiors. He to his factory office with tired
look that tells that he robbed himself of needed
sleep the previous night The woman who chases
the phantoms of pleasure away into the hours
cannot have the bodily mental vigor required
good in branch of industry Would that young men
could realize how foolish 1t is to spend themselves in
pleasure trying satisfy selfish inclnations and how
bghng to their prospects rest occasoned
by seeking after good time.
The worst result of pandering self weakening
OF character the ouing Of the vision assocang
with low grade of and women, the squanderng of
ALL everything worth WHILE during the most vigorous period
of life and the sometimes forging chains of vice
which too often bind hand foot the votaries of
pleasure.