South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-13

standard for years. said L. 3. Ed
gar. war Y. VI. G.. a. secretary, at
the adult division rally Of the Sun
cay school convention at the high
school wednesday evening. Two
sets Of living principles. one for
girls and another rcr boys" con-
tinued Mr.. Edgar, on the subject OF
Saving Dollars or Boys has been
the rule in this country for many
years. The church is responsible
for this double standard. No boy
should be allowed 10 go or want
10 go any place where his sister
could not go. No boy should be
ashamed 20 go any place his sister
would 20.
We have spent lot OF our en-
ergy. time and money in raising
horses. raising hogs. raising cattle.
and a few folks have been spending
81 lot OF time just raising the devil,
but precious little effort has been
employed in raising boys. IL is up
70 US now TO raise our children and
rot let them grow up as so many
weeds.
Home Life Fading Out
Home life, so essential in the
proper raising Of a child, is fast be-
coming a thing or the past. We
are chasing ourselves into boarding
houses. fats, summer resorts, etc,
until home life. the sacred corner
stone OF all right living is going
into oblivion.
Much OF the money that is being
Used 10 raise lower animals should
he diverted 20 raising boys. A few
years ago the national government
on the outbreak OF the hoof and
mouth disease appropriated thou
sands of dollars 10 stamp out the
plague. the same government has
not Yet seen TT 10 stamp out the
liquor plague which is yearly doing
more harm than the hoof and
mouth disease viii ever do.
should Understand Boys.
Many OF our good church people
10 not understand and seemingly
90 not care 10 understand boys.
Many are lying awake nights wor-
ryinE about their boys in the ma
tionaI environments, deplorins the
widespread use OF cigarets and kin
cred customs. 80 one hates the use
ct cigSrets more than I do but 7
anoW enough 20 say that We are
-oing AT the evil from the wrong
end TO stamp II out. II never can
ne eliminated by preaching against
~ In the camps. The underlying
trouble is that the men high in the
manufacture OF cigsrets are also
hIgh in the church. and we have
OF the morsI force to take a rirm
stand against them. Men IN camp
Viii always smoke cigarets as long
as they can set them. the manu-
facture Of the cigarets must be dis
continued before the practice can
re eliminated We viii have 10
stack the trouble in its nest
Must Have Decent Land.
Liquor must go, too, before this
viii be a decent land in which 10
raise a boy. II the men won't vote
it out Z say then 7 Will be Tor
Womans suffrage long enough 20
-IVe the women a chance TO vote
10 out. and then ] would be in IA r
Or Of disenfranchising them thar
hey may more properly attend TO
The work or raising boys
Il believe. also that We should
demand more OF our public school
teachers They should be Strong
end upright chsrs cters. and WELD
5ig influence in the boy problem.
II We are a Christian nation. the
public school ousht TO recognize the
Bible as the cornerstone OF the ma
ion
Get Into the Game
Dr. r. a Van Nuys. pastor OF
me First Presbyterian church OF
Goshen. concluded the. program
with a spicy lecture on getting on
the Bleachers Into the Game. 3"
standing around watching 10 see
what others are going TO do he
argued. would never accomplish
anything Leaders are what are
needed IN Sunday school work as
In all other lines OF endeavor. and
j. IS up 20 the "bleachers" 10 fur
riEh the men. and the women who
can hit the ball"