South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-12
Home is Stripped of Many of
Its Choicest Qualities in
United States, Declares
John L. Alexander.


years" according TO John l.. Alex [
lnder Of Chicago superintendent Of !
the secondary division OF the In /.
ternational Sunday school associa-
ton first speaker at the night /
meeting OF the oath annual state |
sunday SchOoi convention Tuesday. /
Every man or woman" ne contin-
ued. who ever achieved anything
great had the first impulse of that
greatness when ne OF she was be-
tween the ages Of IA and 20 The
ideas and ideals formed then bore
fruit later Edison learned 20 tel
esraph az the age of IA. and from
that humble accomplishment fol-
lowed success after success that in
+ the aggregate now stamp him a. the
foremost American genius.
Impulse for good OF for bad
comes i'm each lie before the goth
year is reached. More souls are
won on lost IN the adolescent years
than a. any other period OF life
Fourteen and one-half years con-
( stitutes the highwater mark of
/ conversion. 1t also constitutes the
+ high water mark OF criminality.
and OF vocational life.
Need Moral Convictions.
What is needed i'm the Young
life AZ the time when the accom-
plishments OF a lifetime are in the
bud are religious AID moral con
vicuons Strictly speaking only
three institutions in the world have
right 20 touch the life Of our
boys and girls They are the home.
/ the school and the church.
What Of the home? I'm DAYS
gone by the home furnished every
thing 10 the child. from hair cut
a new suit OF clothes 20 the teach
ing OF the three RS and religious
and moral int ~ ton. Those DAYS
are past. The nome has passed the
burden on 10 others In one sense
the home right now is failure
American life in particular has
changed. The American is always
in a hurry Children used to be
raised; now they are hustled Up.
The old family breakfast with all
members gathered around and the
Bible opened is gone. In it, place
is q relay race for bit Of sub
stance that begins at six or seven
o'clock and ends at ten. Johnnie
works in the factory, Willie goes TO
school. Nellie is stenographer.
Dad is "A bank director. and none
finds il convenient TO assemble for
a family meal once a week.
Home Life RcVOlutioni1cd.
We are expecting the same quail
ity Of manhood and womanhood of
pected OF past generations. though
home life has been revolutionized.
and stripped of most Of its choicest
qualities. Character in "a boy or
girl doesn't come from talking
Character is inherently not talking
but doing and being.
With the home failing i'm the de-
velopment OF the youth what OF the
school No grander system Of
school education can he found on
the globe than i'm America Schools
and teachers are the equal of others
anywhere. But 80 to so per cent
of the pupils OF our schools never
finish the eighth grade. Manifest
~ they can never know. or do. or be
very much. Then, too the United
States and Canada are the only two
countries i'm the world where relig-
ious instruction is absolutely barred
from the school curriculum.
ITO the church. then. is left the
burden OF moral and religious in
struction The church has always
I risen 10 its duty It's duty now is to
assist where other institutions are
failing 1t is up TO the modern sun
day schools 10 work out system
that will save the young. that will
win them at the age when their
whole lifework is being formed"
Plea for Nurses.
Miss Elizabeth Scofeld OF Cleve-
land. representing the National Red
| Cross, made "a plea for the enlist
ment of nurses for the period of the
war. The American Red Cross
wishes TO have in France by Jan.
/ I. 1918. twenty-five thousand train
Ted nurses hospital for American
wounded with a ca acity OF 10000
beds i'm nov being constructed in
France. and nurses must be secured
TO care for the wounded that will
/ iu that hospital The quota In
diana. Ohio and Kentucky are asked
10 give is e.104 nurses. and Mis-;
ScofieId pleaded with the convention
delegates 10 do al in their power
20 interest nurses in the war work
when they return 90 their different
communities
service FOR Adults
Dr Chas. Brewbaker Dayton. o.
spoke on Program OF Service foi
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