The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-23
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1918.
Tempting the Boys.

Have you brought yourself to know
and appreciate that the crisis In the
world today has drawn into the con
f:ct all the strong men. That tomor-
row the call for dependable men will
become almost prayer.
Don't you feel with men who read
and think that the hope of the ma
ton, the hope of Kenosha and other
cities lies in the young men who are
now in school being educated to be
better workers in their working life?
Don t you know that Democracy is
based on intelligence and that a re-
constructed world will demand a high
er level of intelligence than ever to
bring order out Of chaosg
Don t you feel that the ruin Of to-
day is challenge to the men of to-
morrow?
If we are going to build world
democracy, we must build an impene
trable wall of intelligence around
tho Declaration of independence. The
young manhood of the nation is the
only material with which to build this
wall.
Impress it on your mind that host
has gone to prepare the way to world
peace. Prepare strong men to carry
through the work they have begun,
The boys in the schools today are the
last line Of defense and the important
thing is to keep them in school that
they may be properly prepared to meet
the great work OF a future.
The Spring time is calling to the
school boys of Kenosha. 1t is the an
nual wander-lust. The call of the birds
end the flowers to the great open air
lite makes the work in school irksome.
1t takes away the interest for them
in books and maps and makes school
dull and uninteresting. The school
boy has heard this call before and it
has been one that has been hard to
cest aside and stick to school.
This year the call comes in a new
form and with a more compelling ma
ture. With the shortage of man-power
boys in schools are being shown shin
ing dollars as a lue for them to for
sake the school for the factory. To
them it looks like the opening of the
door of opportunity. They see the
dollars that are offered and it is hard
for them to look into the future and
see future values of staying in school.
They fail to realize that the loss of a
month now may mean another year in
school in order to get the education
which the state offers them and which
they must have if they want to be able
to be a part of that great future of
world democracy.
May be some people have been a
little thoughtless in tempting the boys
at this time, May be these people have
forgotten for the minute that they
are interested in the development of
the man power in the future. May be
parents Of these boys have overlooked
the future of the boy or hidden it un-
der the glamour of the new dollars
that they may earn at the precious cost
of future efficiency.
Don It turn back the wheels of pro
gress in Kenosha by taking boys from
school to put them into men IS places.
Let the boys "hoe out their row in
the school room. IT. may mean a month
OF struggling for some one but it may
mean a year of advancement for the
boys.
Kenosha must not overlook the me-
cessity of providing the right kind of
men for the future. Kenosha must
have her part in that great work of
reconstruction of world, ruined by
war, and to have her full part she must
make of the boys of today intelligent
men of tomorrow,
Instead of seeking to get the boys to
leave school to fill temporary places at
benches urge them to stick to their
books and take the full limit of edu-
cation that the city and state offers to
them. Tell them not to be short
sighted in rushing into work before
bA4Sg are p46puISu LUZ NoIhs eli I06m
that vacation time is coming and
that during that vacation you will be
glad to give them chance to earn
the dollars which appear so golden to
them now.
Inspire in the boy the necessities of
tomorrow as seen in the light of the
necessities of today. Teach the boys
that the best way to make the war
time sacrifice, demanded of us all is
to best prepare himself to be of value
il the future.
Its hard for any man to predict the
end Of the war and the coming of
peace but it is'not hard to see that the
man who is to be best prepared for the
great work Of peace is the boy who in
sists ON the completion of his educa-
ton.
It's not problem for the boy alone.
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