The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-13

that the final outcome OF life is de-
termined by the character of today's
work, We turn, today not tomor-
row, the key that opens the passage
from land of dream success to that
OF success realized.
"A flaw of dishonesty, careless
ness or immortality admitted into the
character building of today will
cause final defeat in life, no matter
how accurately and painstakingly
the later work may be done"
Never were the students OF the
high school more deeply impressed
than by this great address OF DR..
Hanson and good results will be in
eyitable.
At the Methodist Church this
afternoon a woman's meeting was
held and Dr. Hanson poured out his
heart to the mothers and girls pres
ent. He stated plain unvarnished
facts and supported each statement
with sufficient actual proof to con-
vince the most skeptical, The gen
eral plea was for a single standard
OF morality and for protection
against the insidous inroads OF sug-
gestion and popularized vice.
Methodist Church Tonight.
At the evening service DR.. Han
son will deal with the broad subject,
"Prevention-Not Cure of Crime"
The time has passed when the in
diyidual's rights are supreme. The
home is no longer the producer OF
all the necessities of life. Coopera-
tion is the key to community sue
cess. However strange as it may
seem. the people of today realize
this and practice it in the industrial,
commercial, political and national
phases OF their lives, while they ut
terly disregard it in the social and
moral phases.
THE community conscience is
far different from that OF the indi-
yiduals who collectively make up
the community. No respectable
man or woman in Ardmore,' says
DR.. Hanson, would allow their
children to be entertained in the
home parlor with the vile, sugges-
tive, common entertainment that
this community OF 25,000 permits to
be dealt out to its youth collectively
assembled in the public entertain
,ment house, Thought is ever father
to the deed. Crime laughed at soon
becomes crime tolerated and then
crime actually committed. Punish
ment is not cure. To build fence
at the top of cliff is far more sensi-
bic than to run the ambulance at
the bottom and carry away the
poor, ruined. mutilated victims of
community carelessnesS. The state
that imprisons the man for stealing
a sack OF flour to feed his starving
children and profits by his labor
during the period oi incarceration,
neglecting the family, is ten times
more a thief than the poor unfortu-
nate man"
Welfare Program.
The National Welfare Movement
proposes a program by which each
city, county and state shall prevent
crime in its midst instead of the ex-
pensiye, useless punishment oil
crime already committed.
The individual must be given a
chance to preserve his honor, dig
nifty and industry, not simply be
punished when these have been lost
through the blindness or thought
lessness of the state.
Ardmore needs just this work
more than anything else at the pres
ent. The national appeal for clean,
strong men makes it most impera-
tive. Character must be developed,
notdestroyed by the influences
thrown about youth. Amusements
must be plenty to meet the social
needs OF such community, but
they must be constructive, recrea-
tional and not demoralizing in their
nature.
DR.. Hanson should have the
heartiest cooperation of every man
and woman who is looking toward
a greater and better Ardmore.