Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-09-30
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my wears OF wOrld-wanuering ahu
mean every word of IT, That's taking
IN lots OF territory, | must admit. be
cause the world Is quite wide and long
and filled with exceedingly interesting
people. things and places by which
youth Is attracted and enchanted, but
Deming has delights which more than
compensate for advantages which oui
friends, the enemey, assert We lack
And, anyway, this Is home.
Adolescence responds 10 novel sensa
ton and entertainment, hence the fai
fields are greener, apparently. II
Deming Is TO hold its young people, II
must provide variety In entertainment
that is wholesome In itself and wei
adapted TO character building. An un
due craving for excitement is patholog
ical-a mania for over-stimulation thnl
depletes nerve force and gives rise e
many physical and mental ills In the
Individual and social diseases. IL Il
true that not every individual Is ours
ed with a craving for the fantastic
the bizarre, but enough are so afflict
ed 10 create social problem affecting
individuals, families and communities
The desire for novelty Is a dynamic
force whose psychology was well un
derstood by the late II. Il. Barnum
Normally II reaches out after the best
I'm life, but, unfortunately Is Often
sauandered ON the trivial and vicious
IA beneflcient factor In education
turned 10 waste and evil.
Deming has an amusement problem
but one that can be solved by the utllt
zation OF material readily accessible
An amusement problem does not nee
essarily concern the theatre. In tru,
sense, Deming has no such Institution
never has had. and gives no promise
of one In the future. Neither does II
concern travel or formal social inter
course, except incidentally.
The craving for amusement Is tht
call Of the senses for stimulation-thC
desire to acquire practical or cultural
experience. IL Is pathological when
overwraught nerves will respond only
TO extraordinary stimuli that feeds
upon itself and opens Its Unsuitable
NAV for more and still more shocking
sensation. Kept within due bounds
the senses react pleasantly TO normal
stimuli and finds complete satisfaction
In the requirement OF cultural know
ledge by which mind and body ar
trained and strengthened 10 discrimi
nate between normal and abnormal
appetite and appearances.
An individual or a group, schooled
TO resent over stimulation, find inter
est In the little amenities OF life, In th'
everyday intercourse Of sincere
friends and kindly neighbors who hay,
the leisure 10 allow their spirits TO ex
pand in the genial warmth OF healthy
society, TO which those that have lost
the finer sense OF proportion and pro
priety are excluded.
repeat that Deming supplies al
that is desirable. Its people exempli
fy all the sociological interests of the
highest type OF humanity and Is de
lightfully situated in region abound
ing In historical, typographical arch
geological geological, geological botani
cal aud Genealogical wealth. Certain
ly. Athens In the midst OF her wind
swept plain; Rome ON her seven hills
and Paris OF the island and river
could boast OF no more TO call fortl
the grandeur of material achievement
or beauty OF artistic development. II
this favorable environment he whf
starves his soul, because of failure Il
use his faculties, damages his owl
character and has only himself tt
blame.
Continually foreign influences urg'
the Importance OF spurious entertain
ment. while better counsel presents
amusement and recreation that Is gen
uine. These better influences have ex
pressed themselves In concrete pro
grams for social betterment that neet
fuller support To make them aetna
and effective. To large extent, thi'
support has thus far been lacking
though IL cannot he through lack oi
appreciation Of merit or desirability
but rather failure to realize th'
necessity Of those elements necessary
10 a contamination of the Ideal, tint
and labor without which nothing car
he accomplished that Is really worti
while
Books, IL would seem, are these day.
considered duh. dry containers 81
musty but necessary information col
lected for the use OF school children
and those OF neurotic tendencies
something for normal, healthy indi
viduaIs TO shun The art OF reading
for entertainment and instruction hai
been well night lost In this the creates
age Of multiplication OF books. Every
one recognizes that there Is little thh
IL wise or beautiful or entertaining
that has been done or said for 81,
thousand years that cannot be foun'
between the covers OF bound volumes
Here we may choose companion
among the wlsest and greatest Of TN
earth-and the saints who have strivei
10 make this life the fitting ante
chamber OF eternity. Yet in a large
sense we scOrn them for the foolisl
chatter OF small-town gossip and lool
for the senuous stimulation OF cheal
sh0ws-frittering away the limited
time in which we might enlarge on
minds with the wisdom that stimu
lates but does not eneryafe. In on
condition a dog fight arouses more IN
terest than an orator who has some
thing worth while to impart. Happ.
are those that are among familia
friends In their libraries.
For years devoted little band o
Deming women have worked 10 built
up a public library for Deming that IL