The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
hawkins Reproaches Parents
for Wayward Children.
lakes Issue With Statements of
Prof. W. A. McKeever.
COMMUNITY is INDIVIDUALS
100 Many Homes Merely
Boarding Houses, He Asserts.
feOple Must Mind Own BUSH
ness in own Homes.

IA ONu hOEeS.
Ia rather at the club. mother at the
- party; the child going astray."
rs,,-I-i condition the Rev. Herbert
q" klhs pictures as the reason for
ie downfall of boys and girls Ha
exception to the recent speech
IoL- william A McKeever- OF Kan
university. which laid the blame
mites and cities as a whole,
t-a,tI-- ces the yoke of responsibility
10y on the shoulders of the meth
and fathers who are So b1Is,, --sa.-
X, ehtertainment for themselves they
~ nor devote time to creating a n at
|StFe home for their offspring
ReY. Mr.. Hawkins is tie secre-
70 bishop James Wise OF the
P4scopaI diocese. of Kansas. IN an
pen letter to The state JoIJrra, he
oAhts out the exact conditions which
cnaracterizes as the bane of chiId's
ioral and social life. He takes the
ufden from the shoulders of the cam
.ullty as whole and puts It upon
1e shoulders OF the individuals
The Rev. Mr.. Hawkins's .ettsi- fol
,yys:
ditOr OF the state Journal.
nave Just finished reading the arti-
e emitted blame on Topeka in TO-
sShtS state Journal which is account
speech delivered by Mr.. V Ham
Mckeever
mere IS one question that would
ke 70 ask Mr. McKeever and that is.
o" the city and the community
-e to be separated from the tndi-
iuuais tnat go to make up the COM
lunltyE There cannot b. such a
hing as a city or 4 community with
II people and there cannot 1e city
a community without parents ard
nIldren unless it is made I'd of bache-
RS and spinsters. or widowsrz and
idows without families. auu because
TINS tact- l protest against Ire posi-
on that he assumes in sayIn, that
e as a community and n01 the par
ats are to blame for the rec. Mt scan
al IN the public schools Of this city.
Parents Responsible for Child.
The responsibility In the first case
with the parents. The father and
1e mother are responsible for the
-irth OF the child and it is their special
rovldeuce to see to it that the child
3 trained and brought up in proper
a and that this responsibility is not
atiroly delegated to other authorities
TO the city and the community"
do rot know what more wholesome
ftPr-school attraction for young girls
r for young boys for that matter. can
provided than a good home. where
ne boy learns to know and to love
is father and the girl rms to know
CT mother. and where there is that /
o-mal social relationship that can I
My exist in the family life when it I
lived under normal conditions. (
Tome il no longer a place that meets /
ECh description 1t has become a /
luce where the members of 4 family I
aPTen to sleep a. night. or where /
ONE of the members of the family
appen to sleep a night, where per-
aps once a week on Sunday the
MEMBERS of a family sit down for a
OmmOn meal at Z common table. and
ntil the fathers and mothers of the
OmmUnfty are willing to make homes
ut OF their homes, and not mere
o1rding houses. we are going to be
h5rgcd By such men as McKeever
'ith the responsibility, as city and
ommunity." OF trying 70 do that thing
-h!ch only father or mother, OF both
1Eether ca n do. If we are going to
ss-st still more in the breaking up Of
ae normal family relationships, by re-
arding the children that happen to
born as mere things TO be cared for
y this abstract thing which IS called
city and community" then we are
Ding to take a tremendous step back
ards.
Fathers and mothers have neglected
aeir sponsibiIities. and the result is
lat priest or pastor, teacher. scout
laster and a dozen different people
re expected to do that thing which
an only be properly done in a real
ONE. and that is to train the child in
1ch way that it shall grow up nor
iaIly and naturally from boyhood or
irIhood into manhood and woman
oOd-
At Late Thcater Performances.
Let the mothers and fathers that
re satisfied to have their boys in knee
ants at the second shows at the thea
ars and their girls in short frocks.
nee realize that no moving picture
aow. nothing that they can get out
de of the home can be as valuable
5 that thing that they can get in the
ONE and we shall not have the scan
ais that we have had to read about
I the last few weeks I have been
umbfounded at the number of chill
ren that one can find on the streets
Z this city and other cities at hours
the night when they should alf be
bed. and have said to myself what
ind OF parents have these children
at. that they are satisfied 10 have
aeir babes in arms almost running
ne streets at all hours OF the night
ct the mother with the three
aouths-Old baby stay at home and
1ake the greatest thing in the world
nat woman can make. and that IS
ONE for her child or children. where
ne chiIdrens friends can come and
row up under normal and natural
onditions. and not give the price of
movie and send them off out of the
ray so as to get rid of them. Let the
ather spend his time at home instead
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