Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-16

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thusiasm but they are built tina
way. In any task they undertake
they are bigger than the task ant
genuine interest, honesty and in,
tegrity will put it over the top"
Talks on Boys Activities.
The talks on boys activities be
lore the international convention
We're reviewed by Clinton p. Ander
son. The report of John Dolph Of
Washington for the boys worl
committee was quoted as havint
urged a survey and establishment
or an advisory council as the two
most important steps In d program
for helping the youths. Co-opera
ton with school authorities in pro.
noting the mental and physical de.
yelopment of the boy was urged
The New York plan for a BOYS
week was strongly endorsed and
each club WAS asked to follow the
New York clubs lead in this re-
gard.
Mr.. Anderson told Of the expe-
rlences in oklahoma City. where
the Rotarians did all the field
work themselves, giving their extra
time for three months to this
work. The men secured first hand
information relative to, the hoy
question which is man problem. y
and decided that the program for
Oklahoma City was more play
grounds and more factories"
"Rotarlan T. J. Atkinson of New
y nrly (itN trnaIp N GtrilE ipo a Hdpn.c -
said Mr.. Anderson. s'He asserted
that boys need help in their choice
and in their chance and that
reformation work was snatching
brands from the fire when civiliza-
ton should put out the fire. He
asserted that in the boys work
clearing house, the medium of ex-
change should be service and not
money.
Made Vocational Talks.
e "That the Rotarlahs should go
into the schools and make voca-
tional talks stressing particularly
the ethical ideals of their profess
sions was the proposal Of Roger
OF Greenville, S. s., who
outlined a complete program of
work. He also urged that the boys
be furnished with lists OF Rotarians
with their classifications, so that
they might feel free to go to them
for advice and could be sure of
securing the proper encouragement
toward ethical business dealings.
1.-The Bartlesville, Okla, program
for keeping the boys in school was
by John Thayer. He
told how every eighth grade grad
uate was induced to enter high
school by special Rotary CAM
paign in which personal work was
done with the boys. Some of the
Rotarians made special after
school jobs in order to provide the
boys with the necessary education.
There boys will be followed right
high school and Bartles-
Vile hopes to have one hundred
per cent of them graduate.
1.-THE big address Of the boys,
was given by Taylor stat
ten" said Mr.. Anderson. "He
charted on a blackboard the age at
which successful business men
formed their decision to live a.
worth while life. The figures for
the graph were found by question:
ing thousands of successful men.
1t was seen that the time of most
decisions for good was about six
teen years. Then thousands of
criminals were questioned as to the,
time when they decided to get their,
living in the easiest way. Surpris-
ingly this curve followed almost.
exactly the one for good business
men, the great bulk of decisions
being formed at about sixteen
years. Rotarian Staten pointed out
that the influence OF, the mother,
the father and the church dropped
off as the boy grew up, disappear
lnE almost entirely AtThaE ages 0fl
fourteen. Yet the curves showed