Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-28
BOYS ].
IND M|NE

0oyop Ue8 ~ utees oproeS N eoltc-
ituds q ovorY wsll-inloesned and right |
mInded adnlt eltiaea. All srsat msn,
Ike TheodsEs Roeseyelt, have leved
and trisd u. un6otStand boyA Thel
reasons are obvisus; II cur boys Oxel
failures, thsn eivilisatioa fails, and
every oxpreesioa and iuseitutdon of itI
falls; II boys fail, ths objectivss I'll
eood men arc never to BE realised,
end evolution u diverted from ttsl
gtrAightforward course 70 Z crooked
OF reversed eourse; 4 boys tn psnl
cease to Be worthy u the narnG nd
religious faith, and Gods pnfpoeos|
are brought to nnught.
Boys do not fan; but usea IN.
Men fail to realise their own responsi-
bility for the boys. Men asu often|
respo1de!e 1er skrhgi1g bo1s inkel
fhe weg4d ~ eeft3ng t&1m 61kifk n
E. ~, attf!a u ~ m ma ~ -
y. Piacea has NO. program Tor him or
II tho program II inadequate. Ne man
who has ever tried to work and play
with boys and DO things with and for
them has ever known Of boys fail-
ing. But only too often the progfum
has failed, and the man has failed
utterly and shamefully, and society
has failed. The boys are thrown In
TO the maelstrom Of Incidence and
bad habits which society has counten-
anced and fostered. Then Mr.. Ienor-
ance comes on the scene and slanders
the boy. citing his folly, unreliability,
vicious impulses, and general useless
ness and Indignantly assests that boys
are worthless and that he would not
help one ION bet" 80, IL
Boy Scout week begins On May soth,
and at this time men al over the Unit
ed States are asked to join the Scouts
rs honorary members, their fees to be
applied to carrying ON the overhead
expenses Of the great national organi-
xation Of Boy Scouts, and their local
influence to be felt as stimulation
for the encouragement and better per-
fecting Of the local Boy Scouts Organ
ixation.
Let me say right here that Gunni-
son needs to wake up on this matter.
The personal active work with our
local scouts ID too meagre to be'entire-
ly effective. The duties Of the presi-
dent Of struggling school Ike the
Gunnison Normal College are such a
70 mako Il almost impossible for him
to give adequate attention to the
boysj and yet no one else has volun-
teered 70 shAre his work In any posi-
tive, SERIOUS way. What We ahall
doubtless reed 10 do here locally ! u
to hire > clean, high-minded young
man or two to be Boys Men~ and
lpAy them enough - That they car
spend au their Spare time for and
With the boyn Just 70 surely q the
rieht kind Of young men apply for
admiration to tho colle6e here, they
VIII b, employed for this work and
paid for their time.
Are you willing to invest IN the
future manhood Of this community ?
For every young man that cur schools
really prepare effectively for life,
there arc fifteen to twenty-five equal
~ good boys, 70 far - natural ability
goes, who drop out Of school early,
become dFifters II not derelicts and
sometimes malicious members Of So
ciety. This Is thru neglect
and mine. This waste Of human ma
terial Is chargeable to rs. Because
we-knowing better-failed to pro-
yide Z program Of wholesome aefivf-
ties for The middle-dxed boy, and TIE
one whose energy was limitless and
overnowing, We gave society : useless
and harmful one.
Gunnison people should aid h the
National movenent, and then they
ehcnld ~ that some adequate pro.
ytsion y tnade for the Iocll relbysn.
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