The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
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A message was received by wire
less" from the Y. M. c.. A.. where
the three churches and the ~" boys
were banquetting. This message
gave greeting to the assemblage.
The principle address of the evening
was given by Edward w. McManus.
Mr.. McManus expressed his pleasure
at being privileged to meet with sucn
Ia fine group of fathers and sons ana
his hearty sympathy with the idea OF
closer companionship between father
and SON. He couldn't understand
where all the good looking boys came
from in the presence OF the dads ana
Thought that 1t proved an exception TO
1.-THE rule that the boy is supposed to
Hook like the father. as the tree bends
so is the limb inclined" A high TIL
butte was paid to the mothers. MT.
McManus said that father can make
| of a boy what he will RTen in the
matter of choosing life work 1t is
levident that the suggestions made by
the father often determine what kind
of profession or business that boy
shall follow The greatest thing in the
world is encouragement and 1t applies
to genius and ambition as well as to
the other qualities that men have, and
! applies to fathers as well as boys. The
father should encourage the son and
show a personal interest in him. o.
of the fappiest and sweetest memories
lin a. mans life are the recOllectionS OF
that sort of companionsliip that he has
had with his father And the boys
owe something to their dads, too.
There is not dad but wants TO De
a pal, but wants his boy to have better
| opportunities than he had, but wants
him to be greater success. Anu IN
/ a country like America there is no
ambition too high for boy to attain
/ Our government is government that
gives every boy an opportunity
]chance. Il want to tell you now That
you should stand up for this country.
/ don't want you to let people come
in here and make you believe lnat
this is not the best government IN
1.-THE world--remember that you live IN
the greatest country In the Woriu--
the country where you have a cnance.
Living under this kind of a flag, you,
sons and fathers, BY working together
lean go anywhere you choose.
At First Baptist Church.
1 The ladies'. of the First Baptlst
,church served a banquet 70 My
fathers and sons. That 1t was appre-
,ciated was shown by the way the
food disappeared. Arthur Petry acteo
las POSTMASTER for the evening. he
ispoke of the purpose of the banquets
1 in different parts OF the CITY anu
what they are planning to do.
Bernard Merriam spoke OF the
iinterchurch world movement in con-
,nection with the development OF the
Iboys. The idea is to train the boys
lin christian citizenship and to try
and develop them to be -four square.
1T is desired to have equal develop
iment of the four main points in life,
the physical. social, mental and
spiritual. This will be accomplished
Through the churches, Y. M. c. A. and
boys clubs. BY chart system 1T
can be seen at a glance which side
OF a boys life is under. developed and
an attempt will be made to develop
him. After May list there will be no
membership fee for boys at the y.
M. C. A., -and all boys will have an
equal chance for development under
a good influence The ch1r:n VIII
supply the spiritual side, Lectures IN
the schools, the mental. and the ~
the physical and social.
| Rev. Mr. Moore was then intro
duced to explain further the move
ment. He did this by means OF a
diagram. Four points in the form
of a square represented tae frHi
fundamental sides of life. The zen.
ter point represented the boy. If he
had grown out to the corner in all
of the points he was four square, but
if he got only part way there no was
not we'll balanced He also said that
the Baptist church was going 10 co
all it could to bring proper develop
ment to boys.
Large Banquet Held at St. PauFs.
From the time the orchestra stuck
the first note at seven o'clock unul
ten O'Clock last evening, the men and
boys of St. Pauls church enjoyed
one Of the most pleasant and ORBIT
able evenings. Following the supper
the chairman of the council, !. j., Leu,
Jr., announced the toastmaster OF the
evening, F. W. Kirchner. Mr.. kirch-
ner gave a brief recital of some OF
the humorous things that enter every
boys life and produced many mirth-
full chuckles from those present, re-
calling for the fathers some OF the
escapades of former years.
( He then called upon Mr.. Leu for
talk upon "Teamwork"-for the
father and the son. In the opening
remarks Mr.. Leu stated briefly an
outline of the work and organization
OF the boys work council in the
churches Of this city, then the or
ganization of the local council, bring
ing out the Importance OF the four
square boy who is the man of tomor-
row. This was followed by a plea
for the support of all those present
to assist the council in securing
greater number of boys to carry on
this work through successful CAM
paign, thereby getting perfect co-or-
dination and real teamwork.