The New York herald., 1921-03-06

found that the red spots were increasing
We do not, of course, promote these clubs
in our own name, but keep them quite dis
tinct The Rotary members ~are, in fact the
underwriters of numerous boys clubs of this
class. We seek to sell the clubs in all cases
to the communities in which they exist
That Is when we have organized the club
and placed in charge Of it well trained or
ganizer. we call upon the business men and
the churches and all citizens, irrespective of
creed to take it over and continue it's work.
The Rotarans then leave the club officially
and devote their energies to other sections.
I'VE do not, however" added Major Day
ton, lever lose the personal touch with the
problem. AS with the Big Brothers. the
members seek to fraternize with the boys
whom they plan to benefit AS for example
the other night we had dinner down at the
Judson Memorial Church, in Washington
square, which was attended by 100 boys,
and seated by each boy at the tables was a
Rotaran The Rotarian thus made himself
responsible far as he could for the moral
welfare Of the boy with whom he became
acquainted that night and undertook to help
him in every way that he could.
another feature of our work is the givnS
of large parade of boys the latter part OF
April. or early in May, we did last year. in
which thousands Of boys are brought to-
gether In regiments and march down Fifth
avenue to the Tilt of patriotic airs This
represents only one phase of work in
which we hope to draw American youth
into closer touch with high ideals and clean
living
Specialized Education Is
Crying Need of the Hour
Major Dayton said that the great need of
the hour was a more direct and a better
specialized form Of education. He had found
from his observation in many sections OF
the city that boys had been turned out from
school without any definite idea Of what
they were going to do in life. Both he and
Col. Coulter feel that the conditions which
now obtain are an argument for the extern
sion of vocational training
Every boy" said the Major. cannot start
In life as an office boy and by some magic
reach the state of merchant prince or be-
come a great banker. The great trouble
with so many thousands Of boys in this city
is that they do not seek training early
enough to equip them for a life calling.
They have discipline, fundamental
knowledge. They get through school, ii IL
true, but they often slip through, and when
they get out they drift about for year
so. Sometimes they arrive in a good job
and by force Of will make up for their lost
time, but frequently they become mere
idlers, and in 50 doing are exposed to many
evils and form habits which ruin them for
lives of usefulness 1t IS high time, think,
that this great problem should be taken up
from the educational point of view"
The indications are that out of the open
forum and the instruction periods which are
provided for in the conferences at the Sage
Foundation there will emerge many new
policies to be carried into effect by not
only business organizations, but by the phil
anthropic and religious societies working In
unison. All OF them seem to have found In
the forming Of boys clubs q happy solution
Of the problem.
1t Is on account Of the shortage OF trained
workers and volunteers that special effort
is being made in all directions to arouse citi-
zens to the need OF personal service The
various organizations hope by means Of the
movement which they are now inaugurating
to interest men OF affairs in the cause Of
Boyhood Whether the volunteers work with
the Rotarians, or the Big Brothers, or the
Boy Scouts, or the Junior Knights OF Co
lumbus. the opportunity for service in the
name Of the younger generation is great.