South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-27

Cd. II is not a teaching method but I
an experience method. The boy is |
not told what is right and what is |
wrong so much as ne discovers from |
the ways of scouting that some |
things are right and some are wrong. |
While the precepts may quickly pass
from a boys mind when he hears It
in a class rom, if he sees 1t in his ac-
tual scouting it takes hold 10 stay.
Somehow il must be gotten across
to boys what things are right and
the reasons they are right; what
things are wrong and the reasons
they are wrong. A boy knows moth
ing about right and wrong in the be
ginning. He has it all 10 learn. How
Is ne going TO learn except he be
taught God was SO concerned about
children being taught these things
that He said through His prophet
Isaiah, 'Precept must be upon pre-
cept, precept upon pTeeept; line up
on line line upon line. Here a little
and there a little The time to be-
gin is when they are weaned from
the milk. The method is to go ever
it again and again and in all the
helpful ways we know.
Two Things Needed.
Two things are needful 10 right
One is a right heart that
purposes right, loves right and prac-
tees right as far as one knows. The
other is right deeds from an ethical
standpoint. 1t is possible to do an
ethical,y wrong thing with a good
motive. or a good thing may be
done from bad motive. Boys, and
even men. may mean right and yet
do things that are harmful in their
results. IL is the business of the
churches, the schools, the press, the
scouting forces and such 10 teach
boys and others what things are
ethieally right,
The basis of what is right is not
determined by any authority The
Bible does not give a list of things
that are right and another list OF
things that are wrong. such as could
guide a boy or man Alright daily. It
does not lay down precepts Of right
and principles OF right and wrong
from which we can draw conclusion
concerning specific things. But the
practical thing boys can see and that
ali of Us fall back upon is the effect
that the doing of things produce IN
folks that do them. If the doing of
certain things make people better
more prosperous and happier we are
pretty safe in concluding that those
things are good If the doing of
certain other things have the Oppo-
site effect we safely reach the other
conclusion.
I'VE have a great craze on for
games Of chance. There are strong
ethical arguments against them. The
fact that all people have some doubt
about them shows they hover dan
gerously near the line between right
and wrong. When boys know that
our law making bodies have enacted
laws against the practice of them
they begin 10 know that something is
wrong about them. But they can
see clearly that gambling does not
make good folks better nor bad folks
good. Ii breaks down character in
stead Of building II up. Boys can
see that gambling does not make
people rich. A game of chance.
where a man gets something for
nothing, may flll his pockets today.
but il viii empty them tomorrow. It
does not encourage industry in a
man.
Are Nom Producers.
Gamblers are producers. II
everybody tried 10 get something by
rendering nothing. all OF US would
starve shortly The law that makes
for good is the one where a fair ex-
change is made; where something b.
gotten. where something is given. co.
where value received is given Tn
business OF the world cannot be -ui
on a game of chance basis. Uniyer
sal practice Of il would soon wrecE
all social order The benevolent in
terests of the world cannot be sup
ported by such methods. People
would soon lose their benevolent
feelings III a desire 10 get something
for nothing Il is for this reason
that the council OF Boy Scouts drop
ped the plan OF selling tickets on an
automobile and are launching this
straight out campaign for funds -
carry on the scout work. They want
people 10 know what scouting g.
They want people 20 give on the be
SIS Of the merits OF the work Thr.
want to use the boys IN the campaip
for the good il viii DO them 10 he
on their own work. but they want q"
use them not 20 sell tickets on
proposition OF chance, but 10 81,
stock or interest In the work
boys in our city"