The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-28
Rotary Club Begins Work
on Making a Complete
Survey of BoyhOOd in
ArdmOre
COOPERATION OF
PARENTS ASKED
EVERY PHASE OF CONDITIONS IN
CITY WILL BE INDEXED: SCOUT
EXECUTIVE TELLS OF WORK
IN DETAIL.

when the Rotary Club completes
its survey Of the boyhood of Ardmore.
1t will be in a position to know ex-
actly what can be done in the way
Of providing for the boys of the city"
said Emmitt Reid, Scout Executive and
one of the members Of the boys work
committee of the Ardmore Rotary
Club.
THE work Of making the survey
started Wednesday. Districts were al
lotted to each member OF the club, and
a folder given him indicating his
particular district by means of a blue
print map. Cards were also supplied
which he will fill out for each boy
he finds in his particular district.
mo doubt many of the Rotarians
will have to do a great deal of ex-
planning as to why they are asking
parents various questions about their
boys" Mr.. Reid said But we be-
lieve they are all capable of making
the explanation, for boys work is n
subject that is close to the heart Of
every man and they have all taken
keen interest in it.
Just what the club will do this
year in the way of making provision
for the betterment of conditions for
boys will not be known until the cards
are all in and the information con-
tained on them tabulated." ne con
tinued. Among other things we are
attempting to find out is where and
how the hnVc dnap6 fhafr Lot
The boys of Ardmore have great
deal of leisure time, both during the
summer months and after school hours
during the winter school term, and
there is room for a great deal Of ac-
tive work in helping them spend this
time profitably-boys OF every class
can be benefited If We can know Just
what 1t Is that will appeal to them.
Cooperation Parents Asked
THE first question TO be answered
is. Of course. the boys name. Then
his age. This survey Is to include
all boys between the ages Of nine to
seventeen inclusive-that takes them
from their ninth birthday to their
eighteenth. We want to know lust
where they live, whether or not both
parents are living. where the father
is employed or where he conducts his
business, the same OF the mother IL
she Is in the business world, infor.
nation regarding his school work his
finances. his health. his habits. his
hobbies-yes, parents will even be
asked IL the boy has been unfortunate
enough to have made a police or
Juvenile court record. II the parents
win cooperate. every Rotarian should
be able to have his cards in within
the next two weeks.
Back To School" Movement
THE committee considers II impor.
tant that this preliminary survey be
made now. before school starts, as II
viii form the basis for the back 10
school movement in which the club
believes so firmly. In numerous cases
boys quit school at the eighth and
ninth grades-sometime because they
must actually do something TO sup.
port themselves or help support the
family. and in other cases because the
forty or fifty dollars n month they can
earn with their present education
seems TO them to be such liberal
wage at their age that they loose
sight OF the fact that unless they com.
plete school their wage ten years
from now may be little better.
Every Rotarian believes that boys
and girls too, should remain In school
ut least TO the completion OF the high
school, and that II possible they should
add something more when the high
school training has been completed. TIC
this end. rs soon as the survey is com
nleted. the first information to be tabu
lated win be that regarding the schoo
life-whethcr or not the boy expect,
TO remain In school. and II not. why
For those who must work. efforts viii
) H. made TO enable them 10 so arrang,
their work that they can attend schoo
also.
Every Boy Included
ut Ia not especially the deiinquen,
boy and the underprivileged boy tina
Is interesting the Rotary Club. bu
every other boy as well. We are gla,
TO know that there are great man,
boys in Ardmore whose homo trainin,
and environment IL such that there 4
very little for an outside ornanlzatio,
. to do for them individuaily-but 70
this class OF boys. taken collectively
there are number OF plans which W
,, know the parents will welcome. whicl
will aid in keeping the boys surround
ed by proper environment. Parent
: viii be asked to make suggestions ~
r garding things they consider viii he'll
make Ardfnore better place for boy
|, to live and these suggestions will prot
ably range all the way from curfe,
! law to Sunday baseball. but Il will b
good way to find out just what tn
majority OF the parents want for theI
|, boys In the way OF civic provision,