Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-23
IFS FATHERS AND
SONS AT kNNUAI
BANQUET AT Y.M.C.A.

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| BANQUET AT y.M.C.A.
"F'ather and Son" night, the an
nual observance of which brings the
| Dads and Lads" closer together,
| each understanding the other better,
was held Friday evening at the Y.
NJ. C. A. building by the members
of Augusta Rotary.
Those members who really had
sons that they could bring were
present with their boys, while those
who. for some reason, had no son to
bring, brought some one elses son.
50 that the gym at the ''Y" was filled
with q crowd of IT'S men and boys all
having a fine time and getting better
! acquainted every minute.
After the feed had been given due
consideration, Chief Justice Leslie
C. Cornish was introduced as the
toast-master OF the evening. Judge
Cornish made few Introductory re-
marks in which he expressed his
pleasure at being called upon to take
the Office of POSTMASTER although he
was present rather as son than as
a father. He said that in his court
he often had unpleasant duties in
connection with young boys brought
there charged with some crime or in
determining which of the parents
should have the boys when they had
been divorced. Judge Cornish ex-
pressed his belief that these banquets
would help a long way in making
| these tasks smaller.
He urged the lads to remember that
| boys character and reputation is
established by the age of ten and
asked that they should go straight all
| the time as it might be too late If
they should wait.
After two songs by Donld Hewitt.
who was heartily applauded. Forest
c. Tyson. Jr., gave toast sour
| Dads" He said in part that he was
glad of this opportunity to speak on
such a subject and that he hoped
that the fellows would always be
ready and willing to speak their APP
probation for their fathers.
| He spoke Of the liberality with
which most fathers gave to their sons
| and said that it would be better for
the boys were they to work as hard
| for their money as their fathers had
done.
"All fathers try to be fair to their
boys and it is a mighty hard job as
! most of you know. In making their
| decisions, they look forward into the
| future and try to see the advantages
and disadvantages that will be the
| result of their decision. In return
| for this they expect their sons to use
the same fairness and the clear
! thinking that makes great men,"
Finally in closing he told of the
! appreciation of the schools for the
club and remarked that the Rotary
motto was the best possible ideal for
! the fathers and sons.
Ernest L. Mclean treasurer Of the
Y. M. G. A., then gave a toast to
| "Our Lads" He related the eXper-
| fence of man with whom he had
been intimately acquainted. and who
! for 40 years been a school teacher
| and in this capacity had come IN
| contact with a great number of men
and women who wanted to talk to
| him about their boys. This man said
, that in no case had they expressed
a wish that their son might be rich
or powerful but had hoped that he
might become a good man.
He told the boys that the ruling
passion in the heart of each of the
fathers was that their son might be
good man. He also expressed his con-
viction that no man was a true man
who could not be and would not be
boy when with his boy.
His toast in closing was Here's to
| our lads. May they play and work
, and live so that their lives may serve
| as a model for their lads"
| Hon. Frank G.. harrington was next
called upon by the postmaster. He
| spoke on Dads and Lads" He said
that there were three things that have
about everything to do in shaping the
| lives of the children-the home, the
school and the church.
| He asked the men to so back in their
minds and ask themselves if they had
done as they promised upon the day
| they We're married, and if they We're
| living a life that would be an exam
pie to their children. He asked If
there was anything in the page of life
| which they were now writing that
they would not want their boy to see,
and if so urged them to cast it out.
The home, the speaker continued.
should be the most beautiful and
pleasant place in the world, place
where the boy might come in time of
trouble as well as at any other time.
He said that it was one Of the institu-
tions of the country. and that if the
home should disappear it would be the
death knell of the country.
The men should get better acquaint-
ed with their boys and with the
schools. They should visit the school
and get the inspiration which is sure
to come from such visit. and they
should help their boy and show that
they were interested in his work.
The church is great influence in
forming the character of the child
and proof of this is shown by the fact
that not a day goes by but that VIC
either consciously or unconsciously of
fer up prayer to God. Mr.. Earring.
ton said that he would like to see ar
altar in every home and the Bible read