The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-23

has pat every Rotarian in our club on
a committee, and II is working
splendidly. He has divided up the
work. and has one bunch Of fellows
on a committee Of which Guy Fallers
rs chairman, 90 look after the delin-
queut boys Another group Of fell
lows that can talk a little have been
put on what we call the educational
or insplrational committee That
committee plans 20 furnish one or
two R0tarians az the chapel exer-
cises Of the high school all through
the coming year just 30 let the boys,
and girls too, know the business men
of the town are interested in them.
We have others that are interested
in the Boy Scout activities and re-
creations, and in this way the whole
club Is enlisted 90 work for the boys.
lt is "a splendid thing for US % do,
and we can all DO it. Every Rotarian
should appreciate the fact that we
should inspire In the life Of every
boy the fact that education counts,
and pays in a fuller, richer life,
whether in dollars and cents or not.
They should be encouraged TO stay
in school. it Is a critical time in a
boys life when he finishes the gram
mar school. Many Of them drop out
Of school at this period. II is still
more critical time when they finish
High School, because a still larger
percent drop out then. We men
should inspire into their young minds
and into their lives the truth Of what
Ruskin meant when he said, We do
not advance in life by merely ac-
formulating money and II they are
to succeed and round out their nat
ures in the manner that God Al
mighty intended them to do, they
must advance themselves. We ought
70 inspire the boys and we can. You
can do il by personal contact with
them in school and out of school
with such examples as we can give
them by our lives and our donations,
and by letting them know that we
are interested in them, their recrea-
tons and their work.
II was out last Friday evening
when we had. with the assistance Of
the Kiwanis Club and the Boy Scout
organization. a Scout camp several
niles from Amarillo where the boys
were having opening exercises, etc.
II was my pleasure TO see there IN
that group Of boys let loose under
proper supervision three street waits
that Rotary had lifted out Of the
gutter and had taken from jail. |
saw those boys going along with the
other boys-just rs clean. just as
happy, and Just as good as the
others. They had been provided
with suits OF clothes that made theml
feel and look respectable by fair
minded and generous Rotarians.
They had a different attitude toward
life, and they were for the bunch
that had made il possible for them
20 become what they were.
I'VE should reach these boys be-
fore they reach the Juvenile Courts,
and teach them proper living and
make them feel that they have fell |
low brother In us who y interested
in their development and pursuit OF
knowledge, and in the full develop
ment and rounding out OF their
characters upon them
the fact that when living by our
motto. Service above self. lie pro-
fits most who serves best a man .
can serve best when prepared. II
we can instill into them a higher idea
Of living. we have fulfilled one Of
the most important missions Of ko-
tary."
Mr. Sensabaugh made short talk,
the work that i being done
among the boys of this city, Ne
aid that a man or woman, physically
az. IA quick thinker, and that three
nights in every week the boys are
given chance % play which takes
cars u the physlcal hoy, FOE exercise
develops quick thinkers, w. ~
iiowsn tales the boys Zoe one niEh'
during each week and s,sss them m
.'Fass'sss n scout I. . .,s an" a.s s'es