The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26

iohlcssucss or receiving weekly a
simmer pay cuVclop. Tho dread
plot OF this drama Of life demanded
action not OF the foN-trot variety.
and 80 he who toddled evolutod into
a student and In lieu of adorulnr the
dance floor In some downtown
restaurant or dance han or private
home, graccd the night school in-
stead. 10 hasn't been so long ago
that it was possible TO como down
town ana find several places where
one could eat and dance, but that
day Sc passed.
In the first place the young mon
are taking more active interest and
part in civic life than they ever
have before. Tho Junior Chamhev
of Commerce, with fits fun program
and past activities and its member
ship Of young men TO whom the de-
scriptivc adjective "tast' applies
only in an ambitious and executive
sense, has set the pace since a year
ago last January and has been
without doubt tho breeding place
for plans that have carried their
individual and collective makcrs far
into other fields Tho Joe Carson
post OF tho American Legion Ia fun
OF young mon who are fast qualify
ing as civic ana sometime political
leaders. as witness the moves made
In the city political game during the
past Elk weeks or so. Every pollt-
teal meeting has its big quota OF
young men--lcHdorS not passive
fans on the side lines
All this activity means meetings.
and night meetings lessen the pos
sIbIlity Of dance dates just 50 many
times a week. But this contingent
comprises only comparatively
small part OF Tulsa's young mon.
Il has 10 do with that part that has
found its vocation, IS equipped for
IL and is on the highroad to sue
cess. II touches tho waning Of
dancing as a popular pastimo only
have decreased. with their demands
upon tho participants scheduled,
tho time that they can give 70 it,
Evidence In Night school.
But il is in the night school that
the evidence OF this and It's influ-
ence on habit is most evident Dur
ing the last year and n half there
were here In Tulsa rather appal-
lingly large number Of young mon
who were, to employ their own vcr-
'acular. given the air. They found
themselves foot-loose and fancy
free so far as a job rs concerned.
surveying the skyscrapers Of Tulsa
with a contemplativc eye and its
daily papers with q hopeful one,
wondering just what the worlds oil
metropolis hold for them, anyway.
There were some Of them within
whom tho instinct OF the rowing foot
was strongest who, shaking the dust
Of the city from Offoh feet that had
so recently and joyrully sllthercd
across the dance floor, turned thoir
faces towards the east or needed
the advice OF go west, young man,
go west" Be Il presumed that they
found congcnial labor and dancing
parduers worthy OF their talents
But those who stayed meant bust.
ness and they got down TO IL with.
out further delay. with tho result
that the evolution OF tho night
school from a place in which a self,
made man could patch up the bare
spots in his education into an in.
stitutlon offering specialized train
Ing M q supplement to n days hard
work and "a stepping-stone to sue
cess was completed.
From the dancing floor 10 the
night school was Journey not
made I'm n hurry. II remained for
the prospective student 10 realize
that training in these days is as
necessary as hard work for making
good and that this training was be-
coming an absolute necessity. II