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

which may prove effective.
There are thousands Of these
boys In business and industry men
now, with the viewpoints which the
education Of the streets gave them.
They are the fertile soil for all sorts
OF radical doctrines, for every kind
OF social and economic fallacy. They
are the biggest element Of expense
and danger in the life Of the nation.
They are not merely poor workers
but poor citizens. And they are not
to blame. Communities. blind TO
their moral obligation and their self
interest, denied them a chance 20 be
anything else. After all II is no more
than Just what We have TO pay the
bills occasioned by their incompet-
ency and maladjustment. But Il
would be worse than folly IL we con-
tinued TO neglect an asset OF such
great potential value, and, through
neglect, allow il 70 become, as il does
in many instances, heavy liability.
THE boys of this sc per cent are,
in the rough, as good material as any
that can be found in America. Their
possibilities are as splnedid as those
Of lads 10 whom conditions Of life are
more favorable. The question is not
one Of capacity, so much as Il is one
Of whether capacity shall be develop
ed by constructive forces for good,
or stifled and perverted by the de-
moralizing influences which are NAL
ignantly active in all our towns and
cities.
THE Boys Club Of the type pro-
NOTED by the Boys Club Federation,
does this. II does Il effectively. IL
has been doing tin some commun-
tiles for the last forty or fifty years.
Il is not an experimental method. IL
has stood the test Every year sees
the number Of clubs increased. The
llapsed Boys Club is a rare thing.
"The Boys Club Federation urges
three principles as essential % the
successful operation Of a Boys Club ::
81. Organization on a basis Of
service 10 the whole community, IT.
RESPECTIVE Of race or creed.
80. Occupation Of permanent
quarters open all the year. every af-
ternoon and evening, for the use Of
the boys.
20. Direction by a paid, full-time.
trained boys worker.
Organized on this basis and eff
Iciently conducted. n Boys Club be-
comes plant for the converting Of
raw. human material into a product
i0f which the community viii be
proud.
This is statement ealing for
proof.
"The Union League Boys Club,
established two years ago IN Chicago
! hv members Of the Union League
! Club. took for rs field the ward in
I which 90 that time the juvenile court
reported the highest percentage Of
Juvenile delinquency"
The Lyric Orchestra, composed Of
/ Miss Pearl Robinson, pinnist, Mr..
7 Rlacigh Brown. wolinist and Mr..
Z Royce A. West, saxaphonist, fuf-
nj he'd the Club with some very fine
selections. wanna" "Say You'll BE
( Nine" "Sheik." and "Masterstroke"
which were enjoyed very much by
everyone present
Mr.. Frank Ryburn. president Of
the Amarillo Rotary Club and leader
m the Boys work in that city. spoke
as follows;
"Fellow Rotarians. ! bring you
greetings from the Amarillo Rotary
Club Personal greetings TO each Of
you 10 is always a pleasure to be
with the Lubbock Rotary Club.
have been with you two or three
times in the past. and | predicatcd
my acceptance 20 be with you today
upon the understanding that / would
| not be called upon to make a speech.
and thought from the encores the
orchestra got that you were going
10 let them take up all the time.
met Oscar in the hall this morning.
looking most forlorn, and found that
some good Rotarian had fallen down
on the job and that he needed sub
stitute. | understood that you were
going "a have the high school grad
yates here and was going 10 make a
talk Of somewhat OF an inspirational
nature 10 them; but after ! got here.
| was advised that IL was the Gram
mar school graduates that were GO
ing 10 be here, so ! had to change
up my speech that Roscoe had writ
ten for me. And now the boys are
not here, and | do not know what 20
say.
I'm the beginning, we viii all con
cede that Rotary is pretty good
thing We know each other better
and know the members Of the clubs
in other towns better We know that
they are good men. and IL inspires
rs 10 a more clean and wholesome
way Of living. Now II il IS a good
thing 70 know the men in your own
home town better, Il is also a good
thing TO know men in other towns
better. The cities Of the Panhandle
have fallen down in this one respect.
We have never had any real inter-
city meets / was telling jed here,
as he is president Of your club and
I am president Of the Amarillo club,
that hope that IL may be possible
this year for Lubbock, Plainview
and Amarillo to get together some
time when all can go, and have a
real get-together meeting. even il we
have to go to Plainview TO do il.
We've all heard lot about their new
auditorium. and il would be a good
chance for us 20 go up and give Il the