The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-03
By J. J. NJ. Macleod
Director OF Boys Work Bismarck.

bS y. 81. M. NaCLcOu
Director Of Boys Work Bismar,
n. ID.
The boys now in their teens ar,
soon to be the men upon who's,
| shoulders the burden of the nation,
future will rest. As they are mould
ed today so will the nation be crcatct
/ tomorrow. They are in that plastic
! stage where any set Of ideals pre-
scented to them strongly and attrac
lively Will capture them and he serv
! cd by them for all their future.
! Our boys and girls are turned oycr
to the School or the Church II. tn,
hope that these institutions will dc
us credit in making good citizens out
of them. The greatest Influence is
not the school or the church or the
| home. When we think of the bows
eleven to twenty years of age the
most effective influence upon these
young minds is the gang or the
street. \ boy could be made into 2
man out of the parts Of him that his
parents and teachers arc trying Co
throw away. The only place where
| the boy can learn the brotherhood
of man is in the school Of the gang
The Importance, therefore. Of gang
| direction or the direction of the
spare time activities is very apparent
If you crush the fighting instinct
you get the coward: if you let it grow
wild, you get the bully; if you train
it, you have the strong, self-cont,ol-
led man of will. You have not a
really safe citizen until there comes
! into the boys heart the desire to do
right because it is right. He may
be afraid of Jail, but hc is not
afraid to do wrong. He will not tell
his father the truth if he is going
to get a licking. We shall not get
strong boys until we get those who
have conscience. Conscience comes
through training Of the heart rather
! than the head. Conscience is moral
director; without it character. is i'm
possible, and character is the great
| est need for it means that the pure
in heart shall see and know ana act
the TRUTH.
Interest Physical
Ninety-five per cent Of boy in
terests are physical. His. spare time
| activities must appeal to him or he
will not present himself. He has to
go to school and sometimes he has
to go to church. but he does not have
| to partake of the leisure time pro-
gram unless he is so disposed.
| Of the GAS boys attending our
schools who are between the ages
Of nine and twenty years, 47O, or
seventy-two per cent, participate
twice week in our program fol-
boys. Lightweight per cent of the
boys attending the grade schools par
ticipatc and 294 girls.
st. Mary's Catholic School is in
cluded and receives her share of the
attention with the rest. Last year
at st. Mary's Catholic school we met
with their boys only-this year both
boys and girls have classes in Ply
steal Training and Games. Sister
Magdalene declares; this work is not
only good in itself but that it i'm
proves conduct, and enables the stu
dents to do better work. We think
the work is wonderful and our boys
and girls are delighted with it.
The program includes: Education
al and vocational talks by business
and professional men. practice of par
limentary procedure in groups, dis
cussions Of life Questions Of School
Boys. camping, swimming, Life Saw
ing, Hiking, Football, Baseball, Soc
Ger. Basketball, Hockey, Physical
Training and Athletics.
The Bismarck Boys Athletic Also.
citation, Cor the Little Big Four. as
we call it, includes The WIN. Moore
Richholt, st. Mary's grade schools
and the High School Freshmen. Each
school is represented in the Associ:i.
ton by a Committee of three. One
stipulation of this organization is
that boy who uses tobacco canno,
represent his school, another is that
II a boys work and conduct is rot
satisfactory to his teacher he Is in
eligible for school competition.
Our boys arc divided into the fol.
lowing classes: Young Corners, boys
nine to eleven years of age; Pioneers
boys twelve to fourteen years of age
and High Y, boys fifteen years and
over. The Young Corners meet every
Saturday morning at 800 for physi.
cal training and games. The Pion.
GERS meet one night week wncre
| business and professional men speak
! to the boys, then in groups they as.
semble for discussion and games. The
High Y club meet once week to hea
educational and vocational talks by
business men and for discussion OF
Life Questions of High School Boys
These boys also meet Saturday after.
noon for Athletics and games.
Skating
Last winter the Elks made posi-.
BILE skating rink at the VIM. Moore
school and the boys got their frs,
taste of Hockey. This year the ium.
Der secured by the Elks will be used
at the St. Mary's school rink. Owing
to the Weather Man mistaking North
Dakota for Florida or South Callfor.
MIA, we have been unable to skate
until the New Year.
Young Statesmen
During the last session of the Leg.
islature the Wachter Pioneers paid q
visit to the Capitol. There arc fit.
teen, in this group and each came
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