Gunnison news-champion., 1924-02-29

OULOBAOO
ps~seat government and conststutsou
possible Perhaps he sacrificed moro
fef S.od citizenship than any Amerf-
can who ever lived.
that for few minutes we discuss ON
Washington's birthday. the three sub
Jeets that he might. were he here. be
post Interested IN At that time-Fei-
During the war the boys In the
training campo and under the hard
ships OF the trenches formed great
frtendshtps with their ''buddies'' be-
cause OF their common contact In hard
'hips .sn6o, snd ssrvsse vic ss, for shei. country.
have . common interest. In football.
baseball, basket ball. Debating and
other coileEe activities, This work and
snd !. bound to make for them lasting
In your Elk.s lodge you have . COM
vice. Service to our community, to
our schools. to our state and 20 our
nation eilowship one with another
nS On 70 ,hs shfsT Elk. the w.y 1s , s.s., and
BOULDER read this inscription the
other day:
write upon the sands; their virtues
upon the tablets OF our memortea"
May Il be this way with ycu-deal-
Ing not only with another but with
your feliowmen wherever they are
met
service you weave your friendship and
thereby found II upon the solid rock.
Therefore. Il seems to me. that the
M most enjoyable part Of your life should
The boys OF today are the men Of
temorrow. II this country I. to sur
standing in the world. It must do 80
properly work out the boy problem
The state OF Colorado today Il.
spending millions Of dollars for the
education OF Its young people; Our
! ed their enrolment over 100 per cent
In the past ten years
Eighty-five per cent of the taxes
in the average community In Colorado
goes for schools and roads, Few citi-
zens object to spending their money
for these necessary enterprises. pro-
vided they know that II is being
getting the desired results. We all
realize that education is necessary for
the poor mans son AS well as for the
flCh mans son II tntS republic QUITE
But for a moment may give you
the other side of this picture. The
number of inmates of the Colorado
the last two years. mostly young men.
Our reform school for boys has in
creased it's inmates 70 per cent in the
same period. The insane asylum and
other charitable Institutions have in
creased their inmates almost beyond
| comprehension and yet Colorado has
not increased In population.
cent OF the men convicted for crime
were under 25 years OF age. What
does It mean to spend millions for
fortunates in the penal and charit-
able institutions and yet get these re-
suits
May state my opinion In this re-
10 teach the three RS. reading. writing
and arithmetic, are we not forgetting
three other RS. fully az important.
This country of ours was settled BY
religious peopie-the Puritans. the
Pilgrims. the Hugucnots; the ounkers.
up in church and under the re-
iigious and moral influence of our
! PerhAvs I'VE may not need the. in
our moral and spiritual life but what
Of our young men?
To highly educate young men and
women in the public schools and col
leges OF this state and nation without
giving them the proper moral stand
ards II. In my opinion. like educating
wolves to come among sheep This is
where you get your ''bunko" men and
the fellow who is looking for easy
money without working for H.
therefore feel that you should use
your influence for n Back to Church
movement and add the stamp OF your
approval to organizations that have
for their purpose the moral and re-
ligious upiift OF the community.
I wish further to call your attention
to the fact that precept and example
have more influence upon young men
and women than all the preaching we