Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-04-26
BOYS WEEK TO
Be OBSERVED
IN POC0MOKE
Rotary Club Will Have Charge OF
Various Activities Beginning =
With Sunday, April n
EVERY DAY WILL HOLD
SOMETHING OF INTEREST

The object of Boys Week is first,
negatively:
Not to exploit the boy. Not raise
funds. Not to give him weeks holi-
day. Positively, it is
To focus public attention upon the
boy as the Nations Greatest Asset,
the potential manhood of tomorrow.
To interest every one in boys and
boys themselves.
To emphasize the fact that an in
terest in the boy is an investment
that pays the largest possible divi-
dends in the market Of real life.
To recognize boyhood as the guar
antee Of the future.
To advocate for every boy an equal
chance to work out his destiny with
out the handicap Of the dark alley, or
the corner gang, if he is an under
privileged boy, or without the equal
ly great handicap Of having too much
money to spend, if he is an over-privi-
legged boy.
To secure better cooperation be-
tween home, school, church, and
spare time organizations dealing with
boys.
To interest the man in the boy, be-
cause the more you can interest the
man in the boy, the better it is for
the community.
To emphasize fundamentals in
character building.
To make citizens.
The Boys Week idea was launched
with some misgivings at first, but
the appeal made by such scheme to
bring vividly to the public mind the
real Importance of the boy, who is the
man of the future and to convey to
the mind of the boy some idea of the
Importance Of himself in relation to
his future citizenship, was one that
could not be denied and has caught
on to remarkable and pleasing ex-
tent. 1t is a movement as admirable
as it is novel and the status Of the
boy in the community should be raised
considerably, much to the advantage
of the community and the benefit Of
the boy, this being dependent OF
course, to great extent on the abil-
ity of the boy to realize what is be-
ing done for him.
The program outlined by the Ro-
tary Club follows:
Sunday evening at 7.45-a sermon
to the boys at the M. P. Church by
Edward L. Bunce.
Monday-being County Field Day
The events being held at Snow
Hill, it is requested that cars be Of
fered to take boys to the Meet that
have no other way to go.
Tuesday-at 600 P. M.-The Ro-
tary Club will entertain at their regu-
lar luncheon, the boys from Pocomoke
School who win first places in the
County events as well as other boys
elected to be Mayor and Council at
the School election to be held Friday
April 25th.
Wednesday-On Wednesday after.
noon, boys who attended the opening
services Sunday evening and Others
who desire will be excused from
school for the purpose of inspecting
the Industrial places Of Pocomokt
City and obtaining full information
concerning the work carried on al
these places. The following places
will be visited: Marvil Package Co.
Pocomoke Foundry & Machine Shop
Eagle Mills Printing Office, Electric
and Ice Factory, and other places o:
interest. They will receive cordia
welcome at each place and everything
of interest explained to them.
Thursday will be observed as Civil
Day. The Mayor and Council will
meet in session for the purpose O.
greeting the boys and will turn owe
to them, elected at the boys election
the Town management temporarily
The fire company have also arrange
plans for this occasion some Of tn
boys will be permitted to act as fire
men at their regular drill that after
noon.
Friday special entertainment
will be given all boys in the CIT
Hall. This program is interestin
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