Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
The Old-FashiOned Boy.

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The OId-Fashioned boy didn't have
| gymnasiums or welfare clubs He
didn't have men taking an interest in
| his welfare and handing him enter
| tainment on a plate.
The old-fashioned boy knew he had
to scare up his own fun and excite
ment and he hunted and swan and
killed Indians and robbers to his
hearts content
This boy had big river for a play
ground, the finest natural playground
| in the world. He was on the river
from morning to night outside of
| school hours and chores and stayed
winter, summer, fall and spring. His
robust outdoor life built up big re-
serve of health and energy that has
carried him through the years.
! The old-fashioned boy was rough
in some ways but he had a code of
| honor and a boy who broke it lost
caste with the other boys and was
Stunned. He liked men but he re-
allied that men have mems thoughts
and that boys thoughts and enjoy
ments do not hinge with adult life
The old-fashioned boys were sons of
men who barred their breasts to the
bullets to save the Union, help free
the slave and give him his chance to
| be free man. They grew up in an
atmosphere of tolerance. White and
black, Catholic and Protestant, Jew
and Gentle, grew up together, fought
battles side by side, bloodied each 9TH
er's noses and swore vows of undyin g
friendship. These friendships have
| lasted through life.
So the boys ruled in Boyville, had
their dreams and ambitions, their
studies and recreation and went along
! in a natural, clean way toward man
hood unscathed in the midst of rough
! surroundings.
Nowadays, with easier, better times,
more money, more excitement, more
stimulation of every kind we seek to
give the modern boy every attention.
We surround him with costly devices
for amusement, Fairgrounds, skating
Kinks, directors and so on. And all the
time the boy is wishing he was let
! alone to go ahead as boys should so
he could have a good time in his own
way like dad did when he was an old
fashioned boy.
! -OOO--
A ThOrny Question.
The city council has thorny ques-
f., ton to settle over whether or not to
charge societies rental for the use Of
the club room in the city hall. With
out a doubt there is an argument both
ways and without a doubt the council
is getting pressure from both sides.
The trouble when it comes to extend
ing favors is to know where to draw
the line If one society is eligible for
free use why not another and logically
why not all of them? If the council
can settle this vexatious point it can
see that on ordinary occasions, such
as midday luncheons, ETC., the city is
under no expense to allow the club
room to be used as a meeting place.
The hall is there anyhow. the janitor is
there and the amount of coal used is
small For night meetings and the
like where extra janitor service is re-
quired, extra lights and so on it looks
no more than fair to charge a reason
able fee for the use of the room and
treat all alike. This is all said with
the general idea in view that the civic
center is not to be self-suppOrting
The Herald believes the building
should be as far as possible on a self
supporting basis as a relief to the tax
payers many OF whom derive no di-
rect benefit from the building and il
it was operated on that basis there
would have to be some radical changes
in policy.