The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-07


were the faces of their fathers.
Says Thomas Edison, keen an
alyist of American life. Zone o
the many things about what We
call current thought is that people
speak of a prevailing unrest, ap
plying this term particularly t.
the mental states of young people
1t is not unrest in the bad sense
in which the word is used which
keeps young people moving, think
ing. doing. 1t is the opposite Of
stagnation, and that is a fine thing
in the world. The passing gener
alton is likely to give a disagree
able and u~ndeserved significance
to the fermentation of new ideas
among the young of the present
generation. Unrest may be and
often has been divine. We shall
have no better conditions in the
future if we are satisfied with all
of those which we have at pres
emit"
In order to grasp fully this fact,
it would be necessary to pass in
review all of the successive gen
e~rations in American history with
a list of their significant accom-
plishments. Let us do that in
memory down to the time of the
times of which the adults of to-
day are a part. Instead of at
tempting to review its accomplis-
ments and problems, I would only
suggest that you turn your
thoughts hack across the years
since childhood as a measure of
the long distance through which
we have advanced.
Invention of Generation
The telegraph and the electric
light were novelties in those days.
The automobile was in its expert
mental stage and the airplane had
not been invented. not to mention
the X-ray and the radio. Woman
suffrage was ~favorite material for
the iokesmiths and Carrie Nation
featured in the cartoons. The
buffalo and the Indian roamed the
nlains, and palatial %transcontin-
antal trains were only dreams.
We began this generation an is
plated people in the family of ma
tions. We will end it first among
the great people of the earth in
wealth, in influence and in oppor-
tunities for the unfolding of the
soul of man.
But what shall we saw of the
problems and work of this SPLEEN
did generation, who will take the
torch from us and carry on. To
them are open no such opportuni-
ties for the exploitation of the
hounties of nature as have been
ours. Conouests thew will make.
ldiI GdClilhS III llilDOl Adll1Cf FAi
+fey will be in the realm of the
intangible rather than that of the
material. They must take up the
tools and devices of a civilization
already complex and perfect them
n meet the moods of an age that
will answer with a ringing affirm
alive the age-old question, Gam
I my brothers keeper"
Frontier Days Past
The challenge to the next gener-
alton is one that will call out their
finest powers of muscle. heart and
The days Of simple. rural
America are gone forever. The
America of Washington, of Jeffer-
son. of Jackson and of Lincoln is
only a memory. The pioneers of
hose DAYS w~resfled with things
material. with the forests, the
mines, the fields, the Mains with
heir MAGNIFICENT distances and
eevooa inhahitants. They thought
n terms of far-off horizons, end saw
heir dreems realized in new
states. fair fields and busy cities,
with peace. unitv ard
7rcsperity They laid foundations,
veil established, solid, secure.
Then came a dav when it seem
I'd that all the work of the years
might be set at pauoht. That
we call v,ao~r Civilization
vas tried IN the fires of the most
-arrible war OF human history.
Much of its veneer of custom and
tradition was stripped away, and
were forced to think in terms
# stark realities. We will never
forget those days. Out of them
arose this generation, this class of
1929, witnesses to the high ideal
ism of 1918, and of the following
oars Of disillusionment. At the
most impressionable age. they
found themselves a part of a life
that was losing many Of its sure
anchors, and satisfying formulas.
s it any wonder that they began
- ask the questions. what is
Reality" and "Where is TRUTH"
Edison Champions Youth
Saws Edison again: "The out
Iook Of today's youth is very diff
ferent from that Of the preceding
generation. But the change in
outlook which has occurred is ali