New Britain herald., 1930-09-24
SQUIRE SPEAKS ON
 ACHIEVEMENT GOAL
New Britain Director Explains
 Purpose to Exchange Club
Problems and matters of interest

Problems and matters of interest in connection with the Junior Achievement project were explained to the Exchange club last evening by William w. T. Squire, Junior Achievement director. MT. Squire S address was as follows:
 "I have chosen to discuss with you this evening the need of leisure because Junior Achievement offers just such a program.
 Last year I heard a gentleman, one Joseph Lee over the radio. I have thought of him since because he gave me new idea in saying that baby's education is all leisure yet he learns more in four years than in all the rest of life. And what is more important, it is all worth knowing. Surely there is some truth in this thought
 During the same broadcast the meeting of two small boys was de- scribed. Ane said, Let's hunt for some good wood to build boat with They did so. Discovery, ex- pertinent and creation were all in- volved in this leisure time occupa- ton.
 Rushing here and there and get ting nowhere may be the result of the lack of leisure in present day child life, therefore it seems most important how such leisure time as there may be is spent Let us think of leisure time as play time when life is not being directed by some one else and one can do as he chooses.
 T read somewhere that if play is controlled by worthy purpose and if work is seasoned with the spirit of play, whether the hou-s are filled with work or play they will build themselves into a well spent day and that seems reasonable.
 Principle of Achievement Work
 The basic principle of Junior Achievement is to inject an incentive for self help into ones leisure time occupations.
  ment comes to Us rather well recom- mended for former President Calvin Coolidge has called it, A first class proposal-very much worth while Historically the Junior Achievement movement was organized in 1919 by three notables: Theodore N. Vail, Senator Murray Crane and Horace ,,-hi many sponsors in Connecticut prom inent among them the Edward Hazen foundation of Haddam. It is not just another handcraft program but it does aim at something more, namely to develop team work, re- sponsibility, character and ambition. Junior Achievement boys and girls are doers, they serve others, they train their hands to be useful, they meet together, play together, cooper ate and achieve. They earn money, acquire property in a small way and they learn to demonstrate to others what they have learned by doing themselves. So Junior Achievement club work has become a practical educational leisure time experience through which boys and girls be- come organized in production enter prises in industry and home making They learn to produce a variety of useful and salable articles and as shatural result Achievement club ments of the schools and other so- cial agencies in the field of econom- ics.
 Versatility Needed Today
 One must be versatile, able to turn his hand to the job opportu- nity offers today for a trade which seems to offer a. good means of mak- ing. a living at the moment may be- come obsolete tomorrow. Life is so short that we cannotsafford to waste leisure time without learning some- thing worth while during that leis- ure period.
 However one cannot expect chill dren to act like adults now It is a curious fact that we think that in order for children to be correct they should be miniature copies of our selves in thought and action and in every way take pattern from what we believe to be proper, but if we , stop to think, we do not do as our grandfathers did, nor even as our fathers may do, and it may be well that we do not, otherwise would we not be riding horses bareback rather than in upholstered automobiles? There would be no movies, no talk sies, in fact perhaps no progress whatever. So it may be the wrong