The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
CONSERVATION
SAVE NATURES
HAVEN TO HELP
MODERN YOUTH
More Outdoor Life Would
Offset DemOraIizing
Factors of Today.
BY WILLIAM +. COLLINS
Times Special Writer


Conservation, as I observe il,
deals with the nations effort to get
back something Of its natural re-
sources lost or about to be lost to it.
1t can as we'll deal with the human
element as the natural, the thesis
being more complete if founded on
both.
You save a stream to give hu-
mainly pleasure! a forest to give
pleasure and profit.
A conservation dam is built to
satisfy at once a number of human
wants. Most Of our activity is now
directed to save or create something
for the future. That brings the ma
tons children Immediately into the
picture. Conserving the future not
only for but of the children Of
America is something worth while.
You Will be interested in that.
1 would not cross the street to
save any mans fishing if the act
meant that alone. I would, if able,
walk to st. Louis if by so doing it
would put some dad estranged from
his son af1eld together TO know it
meant turning point in the lads
career.
/ can't imagine the act of frat
ernizing with your son would bear
desirable fruit if accomplished in
the municipal alleyways. We some
times fail at it even in our homes.
Somehow it is best done out in the
blue. Fishing or hunting may be
the excuse, but the real objective
lies deeper than that.
Makes Hero of Father
Dad is your boys hero and con-
tinueS in that role up to that cru
cial point in his adolescence when
you either have him for life or have
lost him for good. Dads muscle is
always the strongest; his gun the
best; he knows where to fish and
God pity the day when you fail to
cultivate the illusion.
Every boy has his gang. So do
we all, man or boy. DR.. Preston
Bradley brings into being that fun
damental story of the man bound
on his weekend fishing trip with his
gang The family bus pants by the
curb; bait, rods and cronies are
loaded.
The wistful son voices The de-
sire:
Dad, can I go alongP"
mo, you stay home and take care
Of mother"
He doesn't want to stay home;
he wants to go with you. He may
rattle the bait can; he may tromp
the bottom of the boat; he may
even fall in and ruin the days fish
ing, but take him. Take him or
soon you will have lost him.
Out there in those precious fleet
ing moments of childhood you have
him for your own. Out there you
can mold the plastic clay Of his
youth into whatever character mold
you select and have the aid in so
doing Of the most powerful medium
in the world-God'S good, clean, out
of doors.
Moral Fiber Put to Test
You are dealing in the most pre-
ciouS asset of the nation. the de-
velopment of modern youth. Fund
amentally as sound or sounder than
we were in our formative period, he
now is developing under greater
pressure. Bombarded by gangSter
news by day and movie sex appeal
by night, isolated from parental
control by a rubber tired pegasus to
haunts ofethe rackets, he has need
of a stronger moral fiber than ever
we possessed to come out whole.
Youth gains knowledge by eXpe-
rience. When that is coupled to the
act of comparison his corner stone
has been laid You have the job
half licked if you take advantage of
an outdoor intermiSsion in his ed
ucation.
Experience or fun gained in camp
combined with the knowledge on
his, or her, part that your camp is
more fun by comparison than an
all night jazz session at the club