Evening star., 1937-03-09

Those who are youths today
Will be the men and women found
In life's great battle fray"
Ours is a Government Of the people.
Therefore, the boys and girls Of today
will be the men and women who run
the Government few years in the
future. Education is the twin sister
to democratic government.
American Traditions Taught.
When new immigrants came to
America to find new homes many Of
them could neither read nor write.
Many could not speak English, but
their children were sent to our schools
and there they learned the history of
America. There they learned of the
Declaration of Independence. They
learned the story of Liberty Bell. They
learned of Concord and Lexington.
They learned the story of Betsy Ross
and the American flag. Then, in the
evening by the warm glow Of the fire.
side, these stories of American history
passed from child to parent, and thus
did the immigrants become Ameri-
canized; therefore the Federal Govern
ment is deeply interested in the edu-
cation of young Americans.
The first responsibility for edu-
eating children falls upon the parents,
but most parents are ambitious for
their children to have every oppor-
tunity. Therefore, it Is scarcely nee
essary to urge the parents Of America
to make every effort to educate their
children.
Then again, certain responsibility
rests upon the children themselves to
want an education, to be willing to
work for an education. At the present
time. due to the National Youth Move
ment, there are 380,365 boys and
girls in the United States who are
working their way through educational
institutions. y
May say to you young people Of
America, If you want an education
you can have 1t II you are willing to
work for it. If you are not, it wouldn't
do you much good anyway. You can
lead fool to the trough Of knowledge
but you can't make him drink.
Some Of our greatest men had to
fight for their education. Abe Lincoln
was so poor that he did not have
pencils and paper; he did not have
slate or a slate pencil, but he figured
out his problems on the back of q
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blazed his way over the mountain to
the White House and figured out the
Nations problems on the White House
stationery.
Young people Of America. some
times it seems discouraging; some
times it seems your road Is rough
when you are trying to get an edu-
cation, but remember, 1t is the rough
ness Of the grindstone that sharpens
the ak. 1t is the storm that hardens
the fiber Of the oak. It is not the
holiday but the workday that makes
muscle.
If you don't have as good clothes to
wear as the other boys and girls,
don't be discouraged. It's not what's
on a man, but what's in him that
counts. Many white vest has moth
ing inside of it but an unpaid laundry
bill.
Sometimes it seems that the going
is pretty rought when you have to
struggle for an education, but the very
struggle itself is part Of your train
ing; therefore, the responsibility of
receiving an education is partly upon
the youth of America.
Great Is that nation whose sons and
daughters dream great dreams, in
vincible is that nation when they make
those dreams come true.
Then next, the responsibility for
educating the youth falls upon the
local community. Every community in
America is responsible for the educa-
tion Of its own boys and girls to the
full extent of its financial ability and
may I say the local communities have
discharged this obligation in . most
patriotic manner.