The future outlook., 1941-11-29
THE YOUTH FACING The
WORLD.


which we live. They are problems
which each individual must see and
face for himself even though they
seem very large. It seems 10 me, then.
that In facing the world and its dif'
flcultics. we must first understand
what the things ARE that we will
face; and second. we should try to
understand the type OF equipment
that we need In trying to face modern
problems. While II In hard to plan
nt any given time the. exact program
that will enable ns 10 know exactly
what we Will need In the handling OF
any special problem. We can only
| Judge the future In rough way by
the past, 40 whatever Is said here
will be II part OF my opinion OF how
TO play whatever part that Is neces-
sary In trying to understand the
problems OF the world, based on the
solutions of these problems within my
own experience and training.
Coming back TO the problem that
we zee from looking around us
think of the following: !, Wars, and
all the elemcl Is connected with them
Q. Striving or the part OF the groups
indlvdutll! and collectively for the
mastery OF the economic forces OF the
world. 3. A great fcar that the fn-
ture promises 10 bring us suffering
rather than happiness. Somehow ]
| feel that for most part. the world in
which we live sees only its difficult
ties rather than the good points. Tint
is true, especially OF Negroes who
are Of n minority group In this coun-
| try. Each young person in this com
munity is wondering about his future
| life, his fiii ire Job. and his place IN
| the community. Some of us have tried
To reduce our efforts TO small desires.
no as to escape the difficulties OF life.
so, when we find II difficult for the
| world TO give us all that we want. II
we ask for little. we will not hurt
those who possess much and at the
same time be able 10 get something
out OF life. But is this n solution Of
the problem
II seems 10 roe that what we need
above nl othe' things Is 20 under
stand VIII tyie OF equipment. what
| type OF training and attitude we need
In order to fnce the difficult situa.
tons that are characteristics OF our
age. In other words. what can we do
to prepare ourselves for The world in
which we liye' The world of great
changes, the world that gives us NO
much trouble. what Is the way out1
In my opinion. each person young
or old, should TO the best of his
knowledge. Gui' himself by the fol
lowing broad principles of living
First. have a correct knowledge OF
Just what the real problems of the
world are, such knowledge should be
based upon correct thinking and OBJ
servation, OF all the available sources
OF information.
Begin with n thorough conxidera'
ton OF how to make correct adjust
ments, and n knowledge OF just how
to make these adjustments work. and
the cost o: making them. That will
mean that not olly should we accept
the education that we are now recclv-
Ing, but we should cndenvor 10 make
our education as broad as possible
by learning from every possible
source now available MS well as find
Ing new sources of knowledge. Ex-
anime everything carefully before You
make IL a part OF your philosophy OF
life. The second preparation that one
must have besides general knowl-
edge of the world cond' tons. Is an ex.
pert training in one special job. One
must he an expert in his field In or.
der to eari living In that field
Then. In addition TO this, one must
have variety Of interests in order
that his personality may not be de-
stroyed by centering itself on one
thing. This Ia very important because
some OF us In trying 10 overcome the
difficulties in our lives, lose ourselves
In scsne one thing. and in no doing.
destroy our personalities.
The old fashion virtues come to our
attention right now for confederation.
To offset tho danger of personalities
being desty yed. we might consider
faith Ia n,rr sclyr., md fnith In our