The boy-savers' guide
Subtitle: society work for lads in their teens
Publisher: Benzinger Brothers
Published: 1908
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction; title: MATTERS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE; title: Section I. — Why the Writer Has Written v; title: Section II. — Expedients to Choose from vii; title: Section III. — Lads in Their Teens to be Cared for. No Special Form of Society Recommended viii; title: Section IV. — Priestly Endeavor to be Independent of Boys' Clubs; title: Chapter I; title: AN EFFECTIVE AGENCY; title: Section I. — What Our Schools Can Not Do 1; title: Section II. — What Young Men's Societies Can Not Do 3; title: Section III. — Sterile and Fertile Soils Contrasted 4; title: Section IV. — Can Societies for Male Adults Ambition Future Better Standing? 7; title: Section V. — What the Boys' Organizer Can Do 10; title: Chapter II; title: THESIS: BOYS' DIRECTORS ARE NOT BORN BUT (SELF)-MADE; title: Section I. — Gearing the Ground 12; title: Section II. — The Boy-Saver's First Essential — Intelligent Zeal 15; title: Section III. — The Boy-Saver's Second Essential — Some Disciplinary Skill 17; title: Section IV. — Boys More Controllable in Pious Organizations than in Schools 19; title: Section V. — The Boy-Saver's Last Essential — A Readiness for Expedients Congenial to His Charges 21; title: Section VI. — A Cheering Word 22; title: Chapter III; title: WHY NOT BEGIN?; title: Section I. — "I Have No Personal Magnetism and Therefore Should Not Try" 24; title: Section II. — "Of Course Any Generous Donor Mechanically Gathers a Transient Crowd of Urchins; but only the Magnetic Man Can Retain Them for Organization Purposes" 26; title: Section III. — "The Proper Management of a Boys' Society, Like that of a Large Sunday-School, Will Occupy Pretty Much All of One's Time and Should be Undertaken only by Those Who Practically Have Nothing Else to Do" 26; title: Section IV. — "At Least the Chances Are That, Owing to a Lack of Leisure, Money, or Required Qualifications, I Would Not Succeed in This Business. Are There Not Already Enough Failures?" 31; title: Section V. — "After a Little My Present Residence Will Change, and, Since Active Interest in Boys Is Somewhat Rare, Anything I May Establish Will Then Fail for Want of a Successor. Why Begin What Must Shortly Collapse?" 32; title: Chapter IV; title: PHILANTHROPY OUTDONE; title: Section I. — Humanitarianism Good: Religion Better 35; title: Section II. — Stooping to Conquer 36; title: Section III. — Stooping with Dignity 38; title: Section IV. — Favoritism 39; title: Section V. — In Deep Water 40; title: Section VI. — An Objection: "Religious Features Endangered" 43; title: Section VII. — Another Objection: "Venal Practice of Religion Will Result" 44; title: Chapter V; title: SPREADING THE SALVATION NET; title: Section I. — Pastimes in the Shadow of the Church 47; title: Section II. — A Blessing for City Boys Especially 40; title: Section III. — Keep Organized Juveniles Before the Public 50; title: Section IV. — A Greater Advantage 51; title: Section V. — rA Standard Catholic Argument Applied 52; title: Section VI. — Newspapers and Show Windows Helpful 54; title: Chapter VI; title: GIFTS; title: Section I. — "Beatius Est Magis Dare" 57; title: Section II. — Boyish Ideas Should Direct Prize Distributions 59; title: Section III. — An "Unearned Increment" in the Junior Commonwealth 61; title: Section IV. — When Should Windfalls be Distributed? With What Assistance? How Often? 62; title: Section V. — Rapid Drawings 64; title: Section VI. — Final Proceedings 67; title: Section VII. — Utilizing Pious Articles 69; title: Chapter VII; title: TORCHLIGHT PARADES; title: Section I. — Comparable to the Cadet Drill 72; title: Section II. — Additional Advantages 73; title: Section III. — Difficulties 75; title: Section IV. — Formation 77; title: Section V. — Protecting the "Accouterments" 78; title: Section VI. — Res Clamat Domino 80; title: Section VII. — Arming the Forces 82; title: Section VIII. — From Start to Finish 84; title: Chapter VIII; title: ATHLETIC SPORTS; title: Section I. — Concerning Baseball and Other Co-operative Games 87; title: Section II. — General Athletics More Helpful 88; title: Section III. — A Few Practical Hints 90; title: Chapter IX; title: BADGES: SUIT THEM TO THE WEARERS; title: Section I. — Boys and Buttons 93; title: Section II. — Popular Buttons versus Artistic Ones 94; title: Section III. — Youthful "Old Age" on Its Dignity 97; title: Section IV. — "Business Is Business" 99; title: Chapter X; title: BADGES: ENCOURAGE THEIR USE; title: Section I. — Stimulating Display 101; title: Section II. — Further Legislation 103; title: Section III. — Saving Appearances 105; title: Section IV. — Button Traffic Made Easy 106; title: Chapter XI; title: LIBRARY HINTS; title: Section I. — A Few Books Suffice . 110; title: Section II. — Vandalism Restrained . 111; title: Section III. — A Pane* Detective 112; title: Section IV. — A Rule of Christian Life Applied 114; title: Chapter XII; title: INDOOR FUN; title: Section I. — For the Long Winter Nights 116; title: Section II. — "Homemade Amusement 117; title: Section III. — Palatial Dens 118; title: Section IV. — Pollux Exonerated 121; title: Section V. — Permanent Entertainment Cards 122; title: Section VI. — Method Helps Method 124; title: Chapter XIII; title: THE BOYS' CLUB; title: Section I. — Rarely for Immediate Pastoral Direction 126; title: Section II. — Inviting to Zealous Laymen 128; title: Section III. — With the Club's Opponents 130; title: Section IV. — Evening's Shades Brightened 132; title: Section V. — Where Sunlight is Darkness 133; title: Section VI. — Evil-Doers Considered 135; title: Chapter XIV; title: CLUB HINTS; title: Section I. — The Place and Its Chief Manager 136; title: Section II. — The Reading Room 137; title: Section III. — The Gymnasium and the Musical Department 138; title: Section IV. — Amusements of Injured Reputation 140; title: Section V. — Concerning Card Play at the Club 141; title: Section VI. — The Other Offenders : Billiards and Pool 143; title: Section VII.- Filling the Exchequer 145; title: Chapter XV; title: THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. ITS ECONOMIC SIDE; title: Section I. — A Problem That Can not be Ignored 147; title: Section II. — Testing the World's Marts 148; title: Section III. — Additional Business Matters 149; title: Section IV. — "Paying the Piper" 151; title: Section V. — Charity's Stumbling-Blocks 152; title: Section VI. — Encouraging Facts 155; title: Section VII. — And Finally 156; title: Chapter XVI; title: L'ENFANT TERRIBLE; title: Section I. — Child Membership a Serious Drawback to Juvenile Societies 158; title: Section II. — Child Membership in Juvenile Societies Acts Ruinously on Even Young Men's Associations 161; title: Section III. — Concerning Boys not yet in Their Teens 162; title: Section IV. — Age Semblance as a Criterion of Membership. Its Strong Points 163; title: Section V. — Age Semblance as a Criterion of Membership. Its Weak Point 166; title: Section VI. — A New Century Expedient 167; title: Chapter XVII; title: A PHYSICAL CRITERION FOR MEMBERSHIP; title: Section I. — Measurement of Stature Applied to Candidacy 169; title: Section II. — Method versus Magnetism Again 172; title: Section III. — The Proposed Method Actually Tested 173; title: Section IV. — Tricks of the Trade 174; title: Section V. — What About the Lilliputians? 170; title: Chapter XVIII; title: THE ROUGHER ELEMENT; title: Section I. — Should Juvenile "Toughs" Be Enrolled? 179; title: Section II. — All That's Gold Does, not Glitter 181; title: Section III. — A Most Sacred Attraction for Young "Toughs" 182; title: Section IV. — Membership of Bad Boys hot Seriously Detrimental to Good Ones 184; title: Chapter XIX; title: THE WAITING LIST; title: Section I. — A Stimulus to Faithful Membership 187; title: Section II. — A Refugium Peccatorum 189; title: Section III. — The Formative Process 192; title: Section IV. — Lastly 194; title: Chapter XX; title: BRIEF PRIVATE VISITS BY THE BOYS TO BE ENCOURAGED; title: Section I. — Attracting Callers 196; title: Section II. — The Host's Opportunities 197; title: Section III. — Mercenary Visits Turned to Account 198; title: Section IV. — Another Gain 199; title: Section V. — Interviews, When "Short," Are "Sweet" 201; title: Section VI. — A Few Seconds for Each Caller; Only a Daily Quarter of an Hour for All 203; title: Chapter XXI; title: THE PLEDGE; title: Section I. — The Boys' Total Abstinence Movement as Commonly Conducted 204; title: Section II. — Objections Stated and Answered 205; title: Section III. — Organization a Powerful Support to Faithful Observance 208; title: Section IV. — A "Homemade" Diploma 209; title: Chapter XXII; title: THE RELIGIOUS MEETING PREPARING FOR IT; title: Section I. — Simple, Well-Meant Attendance an Uplift 211; title: Section II. — How Often Should Meetings Be Held? 213; title: Section III. — Juvenile Megalomania Turned to Account 214; title: Section IV. — "Compel Them to Come in, That My House May be Filled" 216; title: Section V. — Meetings Tactfully Adjusted 217; title: Section VI. — Boyish Taste Suited 218; title: Section VII. — At What Hour? 219; title: Section VIII. — Where? 220; title: Section IX. — Groundless Fears 222; title: Chapter XXIII; title: THE RELIGIOUS MEETING: LOCATING BOTH THE BOYS AND THEIR DIRECTOR; title: Section I. — A Measure of the First Importance : Each Member to Keep an Assigned Place 324; title: Section II. — Strict Fidelity to This Rule Easily Obtained 236; title: Section III. — Further Precautions 227; title: Section IV. — Guard the Exit 229; title: Chapter XXIV; title: THE RELIGIOUS MEETING: MAKE IT CHEERFUL; title: Section I. — The Early Bird Should Get Its Worm 231; title: Section II. — At the Church Door 232; title: Section III. — Mischief to be not Merely Suppressed, but Forestalled 234; title: Section IV. — Short Meetings the Best 237; title: Section V. — An Order of Exercises 238; title: Chapter XXV; title: FEATURES OF THE SERVICE RENDERED BY THE BOYS THEMSELVES; title: Section I. — Sacred Song 239; title: Section II. — You Can Have the Boys Sing Unless a Musician 240; title: Section III. — Secrets of the Modest Conservatory 242; title: Section IV. — A Special Hymn-Book for Your Own Society; Its Strong Points and Its Drawback 245; title: Section V. — At Prayer 247; title: Chapter XXVI; title: THE MEETING ADDRESSED; title: Section I. — Miscellaneous Remarks 250; title: Section II. — The Best of Attention Secured 252; title: Section III. — The Formal Instruction 253; title: Section IV. — Some Disregard Due Simplicity; Others Fail to Acquire It 256; title: Chapter XXVII; title: THE "STORY INSTRUCTION": VERY HELPFUL AND EASILY HAD; title: Section I. — A Deeply-Felt Want 258; title: Section II. — Seeking Relief 260; title: Section III. — Edifying "Plagiarism" 262; title: Section IV. — The "Long" Story — An Unobjectionable and Effective Call to Attention 267; title: Chapter XXVIII; title: THE STORY INSTRUCTION CONSIDERED UNDER A SPECIAL FORM; title: Section I. — A Selection That Boys Will Follow 271; title: Section II. — Rejected and Accepted 275; title: Section III. — Under Treatment 276; title: Section IV. — Religious Teachings Are Presented Becomingly When They Seem so to the Boys 278; title: Section V. — A "Reductio ad Absurdum" That Fails 279; title: Chapter XXIX; title: ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; title: Section I. — Submit Absenteeism Indirectly to Parental Authority 263; title: Section II. — Warning Notices; This, the First, Meets a Special Difficulty 285; title: Section III. — Warning Notices; The Following Is the Only One That Seems Strictly Indispensable 289; title: Section IV. — Bringing Matters to a Head 291; title: Section V. — Suspensions 293; title: Chapter XXX; title: THE FINANCIAL QUESTION: ITS EDUCATIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY SIDE; title: Section I. — Dues Helpful to Catholic Training 297; title: Section II. — An Easy Burden and Its Happy Results 298; title: Section III. — Tithes-uathering 300; title: Section IV. — Meeting the Crisis 302; title: Section V. — Enforcing the Rule 304; title: Chapter XXXI; title: APOSTOLIC BOOKKEEPING; title: Section I. — The Deeds and Omissions of Membership Recorded 307; title: Section II. — Assisting the Markers 308; title: Section III. — Handy Reference Pages Ready for the Busy Priest 310; title: Section IV. — Attendance at Holy Communion Registered 345; title: Chapter XXXII; title: POLITICS; title: Section I. — Boy Officers : How They Can Prove Helpful 317; title: Section II. — The Election: It Can Be Made a Source of Moderate, Wholesome Excitement 320; title: Section III. — Preparing the Ballot 323; title: Chapter XXXIII; title: THE SOCIETY'S COMMUNION SUNDAY; title: Section I. — Supporting One Rule by Means of Another 327; title: Section II. — Communicants Who Are Somewhat Neglectful Tolerated. Influential Leaders for the Movement Easily Formed 329; title: Section III. — "Facere Misericordiam Magis Placet Domino Quam Victim" 331; title: Chapter XXXIV; title: FIRST COMMUNION FOR STREET BOYS; title: Section I. — A Field for the Lay Friends of Youth 334; title: Section II. — Small Classes by All Means Preferable 335; title: Section III. — Teaching by Way of Friendly Chat 337; title: Section IV. — Suiting Length and Language to the Boys 339; title: Section V. — Apostolicity a Central Feature 341; title: Section VI. — The Writer Submits a "First Communion Chat" Formed on the Above Ideas 344; title: Section VII. — Doctrinal Matter to Sometimes Undergo Further Reduction 345; title: Appendix; title: A FIRST COMMUNION CHAT; title: Section I. — The Sign of the Cross 349; title: Section II. — God the Father 350; title: Section III. — God the Son 351; title: Section IV. — The Holy Ghost 354; title: Section V. — The Catholic Church 357; title: Section VI. — The Sacraments 358; title: Section VII. — Confession 359; title: Section VIII. — Holy Communion 363; title: Section IX. — Holy Mass 366; title: Section X. — Confirmation 367; title: Section XI. — The Sacraments as Outward Signs 368; title: Section XII. — (A) Concerning the Commandments of God 370; title: (B) Concerning the Commandments of the Church 371; title: Section XIII. — Indulgences 373; title: Section XIV. — Prayers 373; title: Information foe Badge Purchasers (Insert); title: A Wooden Rack for Tin Torches 375; title: A Few Sports Found Helpful to "Indoor Fun" 376; title: A "Home-Made" Diploma (Insert)