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Show i THE FORUM I I rOIlt'M EDITOR: 1 In speaking of these things which ' w i;l be of most benefit to our community, com-munity, one of the most important from the human standpoint is the d velopment of. our young manhood, in ti.is connection Jet nie sugust that some club or organization, or all ,of them, join, in a movement to find something to occupy the time of outvoting out-voting men and boys during the rum. in r moot ha. A boy's tbne s' ould b,. occupied in some way or other for the good o:' that boy. Whether it i.s 1 lay or work does not tncan so much, bvt hiU nerf.-: and loafing around th ,. .streets or bther plaie-i is very rnv. hole.;oef and has a far reaching- effort on the character of our boys. Tlieodu;-e Roosevelt once said "When you play, play hard and whn you i.i-;-n dcu't p!ay at. a!!.'' This i-i a very practical pu;:n,--i"n find woi'i' much consid; ration. V.'e see hun. dreds of boys almost n:en loitering around our streets all day long anil to late hours at night, doing nothing and it is no wonder when school is resumed resum-ed in the fall. It requires so mucn tiniv to get these boys to buckle down to their work, after so long a period of aiuilessnsss. We know this a big problem but it It can be solved It will pay large dividends. |