Show CAUSE AND EFFECT THE THE yearbook of the National Probation association as association as- as 11 makes a bold assertion that among the five major causes of crime and delinquency the weakening hold of the church on young persons is clearly one Indicating one reason for the failure of churches to hold fast to youth the report de declares declares de- de clares dares that hat we very largely habituate ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves and our children to question the validity validity valid valid- ity ty of all that is traditional Itis this that leads young and old in a re relentless relentless relentless re- re search for proof that this is not true or that that is not true As much effort to establish the truth of perhaps nearly all the traditions that have been built up in the construction construction construction con con- of the worlds world's social system would in all likelihood pile up evidence that would resist every attack The apostles of rebellion who are writing the most popular essays biographies and fiction fiction fic fic- fiction fic- fic tion command a more interest interested d public than do the writers who seek to develop the intrinsic intrinsic in intrinsic in- in values of the established order It is the same with the drama The box office is the barometer The liberal the daring the exploratory the rebellious play is the one that garners the shekels It is the eternal quest for the new and strange that leads people away fr from m the time- time honored and established thing But this is progress is the answer of those who are as assailed assailed as- as sailed as destructive forces Yes but progress progress ress toward what There is more than one goal to which we may direct our steps steps and and not all of them are for our good It is a good thing when going away to have a round trip ticket ticket especially especially when we are not sure that we will be satisfied with what we shall find at the end of our projected journey |