Show Getting a New Crop of Men MenTO TO 0 GET a new crop of men outstanding cit cli- I t is a simple matter in the opinion of Dr John H. H Cromwell of Gooding Idaho district district dis dis- dis- dis governor of Rotary's Fifth district His V ormula is Take a crop of boys and treat them right He HO makes it plain that this is the job of all men of good conscience and t to the hardheaded hardheaded hard hard- headed even hearted hard-hearted man whose thoughts mostly run to dollars makes he-makes it very clear that it ft pays Dr Cromwell speaking at the Fifth district assembly o of Utah and Idaho Rotarians Tuesday voiced a few w penetrating aphorisms to make his point He had rem remarked that 75 per cent of the country's confined criminals are under 27 years o ag It is infinitely better to invest 50 in a boy of 13 than to spend on a boy of 27 in the penitentiary he said and to clinch his argument argument argument ar ar- ar- ar he observed that it is also infinitely better to build a fence at the edge of the precipice precipice preci preci- pice ice than a hospital at the bott bottom m. m Dr Cromwell Crom Croin- well was urging that Rotary expand its active interest in boys that it create a climate wherein where where- in they can grow and develop that it provide wholesome recreation and guidance to tide them over the years while they are waiting to take their places among the workers in the nation His address was constructive throughout V V pointing g to the clear responsibility of the men of f today to develop the men of tomorrow What V j to do about about- crime crim poverty idleness disease Prevent it His words were a challenge to civic organizations They because they represent a ac c consolidation of resources can do a m monumental work in youth guidance They are in fact doing it ii t. t Rotary's boys' boys work here is something to stir t its pride and the pride of or the community p. p Intensification Intensification Intensification of the endeavor is the most important civic service that can be rendered What possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly can count more in the future welfare of any community than to prepare its boys against the time when they take over the responsibilities of governing it carrying on its enterprises and in turn rear and educate their own sons to follow in their footsteps later |