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Show Youths' Path Charted At P.-T. A. Institute Washington Educator Counsels Teaching Young Responsibility Through Service , . The young merand women leaving the nation's schools to take their place in society should be given an opportunity to give service so as to instill in them certain responsibilities. Dr. i nomas w. coaling, consultant for' the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and superintendent of Washington, D. C, public schools, said In Salt Lake City Monday. Too much stress has been placed on the theory that the "world owes us a living" among the young people, peo-ple, the speaker said. Dr. Gosling spoke at an Institute on youth problems conducted In the Union building at the Unlver- sity of Utah by the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers and the university extension division. Mrs. L. K. Nicholson of Salt Lake City, president of the congress, presided. pre-sided. Three hundred P.-T. A. members from Davis, Salt Lake, Wasatch and Uintah counties were welcomed to the institute by Dr. George Thomas, president of the university. Importsnce of safety education in schools was brought out by Ezra C. Knowlton, chief engineer of the state road commission and secretary secre-tary of the Utah Traffic Safety council. Herbert Simpson, executive secretary sec-retary of the council, showed pictures pic-tures illustrating Mr. Knowlton's talk. Explaining that he believes problems such as confront young people today are best solved through "collective thinking," Dr. Gosling said he would attempt only to outline the problems and let the institute consider solutions. "Where there are privileges, (ConUnuod on Par Sovoo) (Column Six) Institute President, Counselor : : TAKE LEADING PARTS AT CONCLAVE Mrs. L. K. Nicholson and Dr. Thomas W. Gosling ,d - 1 - I ADDING HIS HONOR'S OKEH TO ADVERTISING DRIVE ' Mayor Ab Jonklna, loft, and M. Vern Woodhead Institute of P.-T. A. Weighs Post-School Youths' Problems tragic," th speaker said. Dr. Gosling also said th lot of th young people might bo Improved Im-proved by providing adequate employment em-ployment services. Th traffic accident situation in th stat and nation was reviewed by Mr. Knowlton, who said education educa-tion against accident In - the schools Is th most vital part of a long-rang program being undertaken under-taken to curb these loss of Uf and property. Panel discussions during th aft-rnoon, aft-rnoon, with leading educators and students participating, are other feature of th Institute. Dr. Gosling Gos-ling will speak aagln at th closing session at 8:15 p. m. Continues frees Page One) there are responsibilities," h said, continuing his statement on th need for young people to hav an opportunity to render some kind of service after they leave school. He explained that such opportunities oppor-tunities might be provided through camps, similar to those conducted by th CCC Th CCC, he said, ha don a good service but has not reached all group. "There is a danger here of too much regimentation; w would want to guard against anything of a military natur In the camps," Dr. Coaling said. He pointed out that th enrollee In the camp, however, would be given a chance to work and In return would .receive .re-ceive support, "The youth problem," he said," la not Isolated: It cannot be separated sepa-rated from society aa a whole." The first responsibility In directing youth come In th horn, th speaker declared, pointing out th necessity In some caaea of raising th economic standard of th horn. Fenr-Peiat Program This, he said, can be don by: 1. Bolstering th moral of th people in th home. 2. Guarding th' public treasuries so as to keep th tax burden a light as possible. 3. Providing adequat training so aa to enable persons to mora readily find and hold employment 4. Bulldlngi up self-conf ldenc In the individuals. "Loss of self - confidence Is |