Show ct V YOU f IU I fC C Il-Il Il Il ii IL II I IF I N. N b by Olive Otie Roberts Barton B 0 3 1929 by NEA Service vice Inc i I student stu tu- tu student college o The father of a young ng dent who happens to t be on on the cre crew app appeared ared or on the freshman scene j just st before the last big race and m made eth s' s little of the e season eaon take if it you speech this spring to tos England you OU all all' to there ther s e. e the boating rac races s see this man Is very of course Now with such fluch sucha rich to play Santa Claus Is Is it a but a magni magnificent gest gesture re gesture under the circumstances cir em- lr many father fathers How the same sante guld do would of 50 meni many men How thing take the the time and to be willing r such an expedition expedition trouble to sponsor lined wallets as' as wen well with tion as that even of of this I Lord ord Bo Bountiful riU ul Not many Im I'm sure do some might be willing to They that would be thing other generous 81 w i hut that would just as eI n interest their personal not require ire or effort St To me inc it Is Personal persona I aIr child training and andI the ke keynote o e of all i that this thinking help father I cannot has s made it business to tobe tobe In everything everything interested every every- be personally ever done don in his lila hisK hisM has has' thing his bis b boy y M ute life doesn't take tak m money neY t to show our It K children that we really ally care about do they what I How about the tired tire d father father who I would rather read his paper but goes out ut and pit pitches les ball ban on th the j lawn w with his son eon i h he can cart make the team 4 4 HOW lIow about th the tho man who t put pul down lila his mystery story to help solve a a. tough problem in arithmetic tic U or does without lunch money tl to buy a saw for the boys to build a shanty in the back yard Is Is that the type of man who ho re ie- ie being bothered long to sign a report card without even looking at the marks or caring what they stand for i n I think a as a general rule tha fathers le leave bo boys s 's too much to mothers Boys need mothers to be sure but they need fathers to top They need fathers who care about abou abo t them and are vitally interested in everything everything- they do not the liea hea critical you step you step man kind but the real friend tho ho ho treats his son as one man treats another Anyhow boys need men Th need man influence and man ance A mans man's example to a beIs bo be boj is worth a a. thousand times mole mote mori than all the lecturing in the world and his friendship is worth stil more than han that Why sh ht that man be tie his father I But someone says Suppose father isn't exactly an angel anel l Le Let him be his pal anyway The bo will deify him a little but that's a alright all al right too Let It go at that I 1 If there Isn't a a. close friendship between be between be tween father and son at 6 Im I'm afraid It ft cant can't be begun at 16 The f lathe fathe the who would like to mend matters m a t 16 is about ten years too late Like everything c else to children chil chul dren it m must st be started early l' l |