Show 31 many ny boys are arc lost loat to I 1 J good cit I 1 iz enship every y year provide means for usini using ff rovine means using t mccaue pg parents think their j boys spare time lime J children are safely in the J J care of the school ach or church v methodist episcopal ch ch ci caico ico go A boy may be completely OA av Wf lost to liis his parents yet sit kt it ilia alio family table daily how Forrow sorrowfully fully the city of chicago is seeking for cor its lost boy today slie she has ha just realized ilia alio fact that lie lias has escaped tile ilio church cli ilia school and barely escaped ilia lie law unfortunately we do not find liim him in the ilia company of teachers tou chers and thinkers in any considerable number instead wo we find him in ili the alic vicious vicious poolroom or in secret athletic clubs etc over barns or iu ill base basc trien prients ts hero the boy with not nothing liing to do proves himself in an adept in ili knavery under the ilia tutelage of those already initiated into clinic tile the baby bandit ilia gangster and the boy thug tire arc the inevitable fruits of a policy of indifference to the use of a boys idle time the alio secret of the boy problem in largo large measure is is a parent problem arti n a city of flats and paved streets the boy lias has been a tardy consideration there is no room for his shop in ill the apartment and loss room for his hia ball ground mund in ilia crowded street in all the west side where st pauls church is located there is ia not one desirable playground and only three 11 nall inadequate parks such agencies as ilia alio Y M 0 A ilia chicago boys club and the alie boys republic go farther toward saving the ilia boy through supervised play than several hundred cops A largo large part of ilia solution of ilia boy problem lies in my judgment tn ili providing sonic some attractive and profitable means for using a boys spare time lime the boy who is turned loose on oil the street will move in tho the line of past east resistance for his amusement the alio average boy needs guidance moro more binn court sentence |