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Show A Sane Hallowe'en By L, A. nOLLENBECK Thanks to Mayor Kohl and his assistants, as-sistants, Lester Stott and Dr. Bishop, Duchesne, for the first time had a sane and sensible Hallowo'cn. Credit must also be given to the school teachers teach-ers who gave the pupils sensible advice ad-vice about behaving themselves on Hallowe'en. Dr. Bishop was particularly particu-larly efficient aud competent in hand- ling the situation on the streets; so the people are happy after this Hallowe'en Hal-lowe'en and there is a lesson to it, too. It has been a growing habit for the kids to commit criminal depredations on Hallowe'en with the feeling that, they were privileged to do so. It was an education that seemed to condone these depredations, and even the older people would say, "Oh, the kids must have their fun." Why teach the kids such fobde-rol? All saints day should not be an excuse for teaching randalism. They are not prohibited from doing harmless tricks. A trick may be coarse or it may be attractive. To make a trick attractive and agreeable agree-able requires thought and ability. The kids should be taught to be ingenious, resourceful and agreeable. That cultivates cul-tivates ingenuity and growth. But coarse vulgarity or damage to property proper-ty requires no ability. Its permission teaches children to be vulgar, destructive destruc-tive and dangerous. Parents, school teachers and public officials as well as the general public should teach the young folks that the only worth while policy for anyone, children or adults, Is to behave. It is gratifying that the teachers and the officials took the time and the occasion to really teach the kids how to behave on this occasion. That is really the most important point In education for a boy or blrl, for good behavior with reasonable play and work mixed together, . opens up a good future for that boy or girl. |
