| Show oil 1 J 1 AUTHENTIC A STATEMENT special Sl ecial to THE express rw W babson discusses HI his youth babson park Mas massae sWe read much in the newspaper newspapers these jeays day about the need of america to unde undergo r 0 a il moral re juven atlon in th this 1 C column olumn I 1 have tried repeatedly to give sug dugges S eions as to how to bring t this his about I 1 have stig suggested religion ethics education thrift and a closer attention ia to land ownership as some of the remedies today I 1 shall attempt to go further into the grass roots ol 01 the problem where do we belong A named charles horton cooley coined a new word Soc lus this man said that you could look took at sit any miny man from two points of view 1 As a member of his social group or 2 you can look at any man as an individual apart from his group or as a rugged individualist the Soc lus is what politicians cl I 1 and labor leaders w want ant all men to be if they ca can n s submerge I 1 individuality the they y will then be able to achieve their goals this explains why the russians are working so hard to develop collective farms the independent farmer thinks too much as an individual to fit into the russian purposes this also applies to chinese farmers who OWN their farms but not to 1 renters lets look at it history in the horse and buggy era of our history the rugged individual rarely if ever let his own private convictions be submerged by the group judgment of a committee board of directors I 1 or political party he believed that one with god is a majority he discussed his ideas with other rugged grass root individuals Demoe democracy racy in america came caine from long hours lof of cracker barrel discussions i i in country stores and homes far 1 from city influences thinking 1 r requires eguires ir qu quiet let 1 few e v people can think out I 1 problems when their ears and eyes leyes are distracted by radios and televisions however helpful for quick communication these modern modem mechanisms may be the danger always can be that politicians or some selfish group will dish up over them predigested dangerous ideas and propaganda that they want us to believe little red school houses the little red school house was a symbol of what was of great valued when it vanished hi in M most t communities 0 unities and was replaced pits by the consolidated school that change marked the turn from an old to a new epoch what is the significance 1 of this symbol the little red school house the farmer boys dairy education belan in the early dawn doing his chorea chores taking food and mind water to the animals handling machinery planting growing ing or harvesting crops when emergencies arose he had to be alert to cope with them which developed Inge ingenuity and reasoning by men such training he also developed honesty common sense and industry industry ar farm chores give real aduca education tion impossible from books th the bi best education after breakfast this lad was not bundled into a bus to be driven to some central school often located many miles away instead as a rule he walked to his school that walk did his body good if he had to buck a blizzard resistance to the storm gave strength of will at school our farmer lad found himself largely on his own and was compelled to dig out most of the facts under the rule god helps them that hell helps I 1 themselves at noon he cou could fd indulge in extracurricular extra curricular activities such as baseball cross tag or pull away during his long walk home he lie had opportunity to mull over and retain what he had teamed learned after supper he did his homework which educators now are talking of giving up hare have a honie garden the little red school house the country has plenty of five cent cigars but they are selling for twelve cents made vr just the opposite of what we w today call ct red it wax was an institution that gave america its bet best great men strong and fearless tearl cs yes ye rug I 1 gad ged individual individuals the pendulum of f civilized life has ha wung swung too la far r away in lit the opposite soft direction direct 1 lon it needs to swing more I 1 the way I 1 have described I 1 As a step in this direction en 1 courage your boy to plant a vegetable garden this spring urge him to core care for the gar garden ri en and market the product let him bank any money he be may anaka from the sale of the garden pro 1 duels ducts to you or elsewhere A t rarden pardon next to the red nod school t louse Is a great character builder |
