Show YOUTH IN adjustment PERIOD by LEONARD W af DE GAST V M H ra general secretary the old fashioned f boy who believed in santa claus claua had lofty ideals an arid thrived on hard work ia t having quite a struggle to survive the corn com plea swirl of modern day life with its sophistication and pleasures these were the findings made by Y al C A secretaries at their annual convention contention in columbus recently but thi this s does docs not mean that boys are going to tile the dogs 0 it indi cates that youth is adjusting itself to changing times and is developing 0 propensity for taking care of itself there is less contact now between boys slid and their parents I 1 becom r om men kaend more comradeship between boys and alli the their air fathers six trends which ch tile the Y al C A has noted in boys are boys are a sophis sophisticated crowd they are a different article from those of other days but this is not a question of better or worse 4 I 1 1 their time is competed for not only by commercial amusements but i by aiosi of brg organization an having it a good time plays a big patt part in ili all the life of today boys are up ul against a definite and hi highly vocal opposition to chris ti anity and the church indeed to all forms of idealism tiie the world is more complex and many boys bos are confused as to their j place in the scheme of things y there theres is less contact of men and bo boys s than in the past gener generation a tion |