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Show Solution of Pressing Problems Largely Dependent Depend-ent Upon the World's Youth By REV. LEROY S. BURROUGHS, Iowa State University. YOTJXG people must realize that they are the creators of tomorrow. tomor-row. If the world is to be one whit wiser, more humano, more spiritual or in any way a better place in which to live, it is the youth ot today who must make it so. The present holds problems, prob-lems, coming in part from the past and reaching out into the future, which thoughtful persons must face. Among these problems, the changing position of woman, econumiu independence, the postponement of marriage, due to the ever-increasing amount of time demanded for an education; the consequent moral and social problems involved, such as: How soon to marry, companionate marriage, shall both parties be wage earners, what of children, divorce? I A very small percetange of our population does creative thinking, and it should be the duty of education to spread the results of this increased in-creased wisdom. We are training children to suit the preconceived ideas of the state, rather than to meet the real problems of life with open eyes and an unprejudiced desire to find the truth. The superior sneer of youth is nothing but an inheritance from our animal ancestors. It is the snarl which wrinkles back the nose, bares j the teeth and permits one to prepare to bite. To view life with such a sneer is locating yourself in your proper biological sphere. Our grandparents could marry at eighteen years of age; our parents more likely waited until twenty-two or twenty-five, but the young person who wishes to prepare himself for life with a technical education frequently fre-quently has to postpone marriage until thirty. No wonder we have some sexual irregularities. |