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Show Why Are Not Young People as Good as They Used to Be? They Never Were Py DR. W. E. J. CltATZ, Editor Epworth Herald. Finding fault with young people is one of the inexcusable sins of today. The only answer to the question, "Why are young people not so good as they used to be?" is, "They never were." Much of the criticism of the young people is ridiculous and unfair. It must be remembered that they are not responsible for the world into which they have been catapulted. Their elders have written and published books that are unfit to be read, and blame the young people for reading. The generation in power is responsible for the questionable amusements, ' the bad pictures and the low grade of entertainment that is injuring the youth of today. . i The unspanked generation is not to be blamed, but the generation that failed to do the spanking. The question, "What ails our youth?" might well be countered with another, "What ails our parents?" Find the answer to the latter and you will be able to answer the first. Not the flappers of fourteen, fifteen and sixteen, but the flappers of forty-one, fifty-one and sixty-one are at fault. For every student whose name gets into the papers because of scandal scan-dal in college, I'll find 10 to 100 students who are making the most of their opportunities. |