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Show I:! VICE CAMPAIGN IS REFERRED TO AT TABERNACLE Delinquency Among Children Topic of Several Addresses: Weber Gym Fund Lagging I The campaign against vice lnaugu- I rated in thin city by the city officials and the cxlstenco of delinquency 9 among minors as brought to light bv an article appearing In the Standard- Examiner Sunday morning. WU the I theme discussed by speakers at the 9 quarterly conference of tho Ogden j1 stake held in the tabernacle yestcr- ' M da'- i 3 Tarents who neglect to safeguard I their children by teaching them the ( principles of the gospel In their 2 homes, and our educational system that had failed to teach children a rc- ' Bpeot for the creator of the world I 1' i were said by the speakers to be rc- ' sponsiblo for delinquency among ml- H , nors and the crime wave that 1 now Efl .1 sweeping tho country. i n R BP1 USERS. 1 I t, Apostle StphCII L. Richards. lTesl. 1 dent Thomas E. McKay, Supt. B. B ! Hinckley and Dr. J. R. Morrcll were M ' 3 : tho speakers who discussed this theme M H at both sessions of the conference. IB j l,argo congregations attended tho con- ference filling the tabernacle to over- M I flowing, especially In the afternoon m when at least 200 people were unable jfl i to gain entrance to the building. Ob- serving this condition. Apostle Rlch-I Rlch-I H I "The crowded conditions at this B 1 conference is Indicative of two causes. 7M I First, that the people of this stake arc M j 7ealo'us in their dilr-s ! n. t In a jfl j worshiping assembly and second. 9 there Is a need for a larger building. ;j j am hopeful that the time will come 1 ' when the activities of the organlza- kl lions of this stake will result In an U adequate tabernacle for this city. I 51 believe it will." Dr. Morrell. who was the first Si ji speaker, said that probaby the people m 1 of Ogden were start led when the y M )l read tho article In The Standard -Kx- 13 1 amlner revealing a serious condition 'it! 1 among young people in this city. He M 41 did not know why people should be M j I kept 1n ignorance of these things but ;1 thought they should be spoken of in m ,' publlo and not under cover and that 2 I publicity and educational means 1 jj should be resorted to In an effort to 1 1 stop tho evil. II. J , Bo-8 and girls are learning evil jfl i through underground information, the j 5 I ! speaker Hid, and declared that chll- S ;j 1 1 dren of church numbers Wi re not A I Immune from immoral disaster as was I 1 evidenced by the young people who 1 were now lu jail In this and other clt- d (j les of tho state. GHHiDRJ N M .i i ' M i j j The spenl.fr declared that one cause 3 j for the delinquency among children il j was that fathers and mothers were too jl j busy with church activities and with j ' making money and thus neglected j J their offspring He snld he had seen boys and girls In darkened automo- B ;1 I biles parked on the wayside on many U occasions when he was responding to J midnight calls in connection with his ;j i profession. 1 ; 1 In darkened picture shows men can K' H .' j be found with young girls and their j conversation Is both disgusting and rc- Hfj nil voltlng and has Its disastrous results, fj 'I " j Dr. Morrell declared. Conditions at j j public dance hulls and suggestive vau- H j j1 '; J devtlle shows were also responsible i t I for vice among the young, he said. I Parents are all too indifferent and 11 neglectful of their children. Dr. Mot- j rell said. When girls are allowed to i go to public dances, unattended, and j . : accept nutomobll rides at late hours i I ' 1 ,n tne nlKht there is no reason why r -j y 1 we shoudl be startled by sucri nWSpa- 1 per articles as we read this morning. Ij the speaker said. y, 1 The remedy Is In the home, the , f speaker said Parents cannot shift i '1 their responsibility to the bishops and a K I other church officials. No organlza- , j 'I tlon or other person can step in and rJ3 ; tl take the place of parents. A home I, I '. 1 with prayers, night and morning, and i',';) ' I a close cooperation between parent i J and child will result In children grow- J I Ing to be good, clean men and wo- t 2 men. If w-o neglect thes things wc 8-1 1 1 will pay the penalty, he said. We j y I must make our home a fit p'aco in ! fl 1 t which to live, t,' S t Apostlo Richards declared that Dr." i J Morrell could not have touched upon t a moro Important themt Thi in- i J 1 ditlons brought to light by the news- w-J ji 1 paper article did not exist only in Og- b'l j I den but could be found in all parts t l i J of the state, p said he had a hobby cl lj of elaborating on the home as an up- ? I lift of society and spirit of rtghteous- 'm ' ncss. The conditions referri-d to. he J'. I ; 1 said, cannot come from good homes ; I ' I but are the results of indifference on VI ' the part of parents, loo M I HOI .M 1 I.I i. ? I Wo Iitter-day Saint, the speaker I 1 said, would say he does not love his I' 1 i 4 home yet there are thousands who Kvk, are thoughtless and careless and not rl fl 1 truly converted to parenthood and r r I I home building. The home, he said. ( 1 1 ' ln fundatlon of society and the M basis for eternal glory. Too many are forgetful of home duties and hav becomo engroai in what we call ( HH making a living and In the accumu- t latlon of w. :dth. rj f The main purpose and business of f life. Apostle Richards declared to be tho making of a home and rearing of children and all business activities are mere sidelines. H aald that Ood had Intended that the riches of tbe world should he given to Ills children, those who serve Him In righteousness, righteous-ness, and not to the wicked. Apostle Richards tedd of a recent visit to Boston and while there he walked through Commonwealth ave-nue, ave-nue, said to have the finest and most costly mansions of any street In the United States. Here, he said, he observed ob-served cvcrythtlng that money could I buy, but noted an absence of chll-l dren. "I was informed by my com-1 panlon that no children have been born In this street for the past twenty- J five years." "I'nlesM a change takes place in the' attitude of these people the proud old stock of the Puritans will be a thing! of the past and will not be perpetuated perpetuat-ed in the land as an uplifting Influence Influ-ence upon this nation." hi- declared. B I PI III SION IN IT V. Concluding, the speaker said that ! children needed supervision in their recreation more so than during work- . ing hours because It was fn their play that they were exposed toserious dan- I gers. Supt. Hinckley said that he had been Impressed for years that If thf re is to be any reform in the world worth while they must come through the home. He could not expect that there will bo a sharp break with th- past ! but we must seek to ibrlng about a progressive, upward tendency. There are too many lost sheep and neglected lambs left to a cold world with little opportunity to make good. The speaker said he had been on j the streets late at night and was very i seriously disturbed at seeing many young boys and girls on the streets at very late hours. Parents should not i be too trustful of their children but should give them close supcrvlsoon. he said. At the afternoon session. Apostle Richards, continuing his discussion of the theme, declared that our educational educa-tional processes were in rom.- measure responsible for the conditions. The schools, he said, had contributed to a lack of respect for the creator of the world end persons holding ecclesias-1 tlcnl offices, nnd he had reached the conclusion that Americans had ceased to be a church-going. God-fearing and Clod -respecting people and our national na-tional characteristic today Is lawless- TO V Apostle Richards said he did not I know how bad the conditions must becojme before the educational system sys-tem would respond to the demand for religious training In the public schools, but he believed that some day :hrr would be a resporso made to this demand. President M-Kay urged upon par-1 ents the necessity of teaching their children to pray. There are many I pictures shown In our picture shows that are an Insult to clean thinking people, he declared. 6TN l l M An appeal for funds for tho Weber j college gymnasium was made by the eta'nr offlclils who declared 'ha' the "collections are dragging along In a most unsatisfactory way' Musical programs under the dlrec- ; tlon of Joseph Hallantyne were rendered ren-dered at both sessions by the tabernacle taber-nacle choir. The selections Included "Dear to the Heart of the. Shepherd." N'ephl J Brown and William S. WMtTht; ' What Shall I Bring." Miss 1 Unom White and Mis ma Hob-son; Hob-son; "Holy Father" and "Supplication," "Supplica-tion," quartet composed of Jed Bal- i lanivTte. Qerrd Klomp. Joseph P. ! Fernellus and Walter Stephens "Come I nto Me. ' Mrs. Agnes Warner War-ner and choir. Lead Kindly Light." I choir. |
