Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1937-01-15 | Page 5 | Timely Topics

Timely Topics By C. V. Hansen My Boy The great educator, Horace Mann was once making an addre s with reference to some institution ju.t erected, which had for its purpose the saving of b ys, and in the course of his remarks he said, that if only one bey wa-; saved by th: tricar:, it would be worth all the outlay A gcntleman asked him afterwards after-wards if he dad not eclor that statement state-ment rath-r highly. Said: he, "Would that not be a great deal to do to save just one boy?" Horace Mann made answer in his own grave forcible style, "Not it it was MY BOY!" That was a virw that brought it home with power to the mind of the questioner. He had perhap--never thought of it in that lishl. What if it was my boy Would it cencer 1 him' if his b v would strav off cn forbidden paths, Looking a I it frrm the dollar point of view, it would seem a large sum of money to spend, jvist to save cne boy. but looking at tho boy problem itself, it is another rxory. No agency, whether whe-ther it be the home, the church or the parent, oan dc any too much to assist in saving the b:y.