EDITORIAL
o L o J / ? There is fast passing from the American vocabulary some strong, searching words. Not often anymore do we hear such terms as "character, moral fiber, integrity, unselfish ness, self-control, service, industry, perseverance, ded ication to an ideal or a task." In their place is a whole new brood of expressions, hatched in large measure from the philosophy of our day, "frustrations, self-expression, inhibitions, inner conflicts, repressed emotions, mal adjustments, neuroses" and the like. No longer is it ac ceptable to urge young people to give attention to the development of character; instead they are to be taught to lA Jo rdô cJdoòt o & iâ c ip f i nei " cdjoâ í Cjl e n e ra tio n
live with their frustrations and to de velop their personalities. It is unpop ular to speak of self-discipline; instead young people are to be instructed to give vent to repressed desires. One is not to impress upon them the need of self- control ; instead they are to be encouraged to rid themselves of their inhibitions. In place of an emphasis upon integrity of life and purpose, there is to be persua sion to overcome inner conflicts in order to become popular and successful and thus to "get the most out of life." As children we often sang:
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Dr. S. H. Sutherland President, Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words can never hurt me."
Can they not? The lost words of our generation have taken a dreadful toll. For instance, recently there ap peared in the Los Angeles Times a series of excellent arti cles entitled, "U.S. — Nation of Softies?" The author pointed up the fact that, percentage-wise, more young men are physically disqualified for military service than ever before in our nation's history and that the average Amer ican youth is "flabbier" than preceding generations. The cause was given that life is too easy for them and comforts too numerous, and consequently, a generation of physical weaklings is being produced. The only exception seems to be those high school and college athletes who go in for competitive sports. Certainly the highly-publicized "panty raids" and "telephone booth stuffing" give one no encouragement that the trend is in any other direction than that expressed in the above-mentioned articles. It takes self-control, discipline and character to produce physical ruggedness. However, there are far more sinister results of this replacement of old-fashioned expressions that have to do with old-fashioned virtues with the smart, slick sophis tries of our day. I refer to the abandonment of former moral and spiritual values of life. An entirely new con cept has emerged in regard to the way in which young people of this generation should prepare to meet life. Instead of being taught industry, a proper direction of ambition, a desire to render service even beyond the call of duty and perseverance in a task, young people are indoctrinated in the ideology that it is best to seek security for the fu ture, however undeserving of such security they may be.
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