The boy-savers' guide: society work for lads in their teens
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- The boy-savers' guide: society work for lads in their teens
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- 1908
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The boy-savers' guide: society work for lads in their teens
Author: Quin, George Edward
Year: 1908
CONTENTS Introduction MATTERS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE Section I. — Why the Writer Has Written v Section II. — Expedients to Choose from vii Section III. — Lads in Their Teens to be Cared for. No Special Form of Society Recommended viii Section IV. — Priestly Endeavor to be Independent of Boys' Clubs Chapter I AN EFFECTIVE AGENCY Section I. — What Our Schools Can Not Do 1 Section II. — What Young Men's Societies Can Not Do 3 Section III. — Sterile and Fertile Soils Contrasted 4 Section IV. — Can Societies for Male Adults Ambition Future Better Standing? 7 Section V. — What the Boys' Organizer Can Do 10 Chapter II THESIS: BOYS' DIRECTORS ARE NOT BORN BUT (SELF)-MADE Section I. — Gearing the Ground 12 Section II. — The Boy-Saver's First Essential — Intelligent Zeal 15 Section III. — The Boy-Saver's Second Essential — Some Disciplinary Skill 17 Section IV. — Boys More Controllable in Pious Organizations than in Schools 19 Section V. — The Boy-Saver's Last Essential — A Readiness for Expedients Congenial to His Charges 21 Section VI. — A Cheering Word 22 Chapter III WHY NOT BEGIN? Section I. — "I Have No Personal Magnetism and Therefore Should Not Try" 24 Section II. — "Of Course Any Genero