Article September 8, 1934 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Leon E. Smith, John Power

[Leon E. Smith, in the Advance, Boston, Massachusetts]

We are standing today in the midst of a storm-swept world. Wreck and waste line the highway which we travel. Moral ideals have been shattered; business standards have been broken; political expediencies have been violated; and religious doctrines have been cast aside. Truly, this world must be rebuilt. ... It would, indeed, be wholesome and helpful if every school to which young people come, and if every teacher to whom young people listen, could realize fully that they are helping to shape characters that will determine the destiny of nations.

Will our present-day educational systems, standards, and curricula fit our young people for the task? Will they give to our young people the blueprints—the plans, the purposes, the standards, and ideals—by which the building is to be done? Will they give to our young people the materials—ambition, ability, vision, and courage—out of which the building is to be erected? Will they give to our young people the tools—faith, trust, expectancy—with which the building is to be built? They will, provided they are undergirded and supported by the doctrines of truth and righteousness. They will, provided the whole structure is Christian in reality and in presentation.

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