An edition of The boy-savers' guide
(1908)
The boy-savers' guide
society work for lads in their teens
by Quin, George Edward
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Table of Contents
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 Generous Donor Mechanically Gathers a Transient Crowd of Urchins; but only the Magnetic Man Can Retain Them for Organization Purposes" 26
Section III. — "The Proper Management of a Boys' Society, Like that of a Large Sunday-School, Will Occupy Pretty Much All of One's Time and Should be Undertaken only by Those Who Practically Have Nothing Else to Do" 26
Section IV. — "At Least the Chances Are That, Owing to a Lack of Leisure, Money, or Required Qualifications, I Would Not Succeed in This Business. Are There Not Already Enough Failures?" 31
Section V. — "After a Little My Present Residence Will Change, and, Since Active Interest in Boys Is Somewhat Rare, Anything I May Establish Will Then Fail for Want of a Successor. Why Begin What Must Shortly Collapse?" 32
Chapter IV
PHILANTHROPY OUTDONE
Section I. — Humanitarianism Good: Religion Better 35
Section II. — Stooping to Conquer 36
Section III. — Stooping with Dignity 38
Section IV. — Favoritism 39
Section V. — In Deep Water 40
Section VI. — An Objection: "Religious Features Endangered" 43
Section VII. — Another Objection: "Venal Practice of Religion Will Result" 44
Chapter V
SPREADING THE SALVATION NET
Section I. — Pastimes in the Shadow of the Church 47
Section II. — A Blessing for City Boys Especially 40
Section III. — Keep Organized Juveniles Before the Public 50
Section IV. — A Greater Advantage 51
Section V. — rA Standard Catholic Argument Applied 52
Section VI. — Newspapers and Show Windows Helpful 54
Chapter VI
GIFTS
Section I. — "Beatius Est Magis Dare" 57
Section II. — Boyish Ideas Should Direct Prize Distributions 59
Section III. — An "Unearned Increment" in the Junior Commonwealth 61
Section IV. — When Should Windfalls be Distributed? With What Assistance? How Often? 62
Section V. — Rapid Drawings 64
Section VI. — Final Proceedings 67
Section VII. — Utilizing Pious Articles 69
Chapter VII
TORCHLIGHT PARADES
Section I. — Comparable to the Cadet Drill 72
Section II. — Additional Advantages 73
Section III. — Difficulties 75
Section IV. — Formation 77
Section V. — Protecting the "Accouterments" 78
Section VI. — Res Clamat Domino 80
Section VII. — Arming the Forces 82
Section VIII. — From Start to Finish 84
Chapter VIII
ATHLETIC SPORTS
Section I. — Concerning Baseball and Other Co-operative Games 87
Section II. — General Athletics More Helpful 88
Section III. — A Few Practical Hints 90
Chapter IX
BADGES: SUIT THEM TO THE WEARERS
Section I. — Boys and Buttons 93
Section II. — Popular Buttons versus Artistic Ones 94
Section III. — Youthful "Old Age" on Its Dignity 97
Section IV. — "Business Is Business" 99
Chapter X
BADGES: ENCOURAGE THEIR USE
Section I. — Stimulating Display 101
Section II. — Further Legislation 103
Section III. — Saving Appearances 105
Section IV. — Button Traffic Made Easy 106
Chapter XI
LIBRARY HINTS
Section I. — A Few Books Suffice . 110
Section II. — Vandalism Restrained . 111
Section III. — A Pane* Detective 112
Section IV. — A Rule of Christian Life Applied 114
Chapter XII
INDOOR FUN
Section I. — For the Long Winter Nights 116
Section II. — "Homemade Amusement 117
Section III. — Palatial Dens 118
Section IV. — Pollux Exonerated 121
Section V. — Permanent Entertainment Cards 122
Section VI. — Method Helps Method 124
Chapter XIII
THE BOYS' CLUB
Section I. — Rarely for Immediate Pastoral Direction 126
Section II. — Inviting to Zealous Laymen 128
Section III. — With the Club's Opponents 130
Section IV. — Evening's Shades Brightened 132
Section V. — Where Sunlight is Darkness 133
Section VI. — Evil-Doers Considered 135
Chapter XIV
CLUB HINTS
Section I. — The Place and Its Chief Manager 136
Section II. — The Reading Room 137
Section III. — The Gymnasium and the Musical Department 138
Section IV. — Amusements of Injured Reputation 140
Section V. — Concerning Card Play at the Club 141
Section VI. — The Other Offenders : Billiards and Pool 143
Section VII.- Filling the Exchequer 145
Chapter XV
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. ITS ECONOMIC SIDE
Section I. — A Problem That Can not be Ignored 147
Section II. — Testing the World's Marts 148
Section III. — Additional Business Matters 149
Section IV. — "Paying the Piper" 151
Section V. — Charity's Stumbling-Blocks 152
Section VI. — Encouraging Facts 155
Section VII. — And Finally 156
Chapter XVI
L'ENFANT TERRIBLE
Section I. — Child Membership a Serious Drawback to Juvenile Societies 158
Section II. — Child Membership in Juvenile Societies Acts Ruinously on Even Young Men's Associations 161
Section III. — Concerning Boys not yet in Their Teens 162
Section IV. — Age Semblance as a Criterion of Membership. Its Strong Points 163
Section V. — Age Semblance as a Criterion of Membership. Its Weak Point 166
Section VI. — A New Century Expedient 167
Chapter XVII
A PHYSICAL CRITERION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Section I. — Measurement of Stature Applied to Candidacy 169
Section II. — Method versus Magnetism Again 172
Section III. — The Proposed Method Actually Tested 173
Section IV. — Tricks of the Trade 174
Section V. — What About the Lilliputians? 170
Chapter XVIII
THE ROUGHER ELEMENT
Section I. — Should Juvenile "Toughs" Be Enrolled? 179
Section II. — All That's Gold Does, not Glitter 181
Section III. — A Most Sacred Attraction for Young "Toughs" 182
Section IV. — Membership of Bad Boys hot Seriously Detrimental to Good Ones 184
Chapter XIX
THE WAITING LIST
Section I. — A Stimulus to Faithful Membership 187
Section II. — A Refugium Peccatorum 189
Section III. — The Formative Process 192
Section IV. — Lastly 194
Chapter XX
BRIEF PRIVATE VISITS BY THE BOYS TO BE ENCOURAGED
Section I. — Attracting Callers 196
Section II. — The Host's Opportunities 197
Section III. — Mercenary Visits Turned to Account 198
Section IV. — Another Gain 199
Section V. — Interviews, When "Short," Are "Sweet" 201
Section VI. — A Few Seconds for Each Caller; Only a Daily Quarter of an Hour for All 203
Chapter XXI
THE PLEDGE
Section I. — The Boys' Total Abstinence Movement as Commonly Conducted 204
Section II. — Objections Stated and Answered 205
Section III. — Organization a Powerful Support to Faithful Observance 208
Section IV. — A "Homemade" Diploma 209
Chapter XXII
THE RELIGIOUS MEETING PREPARING FOR IT
Section I. — Simple, Well-Meant Attendance an Uplift 211
Section II. — How Often Should Meetings Be Held? 213
Section III. — Juvenile Megalomania Turned to Account 214
Section IV. — "Compel Them to Come in, That My House May be Filled" 216
Section V. — Meetings Tactfully Adjusted 217
Section VI. — Boyish Taste Suited 218
Section VII. — At What Hour? 219
Section VIII. — Where? 220
Section IX. — Groundless Fears 222
Chapter XXIII
THE RELIGIOUS MEETING: LOCATING BOTH THE BOYS AND THEIR DIRECTOR
Section I. — A Measure of the First Importance : Each Member to Keep an Assigned Place 324
Section II. — Strict Fidelity to This Rule Easily Obtained 236
Section III. — Further Precautions 227
Section IV. — Guard the Exit 229
Chapter XXIV
THE RELIGIOUS MEETING: MAKE IT CHEERFUL
Section I. — The Early Bird Should Get Its Worm 231
Section II. — At the Church Door 232
Section III. — Mischief to be not Merely Suppressed, but Forestalled 234
Section IV. — Short Meetings the Best 237
Section V. — An Order of Exercises 238
Chapter XXV
FEATURES OF THE SERVICE RENDERED BY THE BOYS THEMSELVES
Section I. — Sacred Song 239
Section II. — You Can Have the Boys Sing Unless a Musician 240
Section III. — Secrets of the Modest Conservatory 242
Section IV. — A Special Hymn-Book for Your Own Society; Its Strong Points and Its Drawback 245
Section V. — At Prayer 247
Chapter XXVI
THE MEETING ADDRESSED
Section I. — Miscellaneous Remarks 250
Section II. — The Best of Attention Secured 252
Section III. — The Formal Instruction 253
Section IV. — Some Disregard Due Simplicity; Others Fail to Acquire It 256
Chapter XXVII
THE "STORY INSTRUCTION": VERY HELPFUL AND EASILY HAD
Section I. — A Deeply-Felt Want 258
Section II. — Seeking Relief 260
Section III. — Edifying "Plagiarism" 262
Section IV. — The "Long" Story — An Unobjectionable and Effective Call to Attention 267
Chapter XXVIII
THE STORY INSTRUCTION CONSIDERED UNDER A SPECIAL FORM
Section I. — A Selection That Boys Will Follow 271
Section II. — Rejected and Accepted 275
Section III. — Under Treatment 276
Section IV. — Religious Teachings Are Presented Becomingly When They Seem so to the Boys 278
Section V. — A "Reductio ad Absurdum" That Fails 279
Chapter XXIX
ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS
Section I. — Submit Absenteeism Indirectly to Parental Authority 263
Section II. — Warning Notices; This, the First, Meets a Special Difficulty 285
Section III. — Warning Notices; The Following Is the Only One That Seems Strictly Indispensable 289
Section IV. — Bringing Matters to a Head 291
Section V. — Suspensions 293
Chapter XXX
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION: ITS EDUCATIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY SIDE
Section I. — Dues Helpful to Catholic Training 297
Section II. — An Easy Burden and Its Happy Results 298
Section III. — Tithes-uathering 300
Section IV. — Meeting the Crisis 302
Section V. — Enforcing the Rule 304
Chapter XXXI
APOSTOLIC BOOKKEEPING
Section I. — The Deeds and Omissions of Membership Recorded 307
Section II. — Assisting the Markers 308
Section III. — Handy Reference Pages Ready for the Busy Priest 310
Section IV. — Attendance at Holy Communion Registered 345
Chapter XXXII
POLITICS
Section I. — Boy Officers : How They Can Prove Helpful 317
Section II. — The Election: It Can Be Made a Source of Moderate, Wholesome Excitement 320
Section III. — Preparing the Ballot 323
Chapter XXXIII
THE SOCIETY'S COMMUNION SUNDAY
Section I. — Supporting One Rule by Means of Another 327
Section II. — Communicants Who Are Somewhat Neglectful Tolerated. Influential Leaders for the Movement Easily Formed 329
Section III. — "Facere Misericordiam Magis Placet Domino Quam Victim" 331
Chapter XXXIV
FIRST COMMUNION FOR STREET BOYS
Section I. — A Field for the Lay Friends of Youth 334
Section II. — Small Classes by All Means Preferable 335
Section III. — Teaching by Way of Friendly Chat 337
Section IV. — Suiting Length and Language to the Boys 339
Section V. — Apostolicity a Central Feature 341
Section VI. — The Writer Submits a "First Communion Chat" Formed on the Above Ideas 344
Section VII. — Doctrinal Matter to Sometimes Undergo Further Reduction 345
Appendix
A FIRST COMMUNION CHAT
Section I. — The Sign of the Cross 349
Section II. — God the Father 350
Section III. — God the Son 351
Section IV. — The Holy Ghost 354
Section V. — The Catholic Church 357
Section VI. — The Sacraments 358
Section VII. — Confession 359
Section VIII. — Holy Communion 363
Section IX. — Holy Mass 366
Section X. — Confirmation 367
Section XI. — The Sacraments as Outward Signs 368
Section XII. — (A) Concerning the Commandments of God 370
(B) Concerning the Commandments of the Church 371
Section XIII. — Indulgences 373
Section XIV. — Prayers 373
Information foe Badge Purchasers (Insert)
A Wooden Rack for Tin Torches 375
A Few Sports Found Helpful to "Indoor Fun" 376
A "Home-Made" Diploma (Insert)
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