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What is there left?

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The phrase, What is there left? 11
comes to me whenever there is a
discussion of today's youth. Report-
ing upon the state of our high school
age youth, a recent article quoted
th is question by one high school age
student as justifying the alleged wild
conduct of some of his fellow students.
The student explained that everything
was now done that cou Id be done and
there was nothing left for which to
strive.
Let us examine this comment a
moment What has been done by the
world of adu Its? We have fought
several wars, built a number of swim-
ming pools, and increased the national
debt. The adult world is bequeathing
to you, the youth, a world of fear, hate,
and hunger. The legacy you receive
is composed of a high degree of material-
ism but a low degree of idealism.
But it has done one thing of which President of Board
it can be proud-it has given and is
giving to its youth the greatest edu-·
cational opportunities the world has
ever known. You will note the use of
0pportunities because this the
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most it can give. The rest is up to you.
Yo_u have available to you the means
and opportunity to learn to go to the
moon, discover new foods, for mu late
new systems of mathematics and de-
vise new schools of philosophy.
"What is there left?" That is uo to
you_
Adrian Adams