On Being Pulled Between Parents June 9, 1946
WHEN THERE is conflict and confusion at home, it is disheartening and discouraging to parents and children alike. Where such conflict and confusion do exist, there may be many reasons. Among those...
Appraisal of Success June 16, 1946
THERE are many in life who seem to discover a formula for success, according to their own time and circumstances. Some find it earlier, and some later_and in many different ways, some seemingly with...
On Waiting for Ideal Conditions June 23, 1946
It is almost always true that we intend to do many things we never get around to doing. There may be many reasons for this. Sometimes we underestimate our capacity and hesitate to begin; sometimes...
On Moving and Changing July 7, 1946
WE SEE before us a generation on the move. There is much of going back and forth, much of running to and fro_much of seeking new sights, new scenes, new situations; and there are many who always...
On Solving Our Own Problems July 21, 1946
IN LOOKING back upon the pioneers and pilgrims of all times past, one cannot help being moved by how much they sometimes did with so little, and, by comparison, how little some of us sometimes do...
Success Is Never Final… July 28, 1946
THERE is a challenging sentence which says that “success is never final.” There are many men who seem to be successful up to a point_and then something happens. Some win honors and...
The Band Wagon August 4, 1946
THERE is a widespread philosophy which perhaps has always been more or less prevalent, but which sometimes seems to reach epidemic contagion. For want of a better term we identify it in the...
On Getting Along With People August 11, 1946
One of the most important things in life is learning to get along with the people we have to live with. The question of peace itself—at home and worldwide—revolves around our being able to do just...
What Is Truth? August 18, 1946
To Youth Leaving Home August 25, 1946
EACH year many of our youth leave home, some for school and some for other purposes, many, of course, for the first time. And it is not uncommon to hear these youth of ours, in their confidence,...
To Work or Not to Work September 1, 1946
ONE OF the vital factors in the success or failure of any generation, or of any people, is the attitude which they have toward work. By some, work is looked upon as a privilege and a pleasure; to...
Academic Freedom September 8, 1946
WE KNOW that in the halls of learning there must be freedom to speak the truth_freedom for the discovery of new truth, freedom for the acceptance of new truth, and also (sometimes overlooked)...
On Hiding Behind Others September 15, 1946
THERE is a common phrase that is descriptive of one of the most prevalent practices of humankind. In the unbecoming vernacular, we call it “passing the buck.” It is an old and...
On Doing a Good Thing Without Being Told September 22, 1946
IT IS a source of sincere satisfaction to any parent to have a child who knows how to receive instructions and how to carry them out; to have a son or a daughter who does precisely what he is told...
On Being Wrong and Admitting It September 29, 1946
THERE is an ancient but ageless statement accredited to Aristotle which says that “Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others are of what they know.”13 Perhaps we...
On Knowing the Answers October 6, 1946
THERE is an old and simple truth, so commonplace as to be frequently ignored, but so vital that it never should be. It is the truth that knowledge alone will not save us. There are unlimited...
The Burden of Making Decisions October 13, 1946
ONE of the most difficult things in life is making decisions and taking responsibility for them. Indeed, the mental and moral burden of making decisions usually weighs men down much more than...
Why Take a Chance? October 20, 1946
THERE is a spirit abroad, typified by the seemingly harmless phrase, “Why not take a chance?” This popular proposal has no doubt induced many people to gamble away many things, perhaps...
Talent Without Character October 27, 1946
There is an old phrase, of unidentified origin, which says “talent without character is more to be dreaded than esteemed.” Using character in its meaning of moral responsibility, we...
On Calling Evil by Its Right Name November 3, 1946
ALL THIS may have been long ago, and it may not have been just as it now appears to have been_but we seem to have remembered or to have read of a time when the demarcation between good and evil was...