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Rebels, Young - And Old
Bridging today's generation gap is hampered by the belief
of some young people that their elders are "all against them."
The young feel their parents are out of sympathy with their
aspirations, totally committed to a wrongly -motivated "establ-
ishment" which is despoiling the planet and leading humanity
to its doom.
This is not the whole truth. Some of our young rebels
would be mightily surprised to learn that there are those among
their elders whose fondest hope is that youth's revolt against
war, exploitation, discrimination, pollution and corruption will
brilliantly succeed.
For they, too, were once young and idealistic, saw many
of those same evils, raged against them, fought in the wars it
was mistakenly thought would end them, dreamed of establish-
ing a world order built on justice and love.
Some, rebels in youth, may have apparently compromised
with things as they are but not because they hold them just or
right. Their real beliefs are as they always were.
And it is they who worry most about one disconcerting
manifestation of youth's revolt - its contempt for adult guidance,
for any advice based on the experience of its elders.
Can a present which disregards the past lay sound foundations
for a better future? Mature progressives see with horror the dang-
er of a new generation repeating all their own mistakes. They
do not want to dictate but do feel they can advise. Youth's clear
vision may glimpse new ways out of our impasse but their sen-
iors --from bitter experience --think they can still show them
some blind alleys to avoid.
TOD Y8 CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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This handsome boy with the friendly smite is Brian, 11
years old. Anglo-Saxon in background, he is a tall, slim boy
with brown eyes, dark hair, and a healthy outdoor look.
Brian is an agreeable, co-operative boy who is not
academically minded. He likes to do things with his hands.
He attends Opportunity Class and says his favorite school
activities are crafts and gym.
Though he is not an especially zealous student, he has
broad general knowledge, especially on such subjects as
space and electronics. Brian likes boating, swimming and
Fishing, and loves long rides on his bike. He gets on well
with both children and adults.
This lad understands all about adoption and hopes it will
happen for him. He longs for a home that will be for keeps.
To inquire about adopting Brian please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia-
ment Buildngs, Toronto 182. For general adoption informa-
tion, ask your Children's Aid Society.
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JULIUS DIDN'T ENJOY MARCH
One last boot in the behind
for March, and then let us leave
it and the whole perishing wint-
er that has embattled this land,
this year, and move on to higher
thoughts.
March is known for very little,
beyond giving everyone the last,
and worst bout of 'flu for the
year.
However, we'll give it its due.
One of its oldest associations is
with Julius Caesar. Wealthy,
dictator of Rome, outstanding
general, and well on his way to
becoming the first emperor of
the mighty Roman Empire, he
was a victim of March.
Big Julie was taking part in a
procession during the Feast of
Lupercal, which is neither here
nor there. As the parade wended
its way to wherever it was going,
through the terrible traffic of
Roane, which is still terrible, a
seer (This is usually a chap who
can't see, except into the future)
stepped in front of Caesar's char-
iot. This is a custom, I under-
stand, that is faithfully followed
by pedestrians in Rome to this
day.
Anyway, the old nut croaked
in sepulchral tones, "Beware
the Ides of March." Now, in
those days, the Ides of March
meant the fifteenth of March.
This was just a few days away.
And when a seer tells you to be-
ware, you'd better be wary.
Those seers don't mean you're
going to wake up on the given
day with a hangover, or even
worse, a hang -nail.
Unfortunately, Julius was a bit
deaf in one ear and also has his
annual March cold and was
coughing so loudly he couldn't
have heard the last trump. So
he missed the message.
You guessed it. Right on the
nose, on the Ides of March,
he was filled full of cold steel.
Not by student activists, or
black militants, but by trusted,
nay, beloved fellow -members
of the Roman Senate.
It should, perhaps, be pointed
out that the Roman Senate differ-
ed in some respects from the
Canadian Senate. In those days
senators were not just old politic-
ians put out to pasture, or party
bag -men. Some of them were
under forty, and they all knew
how to handle a shiv.
That sort of thing just couldn't
happen in the Canadian Senate.
The worst that could occur would
be tripping over a cane, or
being run over by a wheel -chair,
or bludgeoned to death by a
speech.
However, that is all, as the
saying goes, ancient history.
The only lesson to be learned
from it is that when you hear a
seer, don't sneer. Especially in
March, Ides of.
Another event for which March
is reasonably well known is St.
Patrick's Day, the 17th. Perhaps
"reasonably" is not the word
here, since it is a celebration
of one of the patron saints of
Ireland (the other is King Billy),
and who ever met a reasonable
Irishman?
I'm almost pure Irish, on both
sides. But let them keep their
precious saints, both Patrick
and Billy, in Ireland, where
the bog -trotters can bash each
other's brains in, their favourite
sport.
Must say, it makes my blood
run a bit cold, though, when
some Canadian with eight drops
of Irish blood in him decks out
in a green tie and a shamrock
and gets into that "Top o' the
mornin"' routine.
And it makes me want to thro
up, every St. Pat's Day, when a
Jewish comedian starts tossing
around "Begorrah's" or an Italian
tenor, all misty -eyed, warbles,
"When Irish eyes are smiling."
It's as incongruous as a Canad-
ian seventh -generation United
Empire Loyalist making a big
fuss about St. Wladislas' Day, or
Channukah, or Buddha's birthday
THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1971
Each of his own, and vive la
difference.
See how the month of March
gets me worked up? Other months
rhyme with something pleasant.
June with moon and swoon. July
with fly - to Europe or some-
where. September with rememb-
er. But March goes with such
delightful connotations as starch
and arch (as in fallen).
The only other thing for which
March is noted is the vernal
equinox, the 21st, the first day
of spring ha ha. Vernal suggests
green. Take a look out. Snow
white or mud brown. Equinox is
from the Latin: equus - horse;
nox - night. Spells nightmare.
March, right?
Adieux, farewell, auf wieder-
sehn and aux revoir, March.
May you rot in July.
TWO MINUTES
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BY CORNELIUS R. STAN PRES.
BEREAN BIBLE SOCIETY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60635
WHO'S TO BLAME?
This writer was a bit irked,
recently, to read the following
paragraph in one of our leading
Chicago newspapers:
"Professional thieves and joy-
ride -happy teenagers are not to
blame for most auto thefts. It's true
that they are the ones who do the
stealing—but the careless motorist
must bear the blame.... When not in
use, cars should be locked."
Just think this through: More than
1,000 cars stolen every day through-
out the nation, but those who steal
then should not be blamed—the
owners should be blamed for not
making it impossible for the thief
to steal his car!
Man has always been quick to
shift the blame from himself. Adam
said to God: "It's not my fault; it's
that woman you gave me." Eve
said: "Don't blame me. The serpent
deceived me," and ever since that
time the descendants of the first
couple have been adept at shifting
the blame.
But now it's getting so that the
courts defend and protect the crim-
inals and even blame the innocent
for not making it impossible for the
criminal to act! It is a shame that
we have to lock our cars against
possible theft—and it is a stigma
on our society. Some judges don't
see it that way, but God does. Read
Romans 2:2:
"But we are sure that the judg-
ment of God is according to truth
against those who commit such
things."
We may all be grateful, though,
that it was the very justice—as
well as the love—of God, that
caused Hini to take on Himself
human form and pay for our sins at
Calvary. God cannot overlook sin,
yet He loves the sinner. This is
why He paid for all our sins at
Calvary, and this, too is why we
may now be "justified freely by His
grace, through the redemption that
'is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24).
"Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved''
(Acts 16:31).
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