Friday, October 14 Nice day. Nothing special Read and write some letters Saturday, October 15 Nice day. Read Editorials The Salt Lake Tribune Tuesday Medical Men and Educators Cite Need For Humanities in Youth Training One of the most significant lessons taught by history is the relation between the vitality and longevity of a nation and the care and training given its youth. No country that neglects its children becomes great, however populous it may grow. Quality, not quantity, of citizenry determines the destiny of a nation. Students of ethnology and anthropology are aware of this truth. Frequently less informed persons wonder why the Caucasians have dominated so much of the earth, while more numerous races have remained, if not under subjugation, at least in minor positions Of power. One does not need to go far back in history to note the remarkable phenomenon of Britains great feats of colonization when her explorers, soldiers and statesmen set up dominions over populations counted in millions. Before that time the Romans extended their domain over great regions inhabited by nationalities who outnumbered them. The reason in both these cases and in many others that could be cited is the national programs, conducted perhaps unconsciously, for the youth of the country. Hitler and Mussolini in their twisted ways recognized and followed out their own youth programs. They knew that if one wishes to build a strong nation one must build strong children. Conformance to this ethnological law, sometimes consciously and sometimes intuitively, has made the United States a great nation. For generations American children have had enough to eat, room for exercise and opportunity for mental as well as physical development. It has been the task of parents, teachers and spiritual leaders of this nation to see that babies are properly nourished, that children are trained in character as well as in mind, and that the growing youth finds itself in an atmosphere that will foster physical and mental health. But this has not been achieved without sacrifice, nor will it continue to be achieved without much thought and planning. The other day here in Salt Lake the educators of the state heard appeals for better and broader ideals of youth training. Attention must be paid to the finer traits, such as mercy, loyalty and understanding of others, as one speaker at their annual convention remarked. By developing a curriculum devoted to the personal development of children, Dr. Walter Loban of the University of California told the meeting, teachers in the grades will be laying the foundation for the kind of understanding of others which is genuinely sympathetic and humane. There are other aspects to the problem of youth development besides those of food, provided by the parents, and mental training, provided by the teachers. One of them is the emotional atmosphere of the home. A household full of psychological tensions is a place for breeding disease and serious ailments that afflict children. This opinion was recently expressed by a medical man, Dr. Robert L. Jackson, in an article appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Writing of the destructive childrens disease known as rheumatic fever, the doctor says it tends to breed in families where serious, long standing social problems exist. In our experience, he continues, the economic factors are secondary in importance to the sociological factors. It is due to the diligent, patient and patriotic labors of such doctors, educators and researchers that American youth has flourished and will continue to flourish in this country. On the studies and careful progress of this type of work will depend the future of America. Scientific advances, spiritual guidance and an increasing emphasis on the humanities are bound to provide the necessary atmosphere for the nation of tomorrow.