[20524] in APO-L
Re: [[APO-L] Kids these days...]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jesse Bridges)
Wed Apr 21 01:29:29 1999
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:29:17 EDT
Reply-To: Jesse Bridges <jaybee3@NETSCAPE.NET>
From: Jesse Bridges <jaybee3@NETSCAPE.NET>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Man O Man =
=
I am so there with you. We are so big but greatly not influential in =
this aspect of a young male. We have to be in position to not only =
touch a young mans life, but attracted his attention to the point to =
where he sees an alternative lifesyle to any negative one. =
I'm not sure if this is what you meant, Jami. But what I do know is =
that people who are not members, and has seen the developement of Alpha P=
hi
Omega, has also recognize,,,,that we drifting away from the =
initial... =
"birth-vision" =
of this organization. The very egg from which this organization =
hatched. The statement that you spoke of is the embryo. The
idea that push it's way through the shell, is the next statement =
that Frank Reed Horton put to words. He said, I'm typing from my =
text, "If I return alive to the United States, I will do my utmost =
to help young men get the right start in life by holding up before =
them a "Standard of Manhood" that will withstand the test of time. =
Conception. This is the first idea of the organization of Alpha Phi =
Omega. =
No one can say if our very organization could have influenced these
young men to stop that killing spree. But who is to say. Who is to =
say that our national lack of interest in presenting attention to =
the development of young men has not influence other organizations =
to become uninterested in teaching manhood, become less apart of the
lifes of younger men, or event forget how to say what a scout should =
be. =
Bravo Jami, Bravo =
JayBEE!
The Master <jamihn@WAM.UMD.EDU> wrote:
"I saw young boys in their teens getting into trouble."
Member #1 says these words in the induction ceremony (it's also in the
pledge manual which is also public domain so don't flame me just yet).
Well guess what. Today, I say young boys in their teens gun down one
another. 25 people dead. Because two young boys in their teens.
Frank Reed Horton wanted to make Alpha Phi Omega "an organization for
college men who cooperated with all you movements." He wanted to help
young people get the right start in life, whatever that may be. I don't
know. I don't know if we're getting through to them. We've heard about
too many of these schools shootings. Something's not right.
I don't know if it's us as a society or what, but something smells roten.=
Kids shouldn't be gunning eachother down. Kids fight with their fists an=
d
their words. Kids shouldn't be fighting with guns. And yet here they
are, throwing pipe bombs and busting caps like there's no tommorrow.
Things like this shouldn't happen.
I'm not really sure what my point is, and it's probably not the most
approipriate thing to go over the list. My heart goes out to all those i=
n
Colorado who have just seen the ugly side of America's Youth. I guess I
just feel like there should be something that we can do. I mean, we were=
founded by a Boy Scout. There's gotta be something we can do.
I'm sorry if this has just been one more email in your box, but I just ha=
d
to get this out to somebody. I wish we lived in a place where they didn'=
t
need an organization like us. I mean, it should be human nature to just
want to help out eachother. But I guess I'm just a naive college kid wit=
h
too much time on his hand.
Good morning America. Can you see the light?
Yours in LFS
Jami
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