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not have the strength of character and willpower to r them throu h. ’ ca rOne boy in agvaledictory address for his class ek- pressed concern about the responsrbiltttes factng his generation. He said: I “We of this generation are to become in the next twentv vears. the political representatives. the reltgtops leaders: the scientists. the educators. the makers ofln- erature and art. and the protectors ofthe civil rights of the people. In twenty years. beginning now. we shall set social standards. heal the sick. care for the disâ€" abled. preserve natural resources. and promote CIVIC welfare. it will be in our generation that the people of the world will decide whether nuclear power shall spell out abundance or destruction.“ I These are the responsibilities of your generation and it is important that your horizons in the ’73 year be good enough to deal with them. I What is vour outlook toward work. toward leisure time. toward your relationships with other people. toward religion, the things of the spirit'.7 I Work 7 One thing that is good in these days is that women now have the right to work in almost any Dr. Chapman. theme speaker. autographs her book for Miss Brenda Vanpatter, St. Thomas. profession hitherto open only to men. Another thing is the growing trend in education for learning to live rather than so much emphasis on earning a living. Anâ€" other gond trend is that so many young people want work that has meaning for them. that they can enjoy and where they can help people. not exploit them. For many years work for girls was regarded as a stop gap between school and marriage. So many girls who could have been very happy and competent did not get the necessary education. A principal of a top ranking girls‘ college in the United States once said. “If the girls would come to her school without the fixed idea that they were going to get married as soon as possible after they graduated. the school could have developed numbers of brilliant women whose gifts were lost to the world because as girls thev were never trained to use them. So the girl loses her chance to grow into the woman she might have been." A_ career isn‘t likely to deter a girl from getting marned but It may make a difference in the kind of 10 man she marries. lfa girl delays marriage for a career her horizons may broaden and her choice of life pan: net be quite dilTerent than it would have been it‘she had married earlier. Play or Leisure â€" They tell us that we're gotng 10 have more leisure time in the years ahead. Are we gm ing some thought as to how we are going to use on, leisure? Perhaps one of the most rewarding iL‘lSllre time occupations of the future will be work‘ but Work that we love but that isn‘t what we do to earn a [it mg‘ [t is in our leisure time that we experience :1 lot or our social life. Have you been able to take a I‘- it; an some of the standards and customs of this 197-. m missive society - the easy conscience abom rugs drinking. sex. pornography. You must set high gm}. ards for yourselves and perhaps others will wait mu and follow your example. Ofa certain girl's ini' inc: in the community the poet Whittier says “and when in pleasant harvest moons The youthful huskers gather Or sleigh-drives on the mountain ways Defy the winter weather The coarseness of a ruder time Her finer mirth displaces: A subtler sense of pleasure fills Each rustic sport she graces”. One field where you may have to work ‘ .t to keep your horizons clear is in your standards at m. ity and your religious faith or it could be call thi- things of the spirit“. Try to keep your sense of ldEl about things that some people never think ah be cause science can‘t explain them. Elizabeth Bl wing says “Earth’s crammed with heaven And every burning bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes olT his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberrit Keep your sense of wonder. Keep your re\ tIL‘L‘. Hang onto your convictions. Don’t be ready 1- law any crackpot who olTers some substitute for Ii ttlh in which you grew up. Don‘t cling to the past in the belief that w. .hii were once good are still the best today. At Ii Imc time. know that some things are timeless, ll“ beâ€" lieve that an old virtue is as valid today as even no. you are probably right. Have faith. Faith doesn’t come easily. It h u be built up and ifyou practice your faith when yl UH‘I need it desperately. it will be there when you ‘J ll Two thousand years ago St. Paul told us that Al“ than any ritual, creed or moral code is love â€" lv ill-1' really cares about the welfare of others. Human Relations ~ One relationship that b“ of very great concern to you will be your relat' ~h|P with boys. to your work or in your school. you ‘l he msociated with young men. Do you know hon i bf friendly without being familiar without being .' m” sive? You will hear a lot of cynical things abou ittlt' riage. You will hear that chastity is out of dat that exP‘“51'imenls in man woman relationship are 3‘ 41'” assure you that if you get involved in somethii W are ashamed of. you will get hurt. You Will hear about Womens’ Lib. Some t 1“? claims they are pushing are good but they hutl tilc‘ll'