The sons of the Builders, the Makers,
are being subverted to the philosophy of the destroyers.
Young- men in the first exhiliarating months of intellectual
freedom are being seized with promissory doctrines, the
source and consequences of which they do not see. There
is a natural rebelliousness of youth, which promises progress;
there is a natural venturesomeness to play free with
ancient faiths; both of which are ebullitions of the spirit
and significance of dawning mental virility. It is during
the periods when these adolescent expansions are in process
that the youth is captured by influences which deliberately
lie in wait for him at the colleges. True, in after
years a large proportion come to their senses sufficiently
to be able "to sit on the fence and see themselves go by,"
and they come back to sanity. They find that “freelove”
doctrines make exhilarating club topics, but that the Family
— the old-fashioned loyalty of one man and one woman
to each other and their children — is the basis not only of
society, but of all personal character and progress. They
find that Revolution, while a delightful subject for fiery
debates and an excellent stimulant to the feeling of superman-likeness,
is nevertheless not the process of progress.
