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Timebinder, v. 1, issue 3, 1945
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COMMENT AND CRITICISMS EXCEPRTS FROM THE MAIL-BAG (MRS.) DORIS A. CURRIER, May I congratulate you upon as fine a piece of philosophical writing as I have had the pleasure of reading in many years. You have accomplished a bit of work of which you can be justly proud, and I am glad to know a man who has the ideals of Man's ultimate greatness so well arranged in his mind. You ask for comments upon the work. It is impossible to read it without the comments making themselves. As one reads each section of THE TIME-BINDER one either agrees so wholeheartedly that it hurts (the thinkers) or disagrees just as violently (the wanters of wealth and power). Therefore, you may rest assured that comments a-plenty will reach you and that there "Can Be No Middle Ground Here". I am not very old in years, E. Everett, nor have I had your experiences with people except in one respect, I was trained at home and in 4-H clubs and Girl Scouts in the theory of "Personal Adequacy". It is not called that by these groups. It is taught nameless. The 4-H clubs have this for their ideal, for example: H ead....to think to plan to reason H ands...to be HELPFUL to be USEFUL to be SKILLFUL H eart...to be Kind to be Loyal to be Sympathetic H ealth..to resist disease to enjoy Life to make for efficiency. All of these parts of Personal Adequacy, are they not? And they are taught in all 4-H clubs of the country, and there are many indeed. These clubs deal with young people from eight or nine to twenty. They bridge those uncomfortable years of adolescence, and give to the individual something concrete to lean upon. I do not need to say much about the Girl Scouts for they're the feminine counterpart of the Boy Scouts and demand the same high ideals, and have the same "do a good deed daily". I was fortunate, E.E., in having a mother who was a practical nurse. It was natural for her to give of herself in her profession exactly as it is necessary for a regular trained nurse. 11
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COMMENT AND CRITICISMS EXCEPRTS FROM THE MAIL-BAG (MRS.) DORIS A. CURRIER, May I congratulate you upon as fine a piece of philosophical writing as I have had the pleasure of reading in many years. You have accomplished a bit of work of which you can be justly proud, and I am glad to know a man who has the ideals of Man's ultimate greatness so well arranged in his mind. You ask for comments upon the work. It is impossible to read it without the comments making themselves. As one reads each section of THE TIME-BINDER one either agrees so wholeheartedly that it hurts (the thinkers) or disagrees just as violently (the wanters of wealth and power). Therefore, you may rest assured that comments a-plenty will reach you and that there "Can Be No Middle Ground Here". I am not very old in years, E. Everett, nor have I had your experiences with people except in one respect, I was trained at home and in 4-H clubs and Girl Scouts in the theory of "Personal Adequacy". It is not called that by these groups. It is taught nameless. The 4-H clubs have this for their ideal, for example: H ead....to think to plan to reason H ands...to be HELPFUL to be USEFUL to be SKILLFUL H eart...to be Kind to be Loyal to be Sympathetic H ealth..to resist disease to enjoy Life to make for efficiency. All of these parts of Personal Adequacy, are they not? And they are taught in all 4-H clubs of the country, and there are many indeed. These clubs deal with young people from eight or nine to twenty. They bridge those uncomfortable years of adolescence, and give to the individual something concrete to lean upon. I do not need to say much about the Girl Scouts for they're the feminine counterpart of the Boy Scouts and demand the same high ideals, and have the same "do a good deed daily". I was fortunate, E.E., in having a mother who was a practical nurse. It was natural for her to give of herself in her profession exactly as it is necessary for a regular trained nurse. 11
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