THE POST
WORKS AGAIN

these two pages are for your help. Read
them. Follow their advice. And let us
hear from you.

about the year’s programs

ITHIN a short span of your

memory, something has happened
to our normal way of life in America.
Although you high school students of
1943-44 are not very old, you can re-
member without difficulty the time
when there was an abundance of food
of all descriptions, when rationing
boards did not exist, when probably the
funnies and the sports events, instead
of the war communiques, were the most
interesting sections of the newspaper,
when your family could jump in the car
and go wherever it chose to drive. And
when boys and girls could make definite
plans for the future which they were
reasonably sure would be carried out.

You will agree that there have been
many adjustments in our way of life
since these conditions were common.

We look to the future, to the days
after the war is over, and we are un-
certain. On every side we hear warn-
ings against inflation and the havoc it
can cause in post-war America. We
know that there will be heavier taxes
to shoulder before our war spending can
be paid for. We wonder about the jobs
that will be open to us after the war is
over.

Or we wonder about the days that lie
between now and peace. What will our
part in the war do to us? Will those in
_ high school today go into active service
in the armed forces?>—The seniors, very
likely. The sophomores and freshmen,
perhaps.

The future, then, even the near fu-
ture, is shrouded in uncertainty for us.

But life has always been uncertain.
Here lies its thrill. No one of us knows
what exciting adventures lie ahead. But
we can look forward to them.

And we can get ready to meet them
and win through.

It is because of the need for each
individual to adjust himself to what lies
ahead that we have decided to devote
our programs this year to helping the
individual Allied Youth Post member
make these adjustments.

Achieving a balanced personality is a
big job. We believe that learning about
alcohol will aid Allied Youth members.
Through these pages we hope to add to
your knowledge and to your develop-
ment.

Page Six

HE POST has been looking forward

to this first meeting of the year.
The new students in the school and
others who come to an Allied Youth
meeting for the first time are interested
in knowing just what Allied Youth does.
It is very important that this first
meeting should be well planned and
should run smoothly.

First, the president should greet the
old and new people in an informal,
short talk.

Next, a number of talks should be
planned to give a picture of Allied
Youth’s aims, its ways of carrying them
out, and some specific plans for this
year. These talks will probably be made
by officers or committee chairmen.
They should be clearly presented be-
cause the interest of the new people will
depend on their first impressions re-
garding Allied Youth’s worth. These
people want to know if Allied Youth
deserves their support and their time.
It does. So prove it.

The first talk should be, “Why Do
We Study About Alcohol?” The fol-
lowing points are outlined to help the
speaker with his presentation:

1. It is a personal problem we meet
in life, either right now or in the near
future. Examples should be given de-

scribing situations which young people

meet. :

2. So many different opinions are
held regarding alcohol that we are in-
terested in obtaining unbiased informa-
tion from which we may make our de-
cisions.

3. Drinking is regarded as a com-
munity and national problem. It has
been called the greatest public health

problem that is not being systematically

attacked. Therefore, we should find out
about it.

The next talk should point out:
“What Allied Youth Has To Offer”.
These points are suggested for the
speaker:

1. It is an organization set up solely
to help young people find out about al-
cohol. Its plans and program are car-
ried out by high school young people,
while there is the backing of a national
organization which suggests helps for
the individual Posts. Young people are
urged to search for facts themselves
and to make their own decisions about
alcohol.

2. It is a social group which finds its
good times without using alcohol. De-
scribe. briefly some of the good times
the Post has had.

The program chairman is the next
speaker. We are suggesting “Achieving
a Balanced Personality, Helped By Al-
cohol Facts (note the editorial com-
menting on this) as this year’s theme.
The chairman will probably want to an-

nounce the subject of each month’s
program. By announcing the entire
year’s program at this time, we feel that
the Post will be able to make better
plans for the year: ;

October: What Alcohol Is

November: Health

December: Mental Fitness

January: Education

February: Work

March: Social Adjustment: traffic

April: Social Adjustment: good times

May: Conclusion and Review

Following the outline of the year’s

educational programs, the social chair-.

man may indicate some of the plans for
the year. Beginning in October THE
ALLIED YOUTH will present new and
interesting suggestions for successful
parties.

In order that the Post may run
smoothly through the year, all neces-
sary business should be attended to at
this first meeting. Any offices or com-
mittees that have not been filled should
be taken care of.

It is also important that all the old
and new people meet each other. Go
around the room, asking each person his
name, class, interests, and hobbies. If
any of the new people are from out of
town, have them tell where they are
from. A friendly spirit at the beginning
of the year will mean a Post group
spirit throughout the year that helps get
things done.

End the meeting with a refreshment
period.

E HAVE been wondering how we
could give more service to our
Allied Youth Posts. And the thought
has occurred that we need to develop
a POST EXCHANGE (or This Worked
Here) column.
Here we intend to give you the
answers to some of the problems you
encounter in planning your Post activi-
ties.

But this column cannot be success-
ful without the help and suggestions of
many Posts across the country. You
have had: experience which will help
other Posts. So be sure to see to it that
your information is sent to us so that
it may be relayed to many other Posts.
At the same time those other Posts will
be able to help you with some of your
knotty problems.

Next month as the football season
swings in we are going to give sugges-
tions in answer to this question Allied
Youth was asked:

“Even after games there is drinking
by members of the squad, as well as
other students. What can an Allied
Youth Post do to help with this ‘After
the Game’ problem?”

Posts also face these problems:

The Allied Youth