Foreign Language Press Service

A Young Man's Impression

Sandara, Jan. 31, 1930

p.5. There must be more than one such young person who has the unpleasant idea that our Lithuanian grown-up friends are narrow-minded and dull. This certain young man said he was never proud of being a Lithuanian, rather he was ashamed of Lithuanians.

Whenever he happened to be in a Lithuanian crowd he never saw nor heard anything that could possibly attract him to their circle. If they were not drinking, they were heatedly bantering their different beliefs and nations and making fun of all faiths except their own.

Likewise, no Lithuanian newspaper had anything that attracted his interest. The articles were forever knocking those who were not patronizing that particular publication.

Now, to a very large degree, is not all this true? Only in recent years has American youth of Lithuanian descent come to find a few things in common with their Lithuanian folk. 2 Only now - when some Lithuanians have fortunately proved that they are capable of toleration. The time seems to be coming when Lithuanians will stop their sectional wrangling. They are already turning their united attention toward promoting an unbiased feeling among the Lithuanian youth. They are attempting to form a big alliance of Lithuanian youth regardless of their personal creeds.

Here is hoping that this broad outlook will spread for that is the most inviting attitude for the young folks.

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