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That combination--education and opportunity--bodes well for the development, not to mention job satisfaction, of the talented youth brigade...
...November 10 editorial debate on national service, I fail to find a single affirmation of the purpose of government. Both editorial opinions "missed the mark" in their statements. The opponents of national service merely suggested what the citizens, politicians, and lawmakers "should" do instead of "coercing" American youth to serve their country. Similarly, the propoents of national service suggest only what national service "could" do to address the charges of coercion of their opponents, "the majority...
Dollars do not bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots. America's youth face the prospect of sinking into the growing ranks of the have nots, a prospect that until now has been avoided by the majority of Americans. Socially, Americans remain indifferent to the plight of the disadvantaged. National service address this indifference by placing the means of social change in the hands of those who will most need mutual interaction in the bleak economic future and who are best able to interact across the ranks of society, the American youth...
Only through awareness (as opposed to the indifference with which Americans view their monetary welfare commitment) will an understanding of social justice become ingrained in American attitudes. The "shoulds" of society will become real possibilities only after national service provides the impetus for interaction among American youth. Peter H. Vrooman...
Managers and salesman at the Harvard Coop and at the collegiate supermarkets of Columbia, Brown, Wellesley, Stanford, and others, say this is due to today's conservative youth who buy more traditional products...