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make way for YOUTH by Bernice Bridges and Samuel S. Fishzohn, Xationnl Social Welfarr Assemhly. Int.. New York Jolniny'i rtiii^ious prejudice gets the betlci di his sportsmaiysJiip on the field. Racial prejudice holds xoungslers apart. II hcii II teen-ager comes to town now. lie's greeted by the iVeUoine Stranger Club in his school: he's slioicn around and made part of the gang and it's activities. Tensions and hostile feelings melt away as youngsters decorate their new place. WHEN REl'RESEMA- IIX'E.S oi the National Social Welfare Assenihh \isiticl Madison. \\'isronsin. last \tai and aitciukd meetings ol the ^onth Council, they were delighted. Here were young people working with all the serious purpose of responsible human beings engaged in the vital business ol cooperative living. No wonder then, when the ^outh Division set out to produce .Mitkr ]\'tiy of Yoitlh, Hinun motion pic- luie dramatizing the activities of a \outh C;ouncil in a typical Ameri- can tf)wn, that the locale selected was .Madison. Ihe Madison 'iouth Council, now in its fifth veai, is the oldest in the country, with a letord of achieveimiit of which it is jusli- hal)ly pioud. I Inough their ofhiial delegates on the Youth Council, and with the guidance and help of expe- rienced adult leaders, the leen-age membeis of every young people's oigani/ation in the communitv have worked together on projects of real (i\i( value. The youngsters (ome logetlier from high school and settle- ment house clubs, from churches, from the .Americaii Junior Red Cross, from Youth Hostels, -f-H clubs, \MCAs and ^MHAs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts-in short, from every group of boys and girls in the city. Today, Madison's young people take the responsibilities of citizen- slii|> seriouslv. Thev find fiui and pleasure in "bek)nging," and the adults of Madison, in return for the help they have given, enjov the pro- found satisfaction of knowing that their teen-agers will come to matur- ity with a knowledge of democracv that is not merely theoretical. From their personal contacts with people of other neighborhoods, of other backgrounds, races and religions, these youngsters gain a positive at- titude toward democracy, because they are liv ing its principles. When the producers arrived in [uiv to film .Make IVay for Youth, tile teen-agers pitdied in to tfie var- ied tasks thev undertook and carried tliem out with enthusiasm and re- markable organi/ation. Thev set up a Persoimel Clouunillee. sent out a call through high school bulletins, newspapers and radio stations for all voinigsiers interested in movie act- ing. Thev prepared the (|uestion- naires and made tlie appointments for the applicants, and they heljx-d senile the grown-ups needed for the adult roles. Once shooting began, the Youth Council organized a complete (C O \ T I .\ !_• E D t) .\ PAGE 3 2) 16 SEE AND HEAR