Many a subject they are eager to study, if somebody will but show the way.
Often there are speeches to be made, essays to be written, debates to be prepared, and the boys and girls simply do not know how to start about it.
For instance, they are suddenly required to speak or write on the question:
“Should the Government own and operate the railroads?”
They have never read anything about it, perhaps. Therefore they inquire:
“Where can we get some literature on the subject?”
These young people do not want someone else to write their speeches or essays; they want nothing more than to be told where to get the materials to work with—the data upon which to construct their own argument.
When I was a boy I felt the need of that kind of help very keenly.
How was I to know what books contained the information sought?
Who could tell me?