Pride is the key word Part 2

"Five of the nine boys I stared with, "he recalled, "were ward lords-ghetto gang leaders. The military framework, the uniforms, was a come-on. It established the premise: keep your shoes shined and your shirt washed.

"The program is a means to and end, to make better oriented citizens who are able to over come the adversities of their environment. Our children come here spiritually deprived as well as economically deprived. Leadership training permeates the program, and we stress the fact that every child has worth and value, has leadership potential , no matter what his circumstances. But the building is not a community center-after the cadets get their training, they go back to the dozen or so churches the come from all over the city and they become leaders of youth groups there. The Cadet Corps is one of the 36 projects of the Madison Society, which is a church-oriented organization.