"Picture of Dauntless Youth." "The whole world was carried off its feet by accomplishment so daring, so masterful in execution, so superb in achievement; by the picture presented of that onrushing chariot of dauntless youth flashing across uncharted heavens straight through the storm's barrage. "But if the press, with such an inspiration, performed its mission well, it found equal inspiration. It performed as fine a mission in chronicling the subsequent conduct of our young Ambassador of Good Will. His words and bearing dissipated vapors of misunderstanding. He personified, to a Europe amazed at the revelation, the real spirit of America. "The press should be proud, then., if in telling the story of this later phase in the career of an American boy it brought to the peoples of the world a new realization that clean living, clean thinking, fair play and sportsmanship, modesty of speech and manner, faith in a mother's prayers have a front page news value intriguing the imagination and inviting emulation, and are still potent as fundamentals of success." Mr. Oulahan then handed to Colonel Lindbergh the elaborately prepared scroll. [Return to 6/12/1927](1927_06_12.md) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Ay4OFCrKhrGU5Y2WaRSFpgb36OJpBMQU">