Remember the Jaycees, those youngish strivers with Middle American enthusiasm for beauty pageants, Mother's Day corsages and business success? Well, these days one chapter president is serving ten years on a rape conviction and another is doing 20 years for assault and robbery. In all, some 9,000 members of the organization are in prison, and another 8,000 dues-paying boosters are ex-cons.
The reason is not that the community pillars have suddenly gone wrong en masse. On the contrary, the Jaycees have never been more responsible or achievement-oriented. In fact, a keen awareness of civic...
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