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Show H . LINDON NOTES. I H ,' T" Hi why somi: HOYS AM) j uirls sijccll'ii B, The follouliiK essay la by a student B of the Llndon Bchool HK ; Girls and bojH succeed because HHw' tbuy work, for Indeed buccchb inay ho spelled In four letters W-O-R-K. All HHf of our great men who havo won suc- HHM roHB hnvo worked hard for It. ; Tako (Irani ami Uncoil), for In- HHV ' ntnuco; both were 'bom of poor par- onts and had to work for all they got ) V i Thomas A. Edison's our grcnt lnvon- HHni' tor- success was not merely luck hut HHf. , work. 1 it Boys and girls who nra working , ' their way through school have no timo W to go to tho theatre two or three times HHB. a week nnd danco half the night on , Friday; no tlmo to stand on tho cor- Jlj ner and tnlk to Kill or Jnkc as tho; enso may bo but they work early nnd Iato and appreciate what they got ' mom than tho ones who just hnvo to - , go to "dnd" when thoy want any- ! thing. ii A young man from southorn Utah, HHW it , who was dotcrmlucd to havo an cdu-, M ft ' cation, sturtcd from homo with 3SJ HH'' cents In his pocket. Ho vvnlkod nlli HHlJ j ft tho way and worked for his food. Ho HHM lif would not accept anything unless ho (I 1 worked for It. Ho arrived ln Provo ' j Si' with $1.35 Instead of 35 cents, In time' HHH y to take tho winter semester; went to j If President Kcclcr nnd told him he J M wnntcd to go to school; that ho had HHHi ( no monoy, but was willing to work. HHWli vj Mr. Kcclcr told him ho would tnko It I 1 1 ' up In faculty meeting and boo what j &' - could bo dono about It. At tho mcct- HHW ' i , lug thoy decided to mako up a purso J ' for him. They collected Quite a sum, BjHH.il , but he would not accept It not oven Hl M; ' borrow It. ' The school gavo him a Job which HHKg -, helped pny his tuition, nnd ho milked Jy. ' cows, cleaned stables, took enro of K horses, nnd In fact did anything ho W could to earn an honornblo living. Ho V h has worked IiIh way through school HjHB ?i and Is now one of Provo' richest and HHb-Ua most prominent citizens. " i'i ,1 know a girl who wanted to go to in it Bchool. Her parents were not nblo to i v help her much, so after sho graduated r .from tho eighth grndo 8ho worked for HH4!ri, I ;Kyonr or two and then wont to Provo Hvi; 'i to Bchqol. Tho next year sho and nn-H: nn-H: 1, i Vpthor young lady went to Suit Lnko U rt ..City, rented a house, boarded school TfM'?'' glrls' and went to school thomsolves hU J-1 1 -Tho next, year sho wont to Logan. Sho Uuf i la in Ixgau this year teaching and j' going on with her Bchool work, and 'v it sho expects to graduate this year .V , In fact their success and,' many oth- p'f " ors which I may mention enrfbo B'lt summed up ln that little word Work. |