Show ALONG LIFES LIFE'S TRAIL By THOMAS A. A CLARK na De t Mm Ne 11 t I. 0 lo P. P N w p pr Union Uno THE SNAP s IM IT I It at LOOKING for a three three hour hone course course to fill up m my program for tor next neat semester Gregg Gregr said ald to me je yea Do you know any snap nap n p course courser Before Defore I answered him m my went back buk to commencement ement time We W. were sitting on the porch talking It ft over Frank and I after the fellows had left We had hat been celebrating the twenty twenty fifth anniversary cf ct our graduation graduation graduation from college a ard id we had had three happy happ da days together with the fellows fellows fel tet lows low some of ot whom we had not seen een since the tho da day we wo parted after attEL our commencement exercise exercises We bad all been struck by bl the changes which had come to each of us and naturally each one had bad swelled with satisfaction whenever some Mme one Intimated that he had charged little Mac had been In Arizona most of ot the time tim working cruelly hard In the tb mines minIs he lie was bald and seamed and crippled with rheumatism Petes Pete's hair which had been a II riotous bunch of ot black curls was entirely white Fred who had been slender and smooth smooth- cheeked showed a face that was the result of ot hard struggle and a physique that pulled the scales at twice the he could manage when b n he was wasa a freshman I J Fd 1 seemed most like himself him self brown haired brown smooth smooth faced slender slender slender slen slen- der as III a boy he had changed the least of ot all Life had been a II rather easy routine for tor him he had not needed money he ho had struggled little he had developed little ambition he entered only slightly Into th the avid aad the controversies which sprang up he had no plans for tor the future little th thought of ot the past After Atter the they were all gone gono some way we decided that Fred had gripped us UI most of all He lie had been a wild untrained untrained un un- un trained d harem harem fellow tellow who cared little for tor God or for his hi tors He lIe had brought himself to the front he was the head bead of ot a big engineering en plant ant he had great ambitions ambitions ambi ambi- for tor the tho future and he be was mang managing man aging his men and his boys In a masterly was mal terly wa way best of ot all he had conquered conquered con con- himself and nil all the wild passions passions pas pas- that seemed to rage ruge through him were under his control Ills face showed character and conquest and self You could tell by looking at him that he was strong and dependable depend depend- able lie hod had tried the hard thing and he had made good rood at It while Ed was wal Just lust as he used to be lie had bad got no ao- nowhere where h he had no ambition to get an any where lie He ha hoo hod l not sacrificed he be had bad hadnot hadnot not suffered Buttered and to for foS him there had he been en no development And so so as we thought It all over we decided that the man who had changed the tho most had done best beet It Is struggle that turns the hair gray and eats cats furrows Into lato the face and bends the shoulders All these suggest accomplishment and so are are venerable and beautiful The man who Is looking for tor the sn snap p for tor the soft Job lob s 's s not likely to get anywhere a II passive existence means weakness and n. No I said to Gregg I cant can't think of ot any snap courses course CO-CE CO COURAGE u uT UT the things courage can do dot I B BUT D Barrie says The thing things even Incompetence can do If It It t works with singleness of purpose The one thing Carlson wanted was wasa a 11 chance to go to college and yet there had Imd never been anyone to encourage encourage en courage him Ills people were Illiterate Illiterate ate and he had no money he had never even been to high school for he be was forced to go to work before before be be- fore toro he tae was fourteen fourteen bard bard work too that left him bruised and exhausted And yet always there burned In him the one desire the one purpose of getting getting get get- ting Ling a college degree You Yeu cannot meet the entrance requirements requirements re re- the college officials al always al aI- ways wars replied when he tried through Interviews or correspondence to find a awa away away wa way within the a academic circle Give Ghe me a chance he ho begged and finally after he hens was Vas twenty-one twenty and had saved a few dollars he was given an opportunity opportunity-as as a a- a special student student stu stu- dent to take up college work No one ever knew v how he got on lie He came and went every day across the campus he be earned his hla living alother as al other eager students did washing dishes or waiting tables or In the performance per of ot simple tasks about the town He lie was cheerful and happy In Inthe In Inthe inthe the thought that he was having a chance to accomplish the Impossible And all the time he was getting on ou lie He was making mating up his entrance credIts credits cred credo its he lie was passing studies with credit to himself he lie was getting nearer and nearer to a degree e. e lie He reached his Ideal he lie got his diploma and now he be Is out In the world an honored anc anca and anda a successful engineer It was singleness single single- ness floss of ot purpose that brought him success sue suc cess In spud spite of ot his ill training Ill ant and Incompetence It WAS courage that thai helped him to accomplish the sable Today Strong was 11 In to my office lie He ha hu hiss plenty of money he lie has hils a u good goodbody body body- he hI has ha a II normal brain and he tie has as excellent a 8 high school training as a. a tiny liny can con get Iet Yet Vet he ht has hiss not noi passed five hours lie He d e nt like ilkI his hla work he says If ie je e could lust jut Ju t get jet Into something Interest Interesting ag h ht he U is sure h he would get It on nut Hut the things thing courage con cnn do I |