| Show Always Be Late Is Habit t 1 Writer Decries Attitude of Mind Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow The phrase is more than the byword of a generation generation generation gen gen- the motto of a nation and the trade stock-in-trade of a race it is isan isan isan an attitude of mind which is a an integral part of the mental makeup of every child of Eve Eve Eve-a a caution- caution policy taught by her own sad lesson lesson lesson les les- les- les son of eating apples before tim timor timp or apples were apples were ripe In fact when one starts thinking back all of history's colossal ca- ca might have been averted averted averted avert avert- ed if action had but be been n delayed Had Caesar stayed home in bed that memorable Ides of March and put off pleading before the senate until the next day he would have prolonged his life by a year at least and if he repeated this day day- rest of-rest each year could have lived on indefinitely If Napoleon hadnot hadnot had hadnot not been so anxious to have fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing over with and had been content content content con con- tent to give the soldiers time out for a day or two he might never neter have met his Waterloo Think of all the trials and tn tribulations tribulations tribu tribu- u- u lations that might have been avoided avoided avoid avoid- ed had Columbus not been so ious to discover new lands Directly Directly Directly Di Di- Di- Di or indirectly all modern ills are connected with that that earlY cany bird policy of his for were America America America Amer Amer- ica still an unknown quantity so soli li likewise would be prohibition the business depression cigarette advertisements advertisements advertisements ad ad- radio announcers and andAl andAl andAl Al Capone Why not apply this postponement postponement postponement postpone postpone- ment policy to school life It II would work a admirably in the classroom classroom classroom class class- room for professors could neglect assignments until assignments until tomorrow Exams Exams Ex Ex- Ex ams would become terrors in the abstract always hovering in the near future but never actualities for tomorrow never comes Flunks drops and their accompanying hea heartaches would be De done away with By reasoning the mattei matter even further w we find that school and education could finally be abandoned altogether simply by putting off registration u until registration until til to to- morrow Had I been free to 10 follow my above sug suggested above sted plan of action and put off the writing of this feature story until tomorrow think what I might have saved you dear reader |
