Show HEROES FOR A DAY by THOMA ARKLE CLARK dean of men university of illinois Illi noi 1 olt three years writes a newspaper friend of mine the lie foot bull ball searls important after that lie he la is of na as it man alio to was n foot ill star once and the fuel fact that lie he MIS his it toot football ball star once helps him not III hi tile least to got act along in tiny business that lie he takes up after the lie hero lays days are passed which they do quickly there la Is nothing left lint but wr rowa crown of sorrow I 1 found it so anti I 1 have seen a good many lunny heroes in my time of olle sort port or another heroism ls Is seldom except through gli struggle brough ln through contest alt with or somebody nud and the results of these things are not negligible or useless no mutter what sort of work ill or phy physical luto into which the liero hero even though lie bo be a youthful may go later inter the physical hero does not climb to ills fits pedestal pod estul by physical effort only he fight jn in tile face ic of defeat he acca must develop poise and self control and alertness of mind oil onil quickness of 0 judgment and these are arc qualities of mind which will servo serve him not only in sports but lit in the of life which ho be must take up after he leaves colle lege ge As I 1 have followed these youthful heroes after they have left the scenes of their physical triumphs I 1 have not been surprised to find fand that in a large majority of cases the qualities which helped them in collego college to become physical heroes were pretty largely responsible lit in later inter years yearn in helping thein to business and professional success that they do in a majority of cases attain this success I 1 believe s statistics n will easily demons demonstrate frate 1 I knew morton BI orton though this his ical name before lie he entered high school and I 1 knew him film intimately throughout ills his high school and college course lie ile did not bave a quick mind hut he ha had a good body und and a determined will lie ile wonted bunted to have a 11 trained mind und and a trained body and lit in tile training of his body lie ho wanted to bo be a good runner ile went at it systematically willing to lo give up everything necessary tu to attain ills his ends ile he was mediocre tit at first but lie he kept on ho practiced regularly wid und intelligently defeat never discouraged cou raged him film and ultimately lie beame the best amateur runner lit in the middle west lie he it great hero and lie he has carried ried this hero business into the tha work which ho he took up when whan he left college ile ie did not get on rapidly at but lie stuck to it the same spirit the same courage the same persistency which had mado made film an outstanding athlete has made film a power in the organization of which for a good ninny many years he has been a part the fact act hat he was waa a hero in college Is I 1 helping him every day in ills his life to be n hero in business if a roan man has fins been a hero once he will always have lit in him something of the qualities which make for heroism no matter where he goes or what lie he loea Q 1115 Wt rn newspaper unton union owa |