Show doing ones best to the end by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK late dean of men university Univ enily of illinois III inor I 1 thompson is leaving you I 1 hear bear 1 said to jones and going into an other line ot of work how Is he getting on I 1 had known T thompson h 0 ra p so n or years and d h he e u tek seemed to me a vb bright r I 1 g h t energetic young fellow who ought to get some v v here lies iles lost all interest in his wor work or jones replied he knows he Is not going to be with me longer than the end of 0 the year and he sees no reason for or showing any initiative tie he comes late pretty orten often he does no more mora than he be has to tor for he Is not working for or promotion tion and he feels sure that no matter how poorly he does we wont fire him it takes a pretty good man to do his best up to the end of a job it was robert louls louis stevenson who I 1 believe said that it he knew he was to lie die tomorrow he would go on just the same writing his story finishing his book striving to do something better than he had ever before done sounders saunders who was entered in the two mile race could see before he had done a mile that lie was wag outdistanced by half the fellows who were competing with him some of the men who were outclassed dropped out before they had bad completed the distance and lay on the grass to watch the fenish not so saunders Sai inders he kept on to the end and sprinted his level best at the finish lie ile the ghost of a chance to win but he was a sportsman who gave the best that was in him to the last second some day hell win the rac race e the last scholarship report showed that colllns collins was doing very poor work in his studies he had not previously been an honor student but he had at least done respectable work and I 1 wondered what could be the matter with him 1 I cant come back next semester he explained explain el father thinks it wise for me to finish my course and so I 1 see any reason for working hard it if I 1 flunk out it cuts me no ice im not coming back anyway Q 1933 western newspaper union |