| Show PRESIDENT WAS LAUNDRYMAN WORK is a habit and to those who acquire it it becomes fun relaxation coming through the kind of work done In analyzing the lives of successful men and women we usually find that they got the work habit early in life and never lost it Herbert Hoover was a worker He was born in 1874 in West Branch Iowa the tha th son of a blacksmith bla His father died when he was six years old his mother when he was nine and he went to live with an uncle who operated a Quaker academy in Oregon Herbert earned his board by doing odd chores feeding ceding and currying the horses milking cows cows and tending the furnace All of this was in addition to his regular school work and as if this were not enough work for a young boy he studied English literature and his his- history history tory outside of school hours Later r n h J v vin In m Salem Oregon Herbert as an office boy for his uncle and went to night school until he had enough credits to enter Leland Stan Stanford Stanford Stanford ford university He worked his way through by acting as clerk for the there registrar re and handling handlin and the San Francisco News on the campus Later he started a laundry agency calling for the bags of soiled laundry and delivering the bundles himself In 1893 Herbert Hoover got a job with the United States Geological society He had natural ability at engineering That together with the habit of work gained rapid progress progress ress for him He lie became nationally known as a successful engineer and anda a business man In 1928 he became President of the United States Herbert Hoover was born with no silver spoon Orphaned early he had to fight for every bit of knowl knowl- knowledge knowledge edge for every opportunity But Herbert rt Hoover was born bom with the habit of work and he had the ROCK gOOf goodluck luck to keep that habit His re reward reward reward ward was success Service |
