Show uncommon common sense ili john bitite 0 bell service barrio today I 1 read in a newspaper that the average senior in a new york college hopes to be re hope springs a salary of oc eternal lave five years he be leaves that institution ution for or his place in the world now in these days a year la Is considerable money tor for a youngster of twenty five years to earn rut one thing Is sure the boy who believes that he be will make that much money and has the energy and the brains to back up his belief will bo be far more likely to have his dream come cola L true than the boy who just lets things s slide ilde along 4 0 0 0 0 you cant get everything you want by merely wanting it but wanting it badly enough to wor work lr for it and make sabria sacrifices ces for it a ana keep it constantly in mind will be a big help the newspaper piece la in which I 1 read this burst of optimism goes on 00 t to 0 aa say Y the average senior of this college Is twenty years and six months old ile he Is independent in politics gamble but smokes and drinks unlike his predecessors who aspired mainly to financial success the present senior hopes tor for intellectual success that may not be so easy but why he hope for financial success there Is no reasons reason why every college graduate should not emulate men who have gained wealth to in business and whether he gets it or not the game will have been worth while As long as these boys hold to a dennite definite purpose they are not likely to be crowded off the road which leads to their goal the president of a new england college told me once that his hardest task was finding out what young men really wanted to do as well as what they were fitted to do I 1 think however that if they amount to anything they will find that out for themselves perhaps there must be a lot of experimenting but sooner or later those who possess ability will get on the right road the desire to make money will not render them mercenary or grasping who want money and who if he has any worthwhile ambition will not work for it harder than he Is likely to work for tame fame or glory the idea that education is il intended merely to elevate the mind to higher things is well enough but you will never appreciate higher things a great deal if your clothes are shoddy and your row stomach is empty I 1 am strong for these seniors and I 1 hope they set get what they are after if they dont turn grasping and lose their perspective on life a 0 0 0 0 0 dont salt ask too many questions how often do you hear a peevish father who thinks he the question Is a bus busy malle make this mark observation fortunately for the child however something inside of him makes him curious about everything he sees and he continues to ask as many questions as before it might be said that education consists of questions and answers the scientist Is always asking questions of ben or of natural phenomena isaac newtons New tons questioning under the apple tree solved the problem of why ahr things fall fail down instead of up today millions of dynamos and motors and other electric apparatus are doing much of the worlds work benjamin franklin was one of the first to ask questions about the forces of electricity birds and beasts take most things for granted they have curiosity but it Is satisfied as soon as they discover if something they see or smell Is what they think it Is if it Is bafflingly different they do not bother their wits any more about it I 1 think the question mark ought to be made the symbol of progress beyond what they should eat and what they should drink and wherewithal they should be clothed ther the american indians indiana bother their brains and had not the country been taken over by man and woman of european birth they would still be living in tepees stad and feeding on the flesh of wild animals and indian corn the beginnings of the th newspaper in your hand were made when Gt gutenberg enberg began to wonder why the letters of the she alphabet could not be made on movable type thus making it is possible to put thoughts and ideas down without the pain painful ul process oj of writing them on scrolls a think about what you sm see find out about it ask questions about it IL there are still more things in heaten and on earth than are dreamed of in all our philosophy but as long as we remain curious more and more of them will ill be brought ta t light balloons today pierce the stratosphere to ask questions of what Is unknown and for long was regarded as unknowable telescopes are answering questions about stars and planets there will always perhaps be questions eions that we cannot answer and never be able to auser answer |