Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1936-11-13 | Page 6 | Let's Start Them Right

Let's Start Them Right There was a day when every yoi ng American was assured tliat ho had a chance to become President Presi-dent of the United States and, if he failed, that, at the worst, he would probably make a million dollars. The result of this teaching has probably been evil. The generations genera-tions that have jfrovn on such notions have been inclined to rab U i themselves and fet all tn-ii the law allows and some of the Iruit ih.it the law prohibits. It is abut time that education include the idea that an individual attains satisfaction, not by getting eveiything or the highest honors, but by serving society in his or her place with distinction. The development devel-opment of men and women into intelligent creatures, with an understanding un-derstanding of man and nature, is a task that most of us complete early in life, if at all. Maybe, by starting early with the youngsters we c-uld help them attain a greater great-er goal earlier in life, and that, we admit, is what life is intended to accomplish.