Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-22
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT'

He is home again--the college grad.
uate, the hero Of his little circle, the
tyrnnt of his home realm. His friends
pay him homage, his sisters are proud
TO be ordered around by him, and his
little brothers take il as mark OF al
fectionate condescension when he cuffs
them about the ears. For everybody
knows he doesn't mean any harm, only
he has been roughing it at college
running, Jumping, rowing, swinging
the clubs and toying with heavy
weights-and he cant be expected to
lay II all aside in q day. No wonder
that his intimates feel their own i'm
portance increased when college man
lords il over them, for he is likely to
have a good deal of the man about him,
likely to be mobile fellow" and his
onslaughts on the youngsters, and his
sly prods at the old folks are accepted
as just so many patents Of nobility be.
slowed by one who has right 10
award them as he plcases. This lasts
while the novelty lasts. BY and by
the home folks begin to think of some
return, some practical result Of all this
college expenditure, which has proba-
bly, been the occasion of much close
family fnanciering. The graduate has
got his diploma and perhaps his degree
what will he do with 1t? He has
had exceptional advantages he ought
TO be an exceptionally useful man. But
will he be2 That depends-depends
upon his college training, depends up
on himself, depends upon his advisers.
He is likely to think it depends upon
luck. He feels himself every inch
man, physically and mentally. If he
has ranked high among the college
athletes, pulled a strong oar, run with
the swiftest and vaulted with the high
est; If he has stood well in this class,
won honorable mention in that, and a
medal in another, he will feel himself
all the more man. If he rate these
things at their real value, as only evil
dences Of what pluck and determine
tion may accomplish IN the great world,
he is all the better prepared for the
rough and tumble scramble which
awaits him. If he looks upon.his col
lege victories as the sure forerunners Of
an easy victory over the world, he
starts in the race heavily handicap
ped with an over stock of confidence
and conceit, which will seriously impede
his progress. Before he will amount
to anything he must have these false
notions iolted out of him by many falls.
He will find hedges and bitches which
he can't clear on college record. lie
will have to get down off his high horse
and build bridges. He viii find hills
which he cannot soar over. He must
climb wearily over them or cut them
down. lie must work. The world
will not remember that he has q diplo-
ma or degree IN his pocket. The
common herd will jostle him on every
side, and crowd him out, too, unless
he prove his fitness TO survive. If
rightly used, his college education will
be great benefit to him. 1t is odds
in his favor IL he take advantage of it,
But he must not expect the world to
come and pour its honors and emolu-
ments into his lap. We don't live in
that kind of world. This Is a work.
ing, ploddng world, where the stout.
est heart and the strongest arm and
the busiest brain win what is worth
having. There is plenty of room for