The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-05-12
WOrlE and Win.
CRhlH HlALII.SrER. .

Many persons would pass this, our
motto by, with scarcely II thought;
while thoughtful person, would find
many reasons, why we, as membcrS
OF the Senior class, should choose this
motto in preference to many other.
Must we "Orh to arijl, 0r can we win
without work? No, we cannot, and
hard work at that. Therefore, ii be
comes necessary 10 begin work when
young; and the boy or girl who is 20
! ing to win. can be knOwn while still
young or still small, by his work at
! school rat home. IOu will always
! ind him ON time, at the school-hollse
/ G0l will always fiud him up in the
morning. maybe at eight o'clock,
! maybe not till nine. but you will al
ways find him up, if yon happen to
/ come around at the right time. He
will always do his work we'll, and al
ways have his lessons perfect. You
. may think that it is not necessary to
work, that you can get along very
well without work, but you cannot,
although many do get along without
working very much, yet their lives
are never success, they appcarto have
no object in view, except to pass the
time away. Thus living day 10y day,
their lives resembling Il string, each
day they pail in some Of il aud 50 on,
waiting till they come to the end of
the string and life. 70 all such cases
/ would sugGgst that tncy tie the other
end of the string to the trigger OF Il
shotgun loaded with about eighteen
buckshot and then by pulling on the
string they could haul il all in at one
pull. But if we are going to win il
becomes necessary for us to choose
some profession or occupation early in
life, the earlier the better. The reason
for choosing some one occupation is
, that you can make it 4 lie study; or
the other hand if we do not choose ono
particular trade and make up Oul
+ mind to stick to it come what viii; We
? shall be very apt to take up some trad,
and not half learning it, will become
disgusted with it for various reasons
;, then dropping it will take up some
, thing else thus failing at every thinf
; that we undertake. But on the othel
/ hand if we have chosen some oCcupa
! I ton to which we are adapted and tC
which we are willing to devote all ou
. energies, we will centre all Of on
; thoughts upon that subject, we vii
read and study on it and are bound Il
. succeed; although we may not VIII
everlasting fame as did Galileo, Col
5 umbuS,O or Sir Isaac Newton. But thel
l why may not some Of you become a
: noted rs the most celebrated Of men
We must have kings, emperors, presi
!, dents, generals, orators, statesmen an,
: philosophers, Those who are occupy
e ing those positions now will pass ava,
\ and the boys and girls of to day viii
a have to fill these important positions
Do you not stand an equal chance will
:: any of your competitors? yes nearly
g if not altogether. The only argumen
!. you could bring forth, would be tina
o YOU are not rich; but riches are no
+ absolutely necessary to success. a
many of our most eminent men hay
5 begun life with nothing but determiu
# alton; so you can do the same; there
o fore, success is within the reach {
- every one of you. There was Shake
/, speare, Ben Johnson, and Frankli
|. that We're very poor when boys; an
! Gen. Garfield has proven that eve
e the tow path may lead to the Whit
e House But the question may come Il
IL in YOUR minds Of what is the use G
l. winning riches, wisdom, or grea
% name. We cannot carry it into the neN
y world with us, nor will we live her
i, but few short years, which will b
of filled with trouble and anxiety. 1t doe
y seem to me sometimes that the India
:. mode of living is a happier and free
e life than civilized life. 1t consists
hunting, or fishing, or roaming throug
the forests, admiring the handWorlI
nature; they have no school days {
study and veXation; thus they gro
up passing day by day, having 1
s. great schemes over which to puzz
1t their brain, no mining, no enginee
e. ing, no planning. They simply liz
Ii day by day, aud year by year, not ca
N ing what the morrow may bring fort
n. But then we must look at the questiC
" from our own standpoint. What
ie the use Of winning? Why is it tn
ct the child when but a few years o
al tries to win? why is it that when
Sc outruns his companions that he dra,
I'd himselfup to his fullest height al
o. looks down upon them with brig
eXultant smile Oh his radiant counte
in ance? Is it because he delights