The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-11

that bearingl. I nave, however, seen
much Of country boys. Ihave seen, in
my department, young men ruined,
and ruined in vast numbers; and
while many exc cut an existence, they
are not what call successful men,"
They thrive for while, and then fade
away, and the places that knew them
once know them no more. But from
the experience which I have had,
answer your questions as follows:
l. In many cases, no. Although
they may secure more money, in my
opinion the majority loose the bloom Of
true manhood.
,. \ comparatively small percentage.
The majority make living, and that
is about all.
3. The country boys
/. 1t all depends upon whether there
is pluck, push and perseverance. A
college boy is too apt to depend upon
what he knows; the other upon what
he does. One has theory; the other
practice. Where the college boy COM
bines the theory and practice, the odds,
itseems to me, must be in his favor.
ANTHONY CoMsToCK.
CONDITIONS DIFFER NORTH AND SOUTH.
The following interesting letter is
from Professor James Wood Davidson
of Washington, D. c.:
What l shall say in reply to your
questions will be said from the staud-
point of Southerner. AS I see it,
there are two essentially different civ
ilizations in the United States, one
Northern and. one Southern. These
have grown out Of well defined causes.
The North was originally peopled by
colonists that We're antagonistic to the
British Government in both State and
Church-outs in politics and dissenters
in religion. The South was peopled by
colonists that were in sympathy with
the mother country. In both colonial
centers, like has since then attracted
like.
The spirit of the North is aggressive
and inconoclastic. The feeling Of indi-
viduality is dominant. The youth is
taught, at home and in school, to feel
that the individual is supreme and the
community only an incident. His life
is shaped upon this motive idea; and
he reckons all things from his central
selfhood. The spirit of the South, on
the contrary, is patriarchal, that ele-
ment being so strong that it moulded
even slavery into its own shape. The
spirit is also eminently conservative.
The feeling Of community is controu-
ing; and the youth is taught in every
way to feel that he is one Of many, and
that in life the individual self should be
subordinated to the community.
The North is commercial, and large
cities grow up naturally. The South
is agricultural, cities being small and
few.
Now to your questions:
l. The country boy whose gifts are
special does wisely in going to the city,
for the reason that the wider field gives
him better facilities for study and vast
ly enlarged opportunities for action.
The same is true of the boy of superior
mind, although mistakes are easy to
make and often made upon this point.
?. A large majority fully 10 per cent,
should think-of those have known
have found success; that is, a success
beyond what they would have found
in the country.
3. 1t depends somewhat upon the
kind of business; but the advantage, as
a general rule, seems to me to be with
the country boys. Our most successful
public men-statesmen, lawyers, teach
ers, editors, preachers, artists, etc.
have come largely from the country.
But here it must be kept in mind that
a very great majority of our population
is of the country.
1. Decidedly, yes; especially when
they are educated in their own State
colleges.
TAG EDoD DAVTDSON