The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
What will She Do?

"naC Will She DO!
The young woman who comes from
the schools and colleges this month,
diploma III hand, expects in a majority
of cases, to accomplish something in the
world, and for the world
What. will she do?
Plato wrote ages ago:
All the pursuits of men are the pur-
suits of women, Also" but woman. ex-
cepting in individual cases, has been
slow in claiming her right to those pur-
suits. and in demonstrating her ability
III them. 1t is only in recent years that
she has learned what Plato said so long
ago. But now wherever you find toll
ing men, you find women working as
hard and accomplishing as much as their
BROTHERS. The young graduate of 1885
Will take her place by the side of her
working brothers and sisters, in the
school room, the newspaper Office the
where you will find her, and everywhere
she will be doing her whole duty and
more
And then, some of them, will take il
place not SO important perhaps in the
public eye, but after all, dearer place
in the heart of every true woman and
mana woman's place in a home, where
complished. and who will say that tho
trained mind does not do better work
IN the home than the unframed one?
Homes do not suffer because our girls
are not ignorant.
What will the graduate of '95 do:
Everything, and she will dc it we'll. And
now while she is happy. and proud, and
maybe Il little bit too important, and
is it cruel to say it?-sometimes a little
too much in evidence, let us not forget
that she is in earnest, very much
in earnest, and this is well. for #
is onl " the earnest people who
accomplish. The fury of her earnestness
will wear off after Il time, and the world
will not hang with such heavy RESPONSE
bility upon her individual hands. but
when she begins her real work. whether
in the home or i'll public, her broad pur-
pose, her steadfastness. her fidelity. will
be the result of her earnestncss of to-
day.
What will she do?
She will be the mother the teacher,
the trainer. the helper the comforter.
the inspiration of men.
The sweet girl graduate of 1895 has
a lifetime of deeds before her-and she
will do thcm.-Womankind.
Self-COntrOl.
The need of self-control in small things
as well as great Is illustrated in all the
affairs of life, but especially in the husi-
ness careers of those who obtain posi.
tons of trust. To be successful they
must maintain a high reputation in and
out of business hours, and this they can
only do by keeping constant care of their
appetites and passions. observation-disclosures
in anything which units them for the
performance of their business duties viii
injure their reputation and put check
upon their promotion. The remark is
often made by young and inexperienced
men that they have right to do as they
please during off hours; that their EN-
ployer pays them only for certain hours
of the day and that the Intervening period
is at their own disposal, free from CON
troll. This is true only in d limited sense
Ones duty to an employer requires him
to be in perfect condition during the
hours of labor to do his appointed task
He may do as he pleases with his leisure
hours only on condition that the use he
may make of them shall leave him in
good condition for the next days work
If he shall habitually neglect to take
needful rest, or shall be incorporate in
eating or drinking, and shall in conse-
quence return to his daily labors, dullcd
in intellect, lacking in energy, or with
nerves disordered he has untitled himself
for the best service. His employer may
not dictate to him how he shall spend his
leisure hours. but he may, and doubtless