The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-10

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Boys and girls, 1t Is your uncles de!
sire, u possible, to keep you alive to II
sense OF your duty, Us but II short five
weeks yet remain until the md-tcrm
examination. and we want you to get
the Right Start" and keep IL until the
end. Unless some Of you call halt
upon idcuess. gossip and negligence Of
duties, your marks in Department. APP
plication, Recitation, &c.. will be- con
sidcrably curtailed this month. and will
cause you to lose in all your marks and
yuu well know what this means to you
II you cXpect promotion you must earn
it 10y your own earnest efforts. don't
forget this. We give you this week
the conclusion of Mr.. Hollands advice.
relative To Getting the Right Start"
Read it carefully and keep its teachings
ever in mind aud success will be- yours.
TO me. one OF the most disgusting
sights. continues Mr. Holland "is that
Of young man with healthy blood,
broad shoulders and hundred and fifty
pounds, more or less, Of good bono and
muscle, standing with his hands in his
pockets and longing for help. | admit
| that there are positions in which the
Independent spirit may accept of assist
ance-may, in fact, us a choice of evils.
desire IT,; but for II man who Is able Ia
help himself to desire the help Of
others in the accomplishment OF his
plans Of life. is positive proof that he
has received most unfortunate train.
| ing. az hat there is II leavcn of mean.
ness in his composition that should
make him shudder. When. therefore.
II young man has ascertained and fully
received the fact that he dues not know
anything. that the world does not care
anything about him. that what he wins
must he won by his own brain and
brawu. aud that while he holds in his
own hands the means Of gaining live
lihood and the objects Of life. he cannot
receive assistance without compromis-
ing his self-rcspcct and selling his free.
dom, he is in Il fair position for begin
ming life. When II young man becomes
aware that only by his own efforts can
he rise into cOmpanionship and compe-
titiOn with the sharp. strong and well
drilled minds around him. hc is ready
for work and not before.
The next lesson Is that of patience.
thorOughness OF preparation and con
tentlnent with the regular channels Of
business effort and enterprise. This is,
perhaps one Of the most difficult to
learn. Of all the lessons Of life. II is
natural for the mind to reach out eager
ly for immediate results.
AS manhood dawns. and the young
man catches in its first light the pima
cles of realized dreums, the golden
domes of high possibilities and the pur
pling hills Of great delights. and then
looks down upon the narrow, long and
dusty path by which others have
reached them. he is apt to be disgusted
with the passage. and to seek for sue
cess through broader channels. by
quicker means. Beginning at the very
foot of the hill. and working slowly to
the top, seems II very discOuraging pro-
cess: and precisely at this point thou
sands Of young people have made ship
wreck of their lives.
Let it be understood, them at start
ing. that the patient conquest Of diff
culties which rise in the regular and
legitimate channels of business and en-
terprise, is not only essential in secur-
ing the SUCCESSES you seek, but it is
essential to that preparation of your
mind requisite for the enjoyment Of
your successes. and for retaining them
when gained. II is the general rule of
Providence, the world over, and in all
times that unearned success is curse.
1t is the rule of Providence that the
process of earning success shall be- the
preparation for its conservation and
enjoyment.
So, day by day, and week by week: So
month after month and year after year.
work on, and in that process gain
strength and symmetry, aud nerve and
knowledge, that when success, patiently
and bravcly worked for shall come, it
may find you prepared to receive it and
keep IL.