Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-01
best educated man every lime. find ]
can get more out OF such men,"
TEACHING SCHOOL. FOR A DOLLAR A
SCHOLAR.


SCHOLAR.
what did you do after you left col.
lege. Mr.. Hobart"
"My first work was school teaching, I"
was the reply. The little country
school where taught was a mile and
halt from my fathers house, and rode
there and back every day on one OF my
fathers horses"
! How did you like teachingl"
| VERY much, but | did not stick Mt it
long. taught only three months and
then came here to Paterson 10 study
law"
did your school teaching pay1"
Eyes, it seemed 10 me that it paid
| very well. | got $40 for my three
months teaching. The scholars each
paid me 81 month, and had to col.
ect my salary. When counted up my
money at the close | ren ember had
$40 and it seemed lot Of money at
the time"
WHY HOBART BECAME a LAWYER.
what made you choose the law as a
profession, Mr.. Hobart"
There is quite n romantic story con
nected with that" replied the Vice
President. 81 studied law with Socrates
futile, who was one Of the well known
lawyers OF New Jersey. Mr.. Tutile and
my father were boy friends. They sat
on the same bench when they went to
school together in New Hampshire, and
| alter they had finished their schooling
they both taught school. My father
came to New Jersey to take charge of a
school here, and he liked it so well that
he sent back for his old friend to come
down and teach also. Mr.. futile came
and taught school for while. He then
gave up teaching, studied law, and set
tied down here in Paterson TO practice.
! His friendship with my iather. however,
continued, and he was already lawyer
oil quite large practice at the time
was about 10 be bora. lust about this
time ne was visiting my father, and the
two in discussing the coming event OF
my birth agreed that ii ! should be a
boy should go into his office as law
student as soon as | finished school and
should eventually perhaps become his
partner. Well, this was what actually
happened, and II was on account oil this
ante-natal contract that | left my school
teaching tor the law"
''Do you remember your first law
case, Mr.. Hobart"
81 can't say that dc" was the reply
u studied law three years before | was
admitted TO the bar, and IN my connec-
ton with Mr., futile Twas given work to
do almost from the start. During my
first year | made about $500, the
second year did much better. and my
business increased as long as /
practiced
But you are not practicing now are
your
mo; have so much other business
to do that cannot. am interested in
many institutions and corporations, and
devote my time 10 them"
DOES THE LAW PAYl
"What do you think OF the law as a
field for young mem"
81 think it is good one. There will
always be courts and always be law
business"
But is it as good as it was twenty
years ago?"
mo, not in many respects. The law
business OF today, like all other
businesses, is divided up into branches
and spccialties There are real estate
lawyers, criminal lawyers, corporation
lawyers, &c. a man becomes noted TO.
one thing and he gets his business along
that line. The chances for the general
practitioner are not nearly SO good as
they we're in the past"
"Your work has been largely that of
a corporation lawyer"
Eyes, very largely So"
81 suppose that the pay in such cases
comes largely from the stock given in
the corporations organized"
mo, it is legitimate business. The
fees are direct"
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
"Mr Hobart" said |, "you are sue.
cessiul man You have made what is
considered large fortune, and YOU
have attained to what is next to the
highest position in the United States
Can't you give me some advice Tor the
young men OF today. What should a
young man do 10 succeed7
81 have often thought OF that" re-
piled the Vice President Success is
not hard to attain believe that any
young man can succeed il he will rigidly
observe Two rules. One is to be at all
times strictly honest and the other is TO
be industrious and economical"
"Bu, after all, Mr., Hobart, are not
great money makers born rather than
made7"
Yes, that is 10 some extent So" was
the reply. "Still ii is easy 10 see how
many men fail, They scatter their ener.
gies and their investments. Because a
thing does not turn out as well as they
thought it would, within two OF three
months, thev give II up. Trey have not
faith in their own Judgment They
don't keep at it and make their ticks
tell As ior me success has not been
difficult. I have never known what it
was to be hard up lor money, nor have
tried to make money by any cheese
pairing economy. There is one principle,
however, that have stucl: 10. and that
is to spend less than | made. did this
when began MY work aud 90 i to.
day.
DO you keep close accounts OF such
matteTs"
ayes, have always done So mean
of what have made, ] do not keen
very careful accounts OF what sperd.
have still the books OF my first receipts
as a lawyer"
"How about your work, Mr.. Hobart
| You manage large institutions, you have