The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-07-11
Mr.. Solswab on Success.

salary of S1,0O0,0CO a year, has been
telling the. boys Of St. Georges Even.
ing Trade. school, in New York, how to
succeed in business. With his general
rules as to industry, integrity, frugality
and devotion to duties about every one
will agree, but even the exercise Of
these hess to the fullest degree does not land
many man men in million dollar jobs, though
unquestionably no real success in any
calling is ever attained without them.
His contention, however, that manual
education excels for life of business
and for manufactures and tina "a col
lege education is not necessary for a
successful business career may not
be universally accepted. Mr.. .Schwab
supported the latter phase of his con-
tentlon by recounting the names of
half a dozen exceptionally successful
manufacturers not noted for scholar
snip and by saying that. Of 40 fnan-
clal magnates with whom he had once
foregathered only two had been to col
lege.
Strangely enough, The Engineering
News Of London has much the same
doubts about the utility of technical ed
ucation that Mr.. Schwab has about the
academic and asks if it does not lead
rather to small Improvements in old
methods than to the making Of original
and important contributions to the in
dustrial arts. It mentions Watt, Ste
phenson and Brinley as great men
whose technical education was by no
means thorough and instances Harri-
son, the carpenter, who gave us the
chronometer; Arkwright, who collected
hair from BARRIERS shops before he
turned his attention to spinning by ma
chinery, and Dr. Cartwright, who new
er saw a loom until he made his own.
Edison, Gramme and Swan were with
out scientific training in the modern
meaning Of the term, and Bell was
more of a philologist than a physicist.
The truth is that the more one knows,
whether acquired through college edu-
cation or manual training or without
the aid of either, the better is he equip
ped for a successful and useful career.
If, however, the accumulation of many
millions and the holding of positions
which pay such enormous salaries as
that which Mr. c.. NJ. Schwab annually
receives be the only mark of success,
very few. persons can hope. to attain it,
no matter what the educational quail
fcations. That sort Of success comes
very largely through peculiar condi-
lions and environments, though un-
questonably there must be the basic
qualities of thrift, industry, fidelity,
trustworthiness and knowledge of the
business in hand. For these things
every boy should strive, whatever his
advantages in the way Of education,
and, though he may never get into the
millionaire class. he may become none
the less successful, useful and hon
orable factor in society,"
The people Of the little kingdom, Of
Seryia are to have new constitution,
under which they apparently will en-
joy larger liberties and greater priv
ileges than heretofore. An authorita-
five o11f1irn 0f ho
which will shortly be promulgated by
King Alexander, has been published at
Belgrade. According to the programme,
the senate will consist of 81 members,
Of whom IS will be elected by the peo-
pie The qualification for the fran
chise will be the payment of 500 francs
per annum in taxes. The king will
nominate 80 life members. The re-
naming three members will be the heir
to the Servian throne, provided he is a
male and of age;, the metropolitan Of
Belgrade and the bishop Of Nish. Half
of the elected members of the senate
will resign every three years. A bill
in order to become a law will have to
be approved by both the senate and
the national assembly, or skuptchina,
which will now have balance wheel
in the shape of a second chamber. The
present constitution has been in op-
eTation since 1889. According to it, the
legislative power is exercised by the
king in conjunction with the national
assembly. The senate consists Of only
16 members, eight nominated by the
king and eight chosen by the assembly.
1t examines and Celebrates the prof.
ects Of law and authorizes extraordi-
nary loans. According also to the old
constitution, the assembly consists Of
one body, composed Of deputies, one
elected by every $500 taxpaying males.
1t will cost about 100000 to buy up
the Palisades Of the Hudson, according
to the plans Of the Palisades interstate
park commission. But none can tell
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