Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-07-31
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The forest and the lake are by no
means the only things of interest in
our peculiarly interesting commune
ty. Possibly few of our summer
visitors know that one of our color
ed porters is University of Penna.
student and will shortly graduate in
the Department of Law, while
another is studying for the ministry
doing practical work in his chosen
profession while pursuing studies to
promote his fitness for it. In both
cases the way to the goal has led up
from poverty and by the road of con-
stant effort. Both cases prove that it
Is not circumstances that make the
man but the man makes the circum-
stances.
One railroad agent is almost ready
to graduate as doctor and another
as a professional chemist. College
doors have opened themselves to
these young men because of their
industry and persistence and not be-
cause of means provided by some
one else.
A divinity student does duty as a
night watchman and every hotel
clerk is supplementing limited re-
sources to continue educational work.
A whole class of young ladies in train
ing for missionary and deaconess
work serves in the dining room, am
bilious teachers are in the kitchen
that the wages there may open the
way to still higher education. That
all this staff fill every position with
tact that does much to make it de
lightfully pleasant for the summer
visitor goes without saying. The
most efficient, the most attractive
service comes from the intelligent
young men and women who have in
their eyes an ambitious look that
indicates high grade of service in
the worlds widest fields.
The most remarkable feature is
that our own people are conspicuous
by their absence from among these
competitors for honors scholastic,
scientific, humane and religious.
Just why our own young people do
not take part in the harvest that helps
to higher education and higher
placeson the worlds rolls is hard to
understand.
With practical schools of domestic
and culinary science, photography,
pharmaceutics, steam and gas engi-
neering, hydraulics, electrics and a
host of other things right at home
for three or four months, with one
exception, none of our own young
people are availing themselves of the
open doors.
With several thousands of people
visiting us who would leave behind
them substantial financial evidences
of their interest in our church, Sun
day School and library work we are
not in evidence. Our older men are
not seen as the pillars of the efforts
that must build up the moral char
acter of our community, our young
men are not in their places to well
come our visitors to attractive SER
vices in our churches, instead of en-
tertaining the people who come to
us and bring the money that sus-
tains us we expect them to enter
tain themselves.
With measureless intellectual
, wealth coming to our doors we let it
get away from us without receiving
it's contributions that would be pour
ed out for us without stint if we
+ would but open our hearts and
minds to bid it welcome. With a
priceless crown held above us we are
+ like Bunyan's man with his muck
rake.
OF a possible sum of thousand
dollars week paid out for service
, our own people fail to secure but the
most insignificant stipend. Instead
| of ourselves furnishing the clerks,
stenographers, all parts of the train
, ed hotel staffs, engineers and the
whole host we are content to waste