The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-14
A CONTRAST IN BOYS
TOWN AND COUNTRY LADS IN THE
! STRUGGLE Or LIFE.


A country boys lack CT o. portun.ty
Is his best equipment for the serious
struggle, of Efc. This sounds paradox
ical. but it is true 1t is just is true
as the opposite proposition. that The
greatest hindrances a city 10y has to
contend with are the opportunities
which besct him when youn. and Dur
sue him till he begins the real business
or life, Il business which each iMd!vidu-
81 must carry on for himself. For the
city 10y everything is u:alc as easy rs
possible. Even pleasure becomes to
him an old story before he is ont Of his
tccCs. Brought up in the fuvCviSh rush
OF n place where great things are hap
pen:ng day by day, Ec secs the world
with Il cyuic'S eyes and dcSpiscs the
snail things which, like the bricks in
q house, 20 to the upbulGiny Of char
actCrs and careers. He believes in us
ing large markers in the game OF life;
for pennies ana small units of value he
has little taste and scaut regard.
The conditions surrounding the coun-
try 10y are as different as possible
There is deal CT regular work that
every coEntry boy must do, and this
regularity of employment. mostly out
OF doors, incU!cates Industrious habits.
while it contributes to physical de-
vclopucnt which in after years is Just
as val;:abic rs any athletic training
that can bc had. He cannot run as
fast perhaps Us those trained by 4 Sys.
tenn. He may not lie able to jUmD so
high or so far or excel in any of the
sports upon which we ECstow so much
tiGc and from which We get so much
of pleasure, but his Development en-
ahles him to buckle down to the hard
work in which hours are consumed
and FROM which very little or no inn
mediate pleasure is extracted His
strength may bc something like that
Of the cart horse, bat the cart horse
is to he preferred where long and
steady rTil is required. The thorough
bred race hOrsr has five fight of
speed and cantcrs with delightful
!i&htncss ana grace along the park
bride patMS. h"t the heavy work is the
work l4oSt in demand. &nd for that we
Want the draft aui:naiS every time.
Enthu&;;;Sil is the spur to cndlavor
md at the same time 1t is the saver OF
!:fc. The country boy whose ambl-
t!cA has taken him TO town comes
hnGi with Guthusiaslns. Even the lit
lie t.l!aEs are novelties to Lin, and as
he acccmp!!Shcs this aad that he feels
:Aat lie IS Going something not only
interesting. Int valuable His simple
tastes have not bccu spoiled by null
t'p!!c:ty' of cc:2t:.ica tica2. and so he is
glad Of evC:. thing Gcul that comes
las way. 81 thirty, II he leeds q Clean
HE, lie hrs more CT the boy in him
ihan his ely cousin Eas left 1T fifteen.
lie does what is before him because it
IS Lis duty, while tie other is apt
cT2!c:;ly 10 question the value Of do.
!"S anything and ask, What IS the
uSC:'
OF E!e r!ca who have achieved great
prominence and HIGH influence In our
aI2 irS OF state the country boys are ut
less. twenty TO one over the city lads.
Nc"acays indeed our cynical city lads
look upon n!Cn who take an active in
,c-t&c in public affairs rs rather low
f:,:5TTS arG quite beneath their associ-
Gt.cH Grd nct.ce. But the country bows
arc ?t the top IN other lines OF cnGvaY-
or II .nNnco they are pre-emincEt.
ard the great bank presidents today in
III" S">?t cites nearly ~, learned to
F2"n H"U 20 cipher in country schools
where Birch and fG"u!c had not sue.
cuH.c3 u the civ!ii%.ng Influences OF
Sc:eI. &c pedagogy. Our great rail.
Was were in Tie main built by them,
and today til" administrators Of these
n
from farms and country villages, from
Places where work began in early in.
fancy and Il sense OF duty developed
while still tie lisp Of childhood lin.
Carcl.
Some city boys. however, are OF such
sturdy STUFF and endowed with such
natural gifts that they succeed by rca-
son OF their inherent superiority. 9th
er5 succeed abundantly because they
have used their opportunities wisely
ara IN real life have pursued the same
course which enables so many country
boys to win fame and fortune. The
more honor to them for having sur
vived their too great opportunities.
But the country boy when he comes to
town reaches cut for the high places.
hSs5h StttS Ol liiC
mighty. nearly all OF the exalted sta
tlons are h!ied in the end by men of
country birth and country rearing, for
they usually start out with the sound
theory that what Is worth having is
worth striving for.-,John Gilmec Speed
IN Brandur Magazine.
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