The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-22

Cites Notable Examples Of the Success
Of the American Boy IN Lie.


Of this city. the Oklahoma boy select
ed to speak on "The American Boy"
at the Worlds fair. was delivered this
afternoon in the Worlds fair It was
as follows
I The American boy the product ct
the American nation---is a subject that
should concern every citizen Of the
United States. including the girls. and
especially the boys, for It will be but
few short years when the American
boy Of this generation viii not oniy
manage our own affairs Of state but
viii be called upon to help settle all
disputes between nations. We are ap-
preaching an era when war shall he
no more, unconsciously and uninten-
tionally the powers Of the earth have
been preparing. The destructive pow
ers OK the earth have been preparing
The destructive powers Of the machin-
cry used in modern warfare when a
handful of men can blow up ana
entirely destroy a navy and another
handful of men can annihilate an army
in less time than It takes to describe
the battle, war cease to be war, and
becomes assassination.
I consider the American boy very
high standard Of excellence (morally.
mentally and physically the peer of
any hoy in IN, world
First, to be truly an American boy
he must love his country and his flag
next to his mother and show me
boy that truly loves his mother and 4
viii show you boy that w.il never
have to be drafted when his country
calls for volunteers to uphold the hon.
or of the stars and stripes. the en-
Bile moi liberty the world over. He
must be active, quick to see and em-
brace an opportunity, and not afraid
TO work. for work is the handspring
that helps all great mer to success.
Lives of most great men tell rs
plainly thai It Is not necessary to be
born with silver spoon In ones
mouth to be able to stand on the high.
est rung OF the ladder OF success or
fame. There are 40 better examples
than our own belovedpresident.
Joseph Pulitzer started as a reporter
here in st. Louis and is now the owner
Of the New York Worl1. Post Dispatch,
and recently endowed a school of
journalism in New York city at cost
OF $4,000 900.
Thomas A. Edison. a poor boy Of
II, while working at Stratford, Can
ada, perfected his first invention
that Of fastening his telegraph instru-
ment to the clock in such a manner
that it wonld register him awake every
half hour while he was peacefully in
the arms Of Morpheus The operators
thought it was a great thing but It
Is needless 10 say the railway com
pany didn't get a patent on It. But
that little notch filed in the clock
wheel was the beginning of the dis
trict messenger call apparatus which
has put millions into the pockets of
the great corporations in the large
cities OF our country.
America early departed from the alb
surd notion OF the rest Of the world
and educated her girls. The girls of
one generation become the mothers Of
the next, and Of the ten thousand most
famous men in the United States,
vast majority Of them had educated
mothers. Not educated, perhaps, in
all the arts and sciences Of the pres
ent schools, but educated so as to be
able to direct the boys footsteps along
the pathway leading TO honorable man
hood. Educated so as to be able to
instill into the boys soul the eternal
principle Of right Educated, so as
to be able 70 enKindle within him the
sacred fires Of a praisaw orthy ambi.
ticn. II was pr. Holmes who said;
III you want to make q gentleman, be-
Gin with his grandfather While
am not wanting in respect for the ad-
vice Of the distinguished gentleman.
yet I would urge that success would
be more certain II you begin with mis-
grandmother. The American boy of
today whose grandmother was strong
in mind and body has hfes battles
half won. II American boys have sur
passed the boys of other aationaiitie5
in mental and physical ugor II their
intellectual horizon IS broader, y their
comprehension is more profound, 1t is
because the American fathers hai the
wisdom to establish schools and col.
leges and because the American moth
ers had the foresight TO see that their
boys and girls attended these places
Of education, Early knowledge be
cana fashionable and NDiteracy he