Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-08-20


to remember that the nine justices
must still sit on the same bench and
pass upon questions Of law Just the
same as II they did not hold radically
different views on many questions.
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Ii must have taken cOnsiderah bic
courage In Andrew Carnegie to most
his nnti-tlpping placards IN Skibo Cas-.
tie. for tipping In Great Britain is on
as stable II foundation as monarchy
and Is rs little likely to be overturned
by the example of one man. II Mr..
Carnegie could really abolish tipping
or start q reformation which would nj.
timntely abolish II he would easily be
the most SHINING character of the TWEEN.
t!eth century. but he cannot do IL.
There are certain evils that have come
TO stay and certain problems that can
never Dc solved. Among these Is the
tipping practice. When every library
that Mr.. Carnegie has founded Is for.
gotten and when every idea contained
In all the books In these libraries has
become obsolete the servants In Scot.
land will still be demanding and re.
cciving tips.
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Did you ever hear OF John Henry
Biod-ibb? Few persons have. You
know him rs Sir Henry Irving. the
greatest living actor. There Is com.
fort and hope for struggling young
men In tie career of this man who
came M from u Junior clerkship In a
London shop TO be the foremost ira.
ged,an of the Victorian era. He was
born John Henry BrodrIbb and poor.
II was only after he had made a great
name for himself that Queen Victoria
made him the first actOr.knight. Here
Is the encouragement to young men IN
the life of this illustrlous actor and
tempt to act a part In II local lyceum
lie tlunked. Stage fright prevented his
opening his mouth. lie retired In dis
grace without speaking II word. Worse
still: When he engaged to play u part
in "The Winters Tale" lie was liter.
ally Kissed OFF the stage. That would
have settled 1t with most young men,
But this young man knew what was In
him and he was bound to give II eX.
preston. He studied constantly and
srouted IN his room before Il mirror
lie drenched himself In Shakespeare
And he would take any part. however
low. In the cast to get chance on the
stage. Finally Dion Bouclcault d!scOv-
cred the genius that was In him and
the rest was easy. The story IL the
story-with variations--Of every man
who has got on In the world. Men
make themselves great by persistence.
In recent years, as most persons
know, there has been a great increase
In the size OF classes graduated from
the higher institutions of learning.
This is true both of the colleges and
of the professional and technical
schools, and the newspapers have
found the fact fruitful topic for dis
cussion. How long can the country
stand II? they ask. How long can
these large numbers of college gradu-
ates continue to be absorbed " The
pessimistic speculation, and, indeed,
the question itself, Is really q survi-
val of the curious old notion that col
lege graduates are different from other
young men; that paths which are open
to ordinary youths are closed to them,
and that the struggle fol success must
he increased by the increase in num-
beers. The fallacy lies In the survival,
of the old view of the purpose of n
college course. Preparation for law,
medicine or the ministry. or perhaps
for teaching, was once regarded as the
only good reason boy could have for
mourning the expense of Il college
course. Now the purpose Is recognized
rs training of the faculties for what
ever the young man chooses to under
take, whether it be farming, business,
ship-designing or one of the so-called
learned professions. In a sense ,Ais
has always been the view of educa-
tors, but it has seemed not to be the
view of the people at large. 1t Is re-
ally the graduates themselves who
have brought about the change. Their
readiness to enter new callings has put
the matter of education In a truer light
and robbed the newspaper comments
and jokes of much of their signif-
canoe. The college graduate of to-day
is most often merely young man
ready to 60 to work and looking for a
chance; a young fellow with health
Ter body and better-trained mind
than some of his fellows, but other
wise not different from them. There
Is no limit to the cOuntry's capacity
to "absorb" this kind of youth. and
there never will be any. Really, this