The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-04-12
PUPILS HEAR
ADDRESS ON
SUCCESS"

/ lnls morning Dy MT, Joseph r.. f1etcher,
| president OF the Coronet worsted COM
pany. before the pupils OF the Bryant &
| Stratton Business college.
Mr.. Fletcher spoke in substance as fol-
! lowsi
you are graduating from the school OF
precept into the great post graduate
school OF experience, and IL is in pro-
portion as you neglect or profit by its
lessons, that your efforts in the world
will be crowned at last with success or
failure In restricted sense. your edu-
cation may be said TO be completed. but
I'm broader and truer sense. 1t Is just
beginning, and you will find in your con-
test with the world that the race is not
always to the swift. nor the battle to the
strong, yet you will have need OF qualities
to meet the conditions OF both, for the
road to success is alternately a race and
a battle.
CARDINAL FONTS OF SUCCESS.
"The cardinal points of success may be
said TO be ability. opportunity and
energy, and where these three are COM
bined. success is invariably assured.
Where one may have fair share of
ability. and can see ways Of opportunity.
and yet lacks the quality OF energy, these
first two often avail little. while on the
other hand while one may have naturally
or by cultivation. an abundance OF energy,
and with apparently few opportunities i'm
sight the energy properly developed
opens the way 10 the creation OF oppor-
tunty
av,f
ambition, enterprise and the forceful
striving TO some end Energy can be
misdirected and Is also as potent In the
accomplishment OF a wrong cause as the
reverse.
True success, the success worthy of
admiration. is that obtained without
fraud. deception. and the so-called sharp
practices, and brings that true satisfac-
tion TO a successful one without which
the apparent success is seldom satisfying,
or an object OF outside admratio
Energy may also be termed the spirit
to work and little can be expected with
out hard and constant work and that
never let up effort till the object is ac-
complshed. and one must sacrifice the
ease and comfort and social engagements
where they interfere with the work In
hand and particularly at the commence
ment of a young mans career
work means labor and one must make
up his mind that this is hard and means
a thought OF the personal ease and com
fort last. If the end striven for is worth
the candle
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
I'VE are living I'm an age Of remarkable
achievement, particularly as regards de-
vices for labor saving, for simplifying
and expediting pursuits both commercial
and otherwise, yet there never has been
a time when opportunities were greater
fG~ those having the qualifications above
mentioned TO win real success.
Business opportunities exist every day;
but. without education and a thorough
wishes TO follow. success in that line
viii always be handicapped.
I'm entering the great world of bust
ness, with its present intense competition.
10 succeed one must be endowed with
knowledge. ability and energy, essentially
qualified to attain success Men without
the attainments which 7 have Just men
toned cannot follow In the channel in
which they can display their ability and
lead them to a large outlet bringing them
finally to scene OF larger endeavor and
landing them at the port OF success.
TEACHINGS OF EXPERIENCE.
"The greatest OF all teachers is ex-
perience, and II is experience which de-
velops maturity OF judgment and char
acter without which no man can become
fit to assume tho responsibility of au-
thority over others. nor can a man hope
TO attain, and then retain control over
Others without the supreme gift OF self
control
Determination and persistency are the
qualities which move mountains and grind
their way through the walls Of difficulty
and opposition. Cultivate the power OF
concentration. and whatever YOU do. do
10 a finish and TO the best OF your ability |
Never, II YOU can help II leave anything
In the middle 10 go 10 something else FOR
business is n hopeless handicap
to progress.
IL can think of no better rule of con
duct. or Of no better words TO describe !
IL, than those of Mr.. Roosevelt: Give |
every man a square deal Be simple. |
and earnest In your deal |
ngs with men. and you will win their |
confidence and command their respect
SELF KNOWLEDGE.
"one Of the most essential forms Of
knowledge for n man 10 have Is Self !
Study yourself and you will |
Ind the occupation profitable Understand /
and make sure that you are |
half as good as YOU think you are. II /
Is good rule 10 forgive other people !
their shortcomings quicker than YOU do |
your own. A man who has not full com /
mand OF himself has no license 20 the |
authority over others DO not deprecate \
or underestimate the ability of others.
Tor remember that every man knows |
that you do not and no man
knows Il all
THE world OK today IL moving onward
with marvellous rapidity. The thing that
VAS good enough yesterday Is found 10
oe altogether insufficient for today. and
ne thing OF today will be superseded to-
morrow by something still better. In no
department. OF human endeavor more than
N the educational. are the methods and
measures of the past found inadequate.
rhe demands ~ modern life call lmpera-
lively for a teaching force composed of
nen of ability, strong personality. high
haracter. broad scholarship and a thor
ugh professional training
1T follows. therefore. that n course In
business college tends TO bring forth
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