The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-09-20

Statesmen .................33
Authros ..................37.
Physicians ................4G.
Lawyers ...................5O.
Clergymen ............,....5S.
Educators .....i...........Gl,
scientists ....................6 90.
Can the young men see that one
college man in every forty attans
recognition to one IN every ten thou
sand non,college men? Can they see
that a college bred man has $50 times
the chance of attaining recognition
that the non-college man has?
Webster once declared that there
is always room at the top. That
trite saying was true then; il is true
today. There is announcement in
the record that William and Mary
has sent ont 20 congressman, 10
United States senators. II governors
81 judges lieutenant governor,
lcommodores to the navy, II profes
sors cabinet officers, tho chief
Idaughtsman and author of the cor.
lstitution, Edmund Randolph; the
most eminent of chief justices, John
Marshall. and 3 presidents of tn,
United States. Harvard has fur
lnished . presidents / vice president
II cabinet officers 20 foreign minis.
tors, % United States senators. lOl
| congressman and 10 governors.
Princeton has given to the land .
presidents, 10 cabinet officers, 10 for.
eign ministers, 50 United States sen.
ators, 142 congressman and 80 gov
crnors. One who is authority says
| that 5S per cent of the chiof national
Officers have been filled by college
graduates. Thomas jefferson, author
Of the declaration of independence,
was a collegian. Three-fourths OF the
IGfty-siN signors We're graduates.
George Washington was self-made
man, but in the preparation of his
state papers he sought out AleNan
der Hamilton, distinguished grad
luate Of old Columbia.
no. our young men must not finch
in the face of any obstruction. The
world has a niche of honor for every
man our colleges can turn out, pro
vided they are balanced with com
mon sense and moral convictions.
otherwise, the man is worse than
useless; he threatens society, in that
his wisdom is poised on unenlight-
tunity presses hard upon the young
men of our great commonwealth. In
them lies all our future greatness. In
our future weakness. The worlds
biography establishes the supremacy
of her young men. Goethe declared
that We must be young to do great
things. Another wrote;
Youths heritage is hope, but mans
Is retrospect of shattered plans
And doubtful glances cast before.
Youth-timc greatness is not the eX.
coption to the rule More and more
the world is coming to realize the
ability and grandeur of intelligent,
outcrprisiug manhood. Men, in the
vigorous prime OF life, have always
ruled the world-and always will. For
a moment, a retrospect of the worlds
history may inspire the discouraged
heart:
Alexander conquered the world at
26,
Napoleon made all Europe tremblo
at 25
Charlemango was master of France
and Germany at 26.
Cortez conquered Mexico at &c.
Pitt was premier Of England at 26,
Lord Bolingbroke was sent to par
lament at %, became secretary of
war at 26, and premier OF England
at SO.
Alexander Hamilton leads congress
at 90.
Clay and Calhoun enter congress
at 20.
Henry Clay was made speaker at
I34.
Calhoun was secretary Of war at 35.
Daniel Webster was without a peer
lat 30.
Judge Story was on the supreme
bench at 80.
Goethe was a literary giant at "a.
Schiller was in the forefront of lit
erature at %.