The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10
EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG MEN.

No year in the history Of the world
has left to our young men brighter
examples of the old maxim that hon
esty is the best policy" No other
year has seen the downfall OF so many
men holding high position in society,
in financial circles and even in the
Men who lived in palaces and
were next to worShipped by their fell
at the dawn of 1905, were be-
hind prison bars when the old year
bid us farewell. The heads Of many
Of great insurance companies and
banking houses, have in their desire
to get rich quick" stepped aside
from the path OF honesty, with the
result that never fails to follow such
a course, and the new year finds them
disgraced and dishonest. Among the
most striking examples in this class is
that OF Prof. n. q. D0ugherty, super
intendent of schools in the beautiful
city of Peoria, Illinois, a position he
held for twenty-seven years. Not
only in the schools to which he was
attached were his services as an edu-
Gator In demand, but high schools, Y.
NJ. C. A., conventions, college and
teachers associations felt extremely
honored when they could induce Prof.
Dougherty to speak before them upon
educational matters, and n OF his
strange points was in trying to i'm
press upon the minds Of young men
the necessity of honesty and upright
less.
But that is all ended now, Prof.
Dougherty'S days as an educator, in
what we call a positive manner, are
ended, his silvery voice will no longer
urge young men and women to live up
to the highest ideals of right and du-
ty. But Dougherty's career as an ed
is not yet over, though his
teachings now will be rather negative
than positive, by example rather than
precept, the lesson he is now giving
sink deep into the hearts and
memories of all young men, as it is
Of tremendous significance to all, Tor
it demonstrates the terrible effects OF
disebeying the mandates of honesty
and straying from the paths of up
The spectacle is a sad one to be
snatched in a moment, as it were.
from the high place he held in the
and esteem of his fellow.
men, ho7ored by positions that gave
place among the highest and best.
a palatiai home with every comfort, a
lowing family circle where all was love
and happiness, a host of admiring
respected and loved by every
body, the idol Of hundreds of teachers
and Thousand of pupils, all are gone,
he has exchanged them for the four
walls of a prison cell and in a little
while he will loose even his name and
will be known simply by number.
Even the dollars for which he sacrificed
20 much they too are gone, everything
is swept clean and the wife Of his boS-
Dm will have to leave her comfortable
home and go out into the world worse
than widowed, to all intentS and pur-
poses a pauper; and the friends who
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all suffer, not from anything criminal
they have done, but from the conf
dence and friendly feeling they have
FOR him, and several OF those who
were his closest friends may be strip.
ped of reputation and fortune simply
because they were too confident OF his
integrity.
Young men. the career OF Professor
furnishes a frightfui eX-
of the necessity of keeping in
the narrow path Of honesty. 1t is
to turn to the right or left;
beware Of The first step outside, it is
the crucial test; without taking the
first step you are safe. but when yOn
once leave the right path you never
know whore your wanderingS may lead
you to.
Another lesson taught by Professor
Dougherty's fall, and W. wish to en-
phasize it, is that you do not go down
all those who love and trust you
will be more or less affected by your
downfall and they that you love and