The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16
Y. M. (. A. ADDRESS
aEn. FIELD SPOKE ON YOUNG MAN
 AND FUTURE.
Tells sunday Afterneon Audience What Constitutes Leadership and Other Essenttals of . Successful
 Career.

The many who atten : the after noon services of the Y. M c. A. at 3:30 o'clock in the Orp. Im Sunday. were delighted to hear the address of s. Lamar Field. His subject was The Young Man and the Future
 J. w. Vardaman introduced the speaker in very complimentary terms MT. Fields at the outset of his remarks paid tribute to the achievements of our fathers and said that their deeds are an inspiration to the present-dav doer of things.
 Speaking ot the essentials of leader ship, Aar. Fie.ds said in part:
 "Ihe question then naturally pre- sents itself to the young man who would be a leader What IS essential to enab4e me to adequately equlp myself for this great worKT shall endeavor as best I can, with the limited obsersa ton which 1t has been my privilege to enjoy. and according to my own ideas. which may be at variance with the ideas of others, to supp.y the answer to this question.
 "In the first place. and as an tndl- spensab.e requisite, would mention, aspiration. No man has evcr reached or will ever attain unto anything h4gh noble and worthy who does not aspire to and aim at such things. No. map will ever stand in the front ranks IT the march of progress who does not aspire to stand near It's head. In at the walks of life, just as in the physt- cal world the point reached IS always below the point aimed at. In recognl ton of this principle, some one hAs said, Hitch your wagon to star. Thif is but the expression Of the same idea in. different language. As the star Is at the extreme helght observable bs the human eye, so should the aim in life be flxed upon the highest marx 10 which one would attain.
 T have somewhere heard the story of a lad who, as he was passing through some great edihce, halted pc fore the executive chair and fixed his eyes and attention upon 1t. Somc ons m his party seeing his interest, ques- tioned him as to his. reasons for thus closely observing the char. and the re- sponse was that he was thinking or what he would have to do when ne was chosen to the exalted position which would call upon him to i'll this chair. @rhis is striking Illustration of aspir- alton. The position was filled by ne lad when he had reached majority. ac- corfinR to the story. Shakespeare. Franklin, Webster, Lincoln, Clay ana In fact. the majority of men who nave filled the high stations, have come from the lower walks of life, which they cuuId never have done had they not bean thrilled with a boundless aspira- tion. Who knows but that we have here in our midst young men who Will in future be Governors, United states Senators. and men occupying the nige- est stations In all the pursuits. :.
 "A mans aspirations, however, may he as nigh as. can be conceived Of, bus with high aspirations alone he couldn't attain unto eminence. A man 10 Do suc- cessful must have good training in his chosen vocation. A man may by train ing in a profession, or trade. attain the highest success in it, but he cannot be such a citizen as he should without finished education. He may be able to perform to the fullest measure the du. ties of his professiOn or trade. but he cannot properly perform the duties or a citizen in matters of church, State and society without 6 finished educa. ton.
 T have heard parents say that they had only a comnan school education, and were successful, and there,fWas no reason why their children could not do likewise. A greater mistake was ntyer made. Tn the first place, such person does not know the import of the word success, and in the second place, the fact that the world Is rapidly progress ing and what has been, and Is, even now, sufficient, will not in future be SC As long as the masses are without fin- ished education. It is not so essential to enable one to successfully cope with his fellows. But we have reached the point where the masses are educated and the unlearned cannot stand in the front ranks. The wisest of all mon ke s said. With. ali thy getting, get under standing"