The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
WOMAN'S COLUMN
The Independence Of One Man Upon
Another In the Maintenance Of His
Good Name.

president, che become s part
of that college. If he leads an
upright, useful life, the college shares,
necessarily, in his distinction. II his
conduct can be construed, in any way,
as dishonorable or unworthy, the col
lege must, perforce, bear something
of the stigma Of his disgrace"
That truth is plain in many other
conditions of life outside the college
dormitories and beyond the limita-
lions of the campus. At that very
moment when man comes into the
world and utters his first weak wall
upon his mothers breast, he becomes
part of things. In earliest child
hood, his conduct brings credit or
criticism upon his mothers method of
bringing him up. In the school room,
his teacher dwells, emphat!cally, upon
the point that, as member o. the
school, he has a share in establishing
and maintaining it's reputation and
that, consequently, any mean act or
uncourteous or boorish action on his
part during that time while his rela-
lions with his classmates and teacher
continue, is derogatory to the reputa-
ton of the en,iTe school.
AS member of the household, he
has not only himself and his God to
whom to account for his conduct, but
the other members of his family have
the right to insist that he shall not, in
any way bring disgrace upon their
name.
When he establishes himself with
some firm or corporation, he is thence
| forth, part of that corporation and
must so govern his life that he will
bring no discredit to the Arm. He
recognizes early in the game, that the
corporation suffers if he is a1judged
incompetent, dishonorable, or in 9th
er ways, worthless and his pride for
bids the satisfying of those weak
nesses which he might be tempted
otherwise, to feed.
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city, and establishes, therein his own
home, he is, hencheforth, bound, by
the strongest of ties, to bring credit
to that city as a useful and disting-
uished citizen, even though his fame
arises from the mere fact that he has
the most trim lawns in town. His
neighbors have the right to insist
that the lax morals of his home OF
his shiftlessness in fulfilling civic Oh
legations, or the unsanitary condition
of his back yard shall not bring dis
credit and discomfort to them
In short, though we boast our indie
pendence in the name of liberty ant
American freedom as much as w
please, the truth is II we are broad
minded enough to recognize it. tina
every man, woman, and child of u
must account, at one time or anotheI
to a great many other men, women
and children for his conduct and hab
it's of living.
A man should conserve his healt
! | as he best may, not only as matte
of personal convenience and pleasur,
but also that he may bring no extr
, burden upon other people. A ma
should, for this same reason, hesi
tate long on the verge of SHADY
transactions and double dealings, @
other performances termed unworth
by pure-hearted men, though thes
same unworthy actions may mean ten
porary advantage to his personal sci
. He will pay dearly for trickery an
; dishonorable dealings, at some fu
= ture date, but that should not caus
him to hesitate one-tenth as long 6
the fact that there are others VII
are pledged to stand BY him throue
: thick and thin and who are bound
: suffer more deeply and pay MOI
u dearly for his wrong-doing and shift
e lessness, than is he himself.
The man who robs bank and II
man who calls his neighbor a vi
: term to his face and the man WI
sneaks about the side alleyways r.
. peating that vile term, these men ms
be gaining their own ends, but, som
u where there is someone who. deser
% ing nothing of the disgrace, suffel
y and is tormented by the stigma in S
lence.
+" Suicides may consider themselv'
10 heroes when they make their volul
d tary' exit from life through the ba'
door and I'll admit that it must tai
certain kind of doubtful courai
to experience the fearful suffering
few minutes duration, but, neve
theless, to my mind, the suicide
- the worst kind of a chicken-heart
u coward. He thinks of himself al
dwells upon the fact that he will
30 out of it soon. He doesn't consid
b the other individuals who will
III called upon to bear the disgrace
the thing. His one desire is to G
'h out of the way of retribution whit
in most cases, he brought to his o,
u feet He hasn't enough sand to ia
er the future in this world but he swim
H. boldly into the great and terrible u
known without thought of the CO
u sequences. Once a man, who thong
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