The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-09-09
Battered q The possoascs in Dolores. Cole
slAss aatl matter.
Friday. September 9. 1910.
70 School o. to Work.

TO School Of to Work.
Hamlet In that perplexity which
brought forth his famous solilOqu,
had scarcely bigger problem 4
solve than that which 10 to-day CO, :
irunting many an American bo,
and girl. Whether to Eo to schoo,
Or 70 to work 10 with many ..
n,omentous q question ~ that O'
life itself, and the decision mad,
between now and the opening OF
the schWOls on Tuesday morning
may weigh as much on the future.
u those TO whom II presents.
Shall the one &c ny the two
rOads determine to 70 ON In tn.
school and learn from the exper.
iences of others. or take the plung.
into the serious affairs Of the wori,
and learn the lessons Of life b,
doinxi That Is the question.
Only = little while ago il was
problem which necessity solved foi
the great msjority Of America,
h,ys and girls. Two generation,
hack scarcely one 10 \ hundred do
nat have the decision made b,
gruelling fate. Then the toiler,
Of earth found II harder ~ spar
from the home, the {. III shol
or the tsrn. the children grown
strung enough to lend q hand
Year after year finds the sverax,
family Of our country in 80 much
better position In the matter oil
bread earning that an ever increas
Ing perc. mage no longer finds th.
uoT uf the school house closed
and can cho0se the road desired
without working hardships ON
family or self.
With necessity no longer deter.
mining the outs ion, com, then
Tue oue VI exped,ency.. Able Il
make . choice, those on the thresh
I'D are compelled to ask them.
slves whether Il 10 better to <,
forward with the books and th.
kind Of education which tn.
sch.,Ols can give or to turn th.
back upon the lore u the past.
strike Out into the world and | ",
its rules and its practices BY &C..
Contract vi b Its pr0b,ems. Since
Il Ia success for which all strive.
snd success means giving the besi
pos~ible expression 81 self. which
Rad will hest Ct for giving tn,
hest possible scope for the talents
one possrsses!
Il II ~ largely q matter Of ths
Individual that each must work
ous the problem alone. Experienc,
Can 20 little farther than to assure
that whichever path is taken th.
chances are that tune will bring it,
regret that the other was no,
chosen instead. Only one grea,
truth seems to stand out from tn.
past. That those who took tn,
practical rad have won the mos,
VI the - cesses Of life. while the,
who adhered to the hooks and tn,
schools have made most successes
out VI living.
Re II In dollars. then of with tn,
cs'st and into the job. II il is t.
40 through lite NJ . spectator a,
the show. seeing with the ligh, Of
the CENTURIES the beauties Of III,
world about you. sharing th,
though hts Of the learned aud grea,
making . joy of living then back
To the b0Oks 10 store and ripen tie
mind. II Il Is to be q square hee
and toe walk scross the bridge tina,
spans the river. wee to II that the
key to hidden beauties and posi-
bilitics Of the mind are borrowed
irom out the past. n II IL to be q
race. . battle Tor the prizes and the
lsuTels that quickest fade when
won. then into the lists. and learn
"a do BY doing Denver Republi.
can.