La Junta tribune., 1911-11-04
BOYS CONVENTION
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HE High School Boys Coz
venticn has come and gone.
The seasons were held IT
the Boys Club on Friday ~
ening. Saturday and Sunday. excepe
the banquet NJ the domestic science
quarters Of the Union High School
and the closing meeting which wss
held in the Presbyterian church. Deh
egates from Pueblo. .Manxanola. Rocky
Ford. Holly. Lamar. Las Animas aad
Sugar City were present and TIE
total outside delegations numbered
i05. The home boys in attendancs
totaled II. 20 the grand total Of Il.
tendance At the convention was l4e.
This the state leaders said constitss-
ed one Of the best Soys' meetings 10
the state.
The spirit Of the meeting WA
all that could be desired. II was
bubblin&. buoyant and ever optimts-
tic. Boys were free to talk and
express themselves ~ In rarely ex.
pcrienccd. They expressed them.
selves ~ bounteously and royalty en-
tertained. and they expressed their
utmost thanks to these who - en-
tertained them In terma the truth cf
which could not BE- questioned. Thus
Il may be said With the utmost GAir-
ness that the convention was . mast
successful affair and one long 70 b
remembered In the lives of the boys.
| MucA more may b. saA regarding
the convention. but ~ many Of tAe
details have been put forth ease-
where. this article will be devoted
To oae OF the problems before higA
school boys. vis.; THE. HigA scheos
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tor the business Of the doctor. lawyer
teacher. MANUFACTURER or farmer.
These men usually rsguire credentials
or Recommendations from persons
competent to speak resardinE the
personal life and training Of appli.
cants coming to them for work.
Apprentices In the Baldwin Loco
motive Works cf Philadelphia are
grouped In three classes In order To
determine their wage scale. These
classes comprise those having had
college training. those having re-
ceived their training only In the
high schools and those having neith.
er high school or college education
Salaries and advancement were rated
accordingly.
The opportunities for success may
be increased BY training. but some
lines Of business require little book.
learning and much training la ex.
perience and discipline for their sue.
cessful prosecution. This accounts
for the suecsss Of Andrew Carnegie
and william Schwab In steel manu-.
featuring. Neither had received col.
lcge training. yet both were men Of
remarkable ability which Was much
Improved In literary skiu from ex.
tended reading and experience The
proportion Of college men who have
made great succcss In bssinsss life
y far beyead those having 70 such
training. OF the ls.eeo names n.
coede1 IN who's Who" s.77o were
coaSsge-brsd mrn-a fAct corrobesat.
lng he statement above.
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