Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-10
WAITING AT THE PLATE.

RnRh k1lltCr1On, li a SOHIt ~
one Of the magazines. has been telilns
ms that no team ever won a ennan
that was not n waiting team In
hasehau lingo the batsmen must make
the opposing pitcher put 'ern over IN
the groove" In ordinary pariance
they must wait a n Sui .he h, Gppor'un''s
II we may be allowed to make u
larger application of this sporting phi
iosophy let us say that many OF the
halls that life sends in u general
1irection are not really suitable for US
to strike at. Many OF them are I'M.
If them have twists and turns that
would make a good hit impossible. We
must learn patiently to await occas-
ions.
I think of these things in witnessing
the way scores of young men choose
their work in life. 1t sometimes seems
as though choice We're largely on the
hit-or-miss principle. They rush into
ali sorts of ventures without that pre-
iminary matching of their talents n
tastes against the work proposed.
which is so essential to permanent suc'
cess.
Nan a boy bid goodby to school
on the allurement of a job tina prom
ises light work and ready money. Not
seldom, of course, he is forced pre-
maturely into wage earnings. through
family necessity, but too often he
leaves against the desires of his peo-
Die. dazzled by the glare of a few
Immediate dollars. He does not stop
10 consider how much better he might
serve his later career by finishing his
education and then deliberately choos-
ing some line in which he could In
vest his whole life. OF the multitude
of round pegs in square holes. a large
proportion employed little patience or
intelligence in choosing h career that
later grows onerous and distasteful.
Those of us who are older cannot
sympathize with that unfortunate Gag
erness to be through with school one so
often sees in the present generation.
School days. ell too short at best,
should be jealousy guarded from in
trusion. They are to furnish invalua-
BILE equipment for what is to follow.
Life is like a great and beautiful
building whose foundations cannot be
laid too strong
A great educator replied to Il young
man who asked II he might m skip
a considerable part OF the curriculum
1T depends on what you intend to
make OF yourself. When Cod wants to
make an oak He takes a hundred
takes two months" The same truth
said. 1T takes larger provision for
a cruise to the Cape Of Good Hope
than for a trip to the Isle of Dogs"
There Is a waiting that is only indie
cision, moral laziness in tackling the
work of life, but there is also wait
ing that means preparation n intel
ligent appraisal Of ones own pow
ers In the presence of advancing OPP
portunity. Nothing conduces to happi-
ness more than a Job h a suits, into
which one may throw himself with
out a remainder. A degree of caution
in choosing. a small wage at first. may
easily be excused II a IGOR is opened
into q long and satisfying career.
In an age her q premium is placed
on quick and even meretricious sue
cess, h young man may we'll exercise
restraint. Let him look for a business
or profession whose interest shall In
erease with the years enlisting all his
powers of body and mind and spirit
He may safely wait at the plate while
sundry wild balls cut the air. BY and
ny there will be a good one to hit
1hen he can set himself, grab a tol
hbld'' and line her out for a home run