Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
What is an Opportunity for
the Young Man?
There Are More Real Opportunities To-day han Ever


this question:
Are the opportunities for the young the present
day generation equal what they were twenty-five or nifty
years ago-the days of his father and grandfather
1t question that is probably this country thou
sands of times every day important question to the in
dividua It is especially important the nation. For the
ton declines which opportunities for the young diminish
We feel that we can conscienousy and positively that
REAL opportunities better to-day both for men and
young women, than they ever have been.
Opportunities are greater BECAUSE POSSIBILITIES
ARE GREATER.
Science machinery organization of all kinds especially
widespread publicity have put into hands in less than
fifty years power undreamed of in the boyhood of grand
fathers.
Humanity individual powerful and their oppor
unes great proportion to the machinery at their COM
mand.
opportunities great now but this state
ment assuming that correspondent means real and
worthy opportunities.
Unfortunately in this country where sudden prosperity
great extravaganza and uneasne the future make money
aimportant the word opportunity is apt to be synonym
for money Money opportunity taken the
thing
But we purpose to answer this question quite apart from
money.
Undoubtedly the very able moneygetter matter how
humble his start build up to-day such fortune an was un
known fifty years ago-or twenty-five years There are
young without penny that will or rather more or
less honestly ACCUIULAT their hundreds of millions in the
next years before the of the country shall
have realized the Importance of regulating accumulation through
increased distribution
There will be- perhaps fewer small middeClass fortunes
piled up there will be fewer in business their own
account thanks to the trusts
Many will very large salaries ranging from $780,
rd and eWillp be
large INCOMES the land within the next twenty five
years than there in the last twenty-five years.
But when men earn SALARIES they do not keep their
money and of the mddcass fortunes shall have fewer
But we trust that our correspondent will agree
money pretty measurement for opportunity
What do the merely rich men really amount to? When
they have been dead two three they are as unknown
and forgotten the pigs and chickens that they ate the horses
that they drove the funldes whose time they wasted
Opportunity CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
WORTH WHILE.
correspondent that the young of to-
day greater chance do something worth while than
young has had in the history of this country
Our form of government is changing the has prac
tay passed from the hands of the majority of the people into
the hands of majority of trust stockholders
The young who has genius and force, the ability to
lead and the character to refuse his share of the spo has
great opportunity to-day It is the opportunity to return the
government the hands of those who governed.
Working scientists needed and sadly lacking in all the
great departments of thought Every of these
fields of intellectual activity research and discovery offers
limited opportunities to young
The newspapers read by millions of human beings every
day, enable the who think ntelgeny the who
will be sincere and interesting at the time to address nd
he able to convince) million two millions of his fellow
citizens every day in the year Was there greater oppor
tunty than this for influencing the thoughts of
Every page of scientific newspaper will show the young
a glorious opportunity.
Every phase of great industrial organization every
development the struggle of manhood against money offers
to the young great opportunity for public service
The horrible poverty and wrechedness great cities
contrasting with ignorant and wealth. offer oppor-
tunes unlimited him who would help the poor help them
selves to him able caoe brighten doing their
duty.
This the Of opportunity, but the young must
think for himself strike own line make up his mind
what to do and stick it, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING