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
Copyright. 1879


this question:
Are opportunities for the young man in the present
day generation equal what they were twenty-five or nifty
years ago-the days of his father and grandfather?
1t question probably asked in this country thou
sands of times every day 1t important question to the In
dvdua is especially important to the nation For the ma
ton declines which opportunities for the diminish
We feel that conscientouy and positively that
REAL opportunities are to-day both for young 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 mems hands in less than
fifty years power of in the boyhood of grand
fathers
Humanity and the individual powerful and their
tuntes are great proportion the machinery at their com
mand
Our opportunities great but this state
assuming that correspondent means real and
worthy opportunities.
Unfortunately in this country sudden prosperity
great extravaganza the future make
aimportant the word opportunity apt to be synonym
for money Money opportunity taken to the same
thing
But we purpose to this question quite apart from
money.
Undoubtedly the very able moneygetter matter how
humble his start build up to-day such fortune was un
fifty years agO-Or twenty-five years There are
young without penny that will (or rather more or
less honestly ACCUMULATED their hundreds of millions in the
next few years. the of the country shall
realized the Importance of regulating accumulation through
increased distribution.
There will be- perhaps, fewer small mddecass fortunes
piled up for there will in business their
account thanks to the trusts.
Many very large salaries ranging from $780,
900 year downward and there will probably be very many
large INCOMES in the land within the next twenty-five
years than there in the last twenty five years
But when SALARIES, they do not keep their
money of the mddleclas fortunes shall have fewer
that correspondent win agree with that
money is pretty mean measurement for opportunity.
What do the merely rich men really amount to? When
they dead three years they unknown
and forgotten the pigs and chickens that they ate the horses
they drove the fundes whose time they wasted
Opportunity means A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
WORTH WHILE.
And correspondent that the young
day has greater chance to do something worth while than
young has had in the history of this country.
Our form of government changing the power has prac
cay passed from the hands the majority of the people
the hands of majority of trust stockholders.
The young who has genius and force the ability
lead and the character to refuse his share of the po has
great opportunity to-day is the opportunity
government to the hands of those who governed
Working scientists needed and sadly lacking in all the
great departments OF human thought Every OF these
fields Of intellectual activity research and discovery
limited opportunities to young
The newspapers read by millions of human beings every
day. enable the who think inegently the man who
will be sincere and interesting the to address land
he is able to convnce million millions his fellow
citizens every day in the year Was there greater oppor
tuny than this for influencing the thoughts of men?
Every page of scientific newspaper will to the young
glorious opportunity.
Every phase of great industrial organization every new
to the young great opportunity for public service
The horrible poverty and wrechednes the great cities
contrasting with ignorant and ostenatous wealth. offer oppor
tunes unlimited him who would help the poor to help them
selves him able aoe brighten into doing their
duty.
This is the age of opportunity young man must
think for himself strike his line make up his mind
what do, and stick at it, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING