Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-14
GRADUATES OF 1918.

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GRADUATES OF 1918.
You who are graduating from school
this year, are nearing an abrupt turn
In the road Of life. Until now you have
been provided for. That condition IS
going to change-from now on you
will have to bear some Of the RESPONSE
bilities of citizenship in general and
In your own future In particular.
p Life is full Of responsibility. 1t can
not be otherwise and be worth much.
You can amount to but little If you
shirk and evade the responsibilities
that are rightfully yours. So begin
ming right away, you must realize That
something is expected of you, there
fore put forth every individual effort
to make the most Of yourself
There is only one way for you to do
that, and that is to work. You may
perform physical labor or mental
labor, burt just the same 1t Is work"
We want to say to you that unless you
read and study and use your Judgment
to advance yourself In the right way,
you are likely to have to stick to the
physical effort. It is. important that
you get started at once at something.
You may, and it Is right to do so, start
In at the minimum wage, but we do
not advise you to do your work in a
manner that will keep you on that page
of the pay roll. -. ~
Right here we want to call your at
tention to an extract from an article
written by Cushmon X. Davis. Every
young man and young woman ought to
read 1t every day:
The men who have achieved success
are the men who have worked more,
read, and thought more than was
absolutely necessary, who have not
. been content with knowledge sufficient
for tho present need, but who have
sought additional knowledge and
stored It away for the emergency re-
serve. It is the superfluous labor that
eQuips a man for everything that
counts most in life.
You can be one OF the average Of
mankind If you want to-just simply
doing your work In the average way
\ member of q great army-or you can
INSERT your individuality by doing more
and better work than the average and
reap q big reward for 1t. You can use
your Judgment, work out your own
problems, realize that you can not sue
coed unless your employer succeeds,
and avoid wasting your time both In
and out of working hours. You'll have
10 do those things II you get away from
tho great army. Every department of
every institution Is being daily
searched for people worthy of promo
lion. The man who does better work
than the others in his department is
the one who attracts the attention.
There Is always an opening for the
party who has planned and by merit
Of mind and muscle, worked his way
close enough to the door to get hold Of
The knob when opportunity knocks.
Nearly every merchant In this city
was at one time a clerk-the first job
available, and it was Immediately
taken. Our largest manufacturers as
young men, accepted the first Job they
could ret and did not ask what wages
It paid. The point is, that they went
10 work and kept at it. Work is nee
nssarv and it will not hurt you. II
you simply put in time listening for the
Whistles, the shortest work day will
seem long to you, but If you are inter-
listed in your work and trying to do a
little more and do it little better
Than you did yesterday, the day will
hot be long enough for you. The sue
eessful man does not watch the clock.
h YOU want to win, don't set your pace
~ the slowest man in the race. The
nan who says mo- one can get me to
10 more than 81 worth of work in q
Law for g." has confused detail with
The main issue. .E -.
The government Of Argentina last
saturday paid $4,000 for Craganour
he horse that made the best time in
he English derby. He Is not one Of
he great mass Of average horses-he
lid not wait for the others-he passed
hem. That was why he was wanted.
Willie you may be especially en-.
lowed with physical strength, you must
remember that it is mental effort that
rets you ahead. Do not think that
Inst because you have put in a lot Of
lime at school that you are educated.
You may be we'll informed, you may
know lots of facts and the contents
Of lots of books, but unless you can
take those facts and apply them in a
practical manner, you are not educated.
A prominent man said, III l were to
nrtticise our educational process, I
WOQl0 say LudL VIC dVoIo6S oSAooi, I1o
average academy and the average col
eEe turns out too many granaries and
not enough grist mills"
We store our grains in the granary,
but It is the grist mill that gets it in
shape to eat. An educated man is able
10 take facts, like grain, and grind
them, bolt them, leaven them, knead
them and bake them. then he has
something possessing market value.
Il YOU are to succeed you must think,
reason, weigh, adjust, decide and fin
lily act. Remember. this, there are
lew men Of deeds in this world.
We want to impress upon you the
necessity of escaping membership
IA the general mass of average work
ars, That is great army of people
hat simply works for the wages It re-