New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
IS IT WORTH WHILE?

To each and everyone of us there
comes sooner or later the question
Is it Worth While?" Has it ever
been worth while? From the be-
ginning of history, weakness of will
has wasted itself in day dreams and
glorifcation of the distant past or
future. It is always the present things
which are dull, common place
and uninteresting. It is always the
things in the distance which are glo-
rious and wonderful, always, from the
time of Eden to the Utopia of 1000
years hence. But every once in a while
there comes a person with helathy,
full-blooded liking for adventure, who
goes thru life unconsciously giving
the lie to this spiritual WEAKNESS by
proving that it is only the old things
which are eternally new.
We leave the past behind us, looking
only to the future. We yearn for
things we cannot have, and strive to
get them. We are eager to gain know
ledge and information about each new
and startling thing which attracts us.
Desire and curiosity are the two things
which give to everyone renewed
appetite for work and pleasure upon
beginning each new day. 1t is desire
and curiosity which make the world
what it is in our eyes. There is no
end to anything. One problem gives
rise to another. We could work for
ever and yet never be through. We
could study for ever, and as we kept
on the field Of knowledge would become
greater and greater. We think we
have accomplished something only to
find that we could 60 another step.
This world is small place, and yet if
we travelled it over forty times we
would find, in every corner, something
new to startle and please us. The
true idea OF our dreams never will be
reached. 1t is an aspiration, which
will be to us a Joy forever, and will
give us years of pleasurable activity in
striving to attain it.
Our school is but tiny part of this
small world. But it is our own. We
all love it. Every phase of its life
appeals to us. We find some pleasure
in everything we undertake. We have
our day dreams about it as well as
anything else. One of the greatest
is to see in this school the real ''school"
and "Class" spirit. We are striving
for it. now. Does it pay? These are
two of the factors which are going to
help make men and women out of us.
The things that we strive for now,
will help mod our characters. The
world won't be much different twenty
five years from now. Our ideals will
probably be the same. Class and
school spirit develop and stand for
broad mindedness, optimism, and cheer
fulness and above all true craftsmanship.
They are aspirations and the real
thing we shall never really attain;
yet is there not pleasure found in work.
ing for it?
The results aren't the things that
really count. The real Joy comes from
working for the results which we think
each day must come the little unex-
pected things that creep in as we go
along giving to us renewed life and
vigor. Seeing something grow out of
nothing giving pleasure unconsciously
| to others and putting ones whole
heart and soul into ones work is what
really counts, especially in this great
soul-development. And there never
has been, nor will there ever be any
thing done, but what will be of some
use to the world. No matter how small
| it may be, it has it's niche waiting
for it. And as we go on travelling
hopefully towards the unattainable goal,
we are making the whole world better
by our aspirations.
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