The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-09-23
ENVIRONMENTS MAKE THE
MAN

MAN
1t is simply a matter of to VIVA
extent one is willing to 60 and ho'
much appreciation one has, and t
what extent their cooperation i
assured, that makes any Location
more desirable than another. Coco
people make good cities and COCO
environments and is always produc
tive of much good. 1t naturally fol
lows within the scope Of such in
fiuence the rising generation in High
Point have good environments and
we should produce some of the best
timber that 90 to make history
Our young men are active, wide
awake fellows, full of life and
vigor, and with their environments
are honest, willing and reliable-all
good qualities to start out in lite
with and will bring success if the
lure of the big cities will not appeal
to them.
Remember, young man that your
success lies within yourself; if mot
you are failure. Some people
think that the reason they fail is be-
cause they are in need of friends
to assist them-this is not so. Learn
to help yourself and the other fellow
will give you lift, if you deserve it.
And your own activities will deter
mine this. 1t is all up to you. Then
some think because they live in a
small town instead of big city, or
that opportunities are greater else
where, and are forever twitching
nervously to 60 to some where else.
While'it may be true that the de-
grees of success may vary by the
environments or circumstances it is
a hard job to take a young man
with the right material in him and
make failure. He won't let you,
no matter where you place him he
will do something that is worth while
and you can't hold him down.
In all big cities where the oppor-
tunities may be many and varied,
there are a dozen applications for
every place. AS the supply controls
the demand, chances for betterment
are not as good as in a small pro-
gressive town. 1t is much better to
be big man in a small town than
to be little man in a big one and
your environments make it. 1t is
the contrast between your own dis
satisfied mind and tie beauty of
nature that causes this unrest.
To find relief from his cares a
man goes out in the fields and sees
Low happy all nature is-the birds
are singing, the squirrels are chatting
merrily in the trees, and the whole
a mosphere is bathed in bright sun
shine, and the dissatisfied man is
keeDly conscious of the gloom within
and is only Initiated by the contrast
1t is hard to conceive of the feeling
to have the people around us laugh
ing and joking when we feel so de-
pressed, with all this beauty and
brightness about us. In his de-
spondency he thinks it is not for
him and is in a good frame of mind
to do something rash, for environ
ments make the man and if he will
wake upto them he will quickly
blend in with his surroundings and
see life in a different light and be
the man God intended him to be.
On the contrary in the winter when
the bleak, cold wind blows and the
grayness of all nature harmonizes
with the mind of a dissatisfied per-
son, who thinks that perhaps things
are this way and | am no worse off
than lot of other people and | will
try and make the best of it. Winter
domestic an end and if he'll get opti-
mistic and realize that the good, old
summer time, with its sunshine and
flowers will come again, his troubles
will end right there.
In the big cities there always some
corner in which we may warm our