The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
SCHOOL Of EXPERIENCE
! GREATER THAN COLLEGE
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ARCHITECT OF OWN FATE


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ARCHITECT or OWN FATE
ac.>n
sSn sno e'srossAekaslss HeaP
ahev Do NOT Always Determine
0AnAs Onmua Der,lare-, Paueun
when n Mar. n Nran.. was the
hsms from. which Or. r. Claget,
Ekiuner snoka veatardav morning IN
9econd Hanfis, Chnrch r. wac one
be the mouse infereatinr sarn,ons heard
ln the churrN in coma fina. ana DR.
Skinner holA th. wndivsded Attention
be his hearern fhrou9hout He said
Ia part:
II ana .rea. n,e.mr. during m,
Vacation IN visittnr our great college.
ma univer,atfes s,,ch r. Harvard
Brown ana Chtcsro- A few weeks arc
! meAe q hnrrted tran 20 Coluuab4s
bhtysrsa<v. A. No,n,n~ade New York
Ind vtoved me haN dozen or mor<
collexes cornnoofnr the university.
s.But thcrr A. = Greater university
kAan any Of thesn-SreaAar than ALI OF
kAeeeA counhancd- n A. the university
Be expertonoa. Nsrybody enters thi,
&xVXHUTS1 nUlAfsV 4AkHA her Pc
fculurn- Rnr> A IN other yntvarwi.
ae& some arc moro observing than
pthera. some axe moro apt All OF al
nuse Stand the examination, which
b0aSista. noe In marks on paper. bu,
marks On our characAer. Unless W.
have BEEN ana stupid. W.
must havo learned something about
Enan. II We have been morally earn
bit ana mentally alert. we have OBJ
berved uan--hts habits purn,fts
|markA 90 como 70 Won for ar
Answsr 70 INV tart sav m vou
PWhat In MANI 7 Al NOV ~ "a tbs
bhiloaonhern ~ sara. = AZ not sal
Information az acadarns, neonIa
peok II f,,.t now ~ thosa who have
bAsn som effnna IN the unAvars,tv a,
Eaner,~yca
af;o-n =, s - .r
~. rsa,,r ss..s -. 80. sY ~ -
bcrr...1 $500. W. .a4's,. ."" - =.
s1r~ ~ n. oa sao.e
- W yoar po.''
Soo sasA MAI ~ oofn uh.e
- e.e sp1IRs 90 ny up"aro-
os@a n .s.
- slns; wnen ! woula at
~ 49, = p1eeent win us. Cnrls'
"a none COCO ooe one.
uanc"s are srues man naa
$500 . c01nl''no MN.
Axchfteck OF His Own Fnto,
But there To one thing we have OBJ
sFved In the university Of experience
~ have observed that while goot
bA1h ana Dood surroundings are erea
helps, they do not always deterYnin,
mans course. for while many a mar
Who has had good parentage and Foot
SURROUNDINGS has zone to the baf
housAnds OF men who have gotten
poor start and had the odds great,
h9AArat than. have hattled their va,
10 vtcAosH. The university Of expera
ence than has taught M that man Il
bot the victim of his extraction, mo-
pf hi environment. but that he II
he architect Of his own fate.
Now. there are others who claim
Hat man N not q victim. but a tighter
1Aa4 - mani NAME . fighter. TIT
nsaksse warrior 10 the greatest man
HE private In tho ranks. who slay'
he greatest number OF his FELLOW
poeturcs; or the leader who organ
sso man into this slAughtering enter
ane. n cur hero.
war seems Instructive The chfk
\ the cradle shows night. He dou blel
- hts mt ana say1 I WON'T In I
Eompany OF young people. great prct
lrence = USUALLY Snown 1or tne sol
Nsr. Inee nay De oosens .. youn.
Nm IA oN1ans osoenes. on. - .nei'
presan! = yoon3 MAn WIN cpAo
astse ana nEess O0r,"ne ne ~ w
oong man "10 ~an oe .ne cen.el
eetenaon VA sesms an.ancu -
TINS WHAT ~ law AoAaheq III sns
nntver9V OF p1ce' 40 So'
hars this opnion1
IN recent uonuns tno rrencn nav,
h1~n themselves g 90 oaunucss Ahs
dNfol s0o1erA Vneir pFesistent re
Instance " veruun mas won grea
pptause Vfoognou! inc universe
Yet even among tne FTenoo. IN
11hser Is mos tns greatest man. INT
French 40 NOS say: mars Hgnsef
while arc. tns french sousns u
3eeermine VINO was tner ereaeest cru
sen. When they reached consonsui
opinion. tneir ereasess cislsen wa
not Napoleon Honapare, the srca
warrior. but Lois Fasteur, the numal
bonefAceor. IL waa not tho man whit
killed the most people. out the mar
Who had discovered the use OF TN
weakened virus oy means OK wnici
pan and beast werc Kept alive
France sasd. the ereasess man Is no
hS who destroys. out no VINO perpet