The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
THE YOUNG MANS CHANCE.

Mr.. Thomas +. Woodlock, a success
full New York broker, i'll an interview
quoted in the Columbiad, has these
remarks to say about the young man
and his chances of success:
In the first place, a young man
should make up his mind from the
start that no job is too small to be
properly done. Let us suppose that
young man has been out of school
and at work for few years, and he
finds that his range is limited, or that
his abilities are confined. He should
never bend his neck TO this form of
economic DOOM For young man
there should be no such thing as rut.
All forms OF honest work are equally
honorable. There never was and
there never will be any room at or
near the top for the men who think
they are obliging their Jobs, that they
are too good for their work. The man
who jumps in and helps at anything
and everything, when necessary and he
can do ii, cannot escape his employers
notice, even if he would.
"FmplOyers are always on the look
ont for such men-thOse who, in
whatever capacity, show real, per-
sonal interest in their work. The man
whose energy is restricted in volume
TO the size Of his pay envelope will
not do, his output will not suffice
Whenever an employer finds that an
employees heart is in his job. that man
is surely slated for advancement.
"A promising young man is the best
asset any employer can have, and
most employers know it. Those who
don't. don't stay long in business. 1t
is safe for the young man 10 go ahead
ON the principle that good, honest
work is always recognized. At times
il may not seem so. 1t may appear
that the deserving don't always get
what they deserve. But that is where
Shakespeare summed up the situation:
'Tis not in mortals to command sue
cess, But we'll do more-deserve it
II have never known q good CathO-
lie young man whose religion was part
OF his life, who was not helped in his
career by that fact, and who was not
the more respected and trusted on
that account, no matter what his abll-
tiles might be- In the working world
there may be some places where anti
Catholic prejudice rules: / have never
come across them. But | do know
places OF business where Catholic
young men who attend to their re-
ligious duties are sought and preferred
for that very reason by non-Catholic
employers.
Almost ali Catholic men are asked
questions from time to time by their
non-Catholic associates, or even by
their employers, regarding their re-
ligion. Those who can answer these
questions intelligently are the more
esteemed for it. My own experience
leads me to believe that the questions
are sually~honestly meant, and it is
important that they should be fairly
and fully answered, and with patience.
But as l said before, this subject
involves platitudes. But every man at
my time Of life (Mr. Woodlock is so
knows that these things are true. The
young man must take them on faith:
he must have faith in his job, tackle
it with enthusiasm, study it, strive to
better it's performance, and leave the
rest to those who are watching him
all the time. In the long run he'll
find that they will do better for him
than he could do for himself if he got
all he thought he wanted
To this general advice Mr.. Wood
lock added a sDecial rider for Catholic
young men:
"A mans job must necessarily be
his main concern in the first twenty
years or so of his career; but he ought
not to make it his only concern
Every intelligent Catholic should
make it rule to feed his mind with
Catholic reading so that he may cult
vate a habit of Catholic thinking on
general topics. | think many of Oul
young men who are good, practical
Catholics in all other respects, are
weak here where they should be
strong.
GA course Of regular study in gen
eral Catholic apologetics is as good {
recreation for a Catholic mans lei
sure time as could we'll be imagined
and the subject is as interesting a!
any that can be found.
THE young mans chance in life i!
always just as good as the young maj
is for it. Don't be too select abou
openings or opportunities. Wher'
work offers, go to it with a will, ant
the opportunities won't elude a hare
worker"
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