Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-11-01
The early life of the high school

The early life of the high school
boy who was 100 percent ready
when the opportunity came, practic-
ed throwing stones in his early life
and every time he aimed for his
mark perhaps the pigs squeeled
round the corner of the corn crib as
stone found its mark. Dogs yelp-
ed with pain as they took shelter
behind the barn. Cats gave vent to
agonizing screeches as they raced
to the shelter of the leaves in the
tree tops. He practiced throwing
till the neighbors wished he had been
born a girl instead of boy. But
the preparation made him 100 per-
cent ready when his time came. The
stone with which he killed the big
four flusher and buffer, Gollah,
should have been preserved to shine
star to blazen forth in the dark
night of the past as one who was
prepared.
1t was those little things that Da-
vid paid strict attention to, the size
the shape, the weight. The stone
had to be Just the right kind to
work in his sling that it would go
true to the mark and prove its worth.
Then he aimed at his enemy and
shot true. But what of the young
man and woman today?, What kind
of little stones of her facts and
knowledge do they put in their men
tai slings? He aimed at something
each time; what is the young man of
today aiming at? He shot true to
his mark; where will the shot of the
man of today find lodging? He was
100 percent ready and efficient. Is
the youth of today as we'll prepared?
All the various types of men are
mixed types. AS the gases Of the air
the compounds of all solids are of
various formations and need a chem
ical labratory to analyze them and
find the individual types in their
composition, so should every high
school have a physiological labra-
tory to analyze the boy and girl and
| teach them to know themselves.
Many thousands go thru the world
unknown to themselves, waiting for
some one to discover their abilities
and tendencies.
Some men think that because they
raise hogs that they should live life
like one. The labratOry would dis
cover to him his failing and rejuvin-
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| his family. Some men have only
one idea. if they have two, they have
a mental hemorrage. They can see
only one side of house at the same
time and will not make the expendi-
ture of energy necessary to walk
around to the opposite side to see
the other side. They have not an
open mind to learn.
Had the Kaiser looked closely at
| Wilson's nose and his square cut jaw
he would not have summarized as
he did. The president is a man that
says little but thinks much. He will
| fight and will hang on till the last
dog is hung. But the Kaiser didn't
do it and the result is he must pro-
fit by experience of being whipped.
Then he will have discovered his
mistake and found himself.
Thousands of men have aimed and
missed. California is especially a
country of men who might have been
heroes but are now occupying no.
bo's grave. They had not found
themselves and so had not the men
tai attitude of the conquerOr. One
example known to all is that. of C..
w. Post who made grape nuts for
the nutty. He killed himself be-
cause he was afraid he was going
to die. Others likewise have done
the same. Perhaps over a love af-
fair, but II man would stop to rea-