The Washington times., 1919-04-21


Here modern ancient mariner stopped him to ask
''What is gogetter?"
Mr. Dickson surprised at the question answered hast
ily ga gogeer is man who goes and gets it, then went
on with his story.
There's text for editorial food for thought, and
question that every American worker ought to ask himself
"Am gogetter?"
The world is made up of three kinds first the gOgeter
who goes and gets it; number g. human second who
goes but doesn't get it, third the kind that neither goes nor
gets it.
The second kind is no better than the third and more
of nuisance those that go and don't ge get
salary and ought not to.
Let rs pass bv the second and third classes and
centrate our minds the first class, the GOGETTERS
Many imagine themselves real gogetters simply
because they go fast little while go slowly the rest OF
the way and DON'T get
The counterfeit gogetter is illustrated by the hare in
the famous race between the turtle and the hare
The hare started of FAST all counterfeit gogetters do
the same Half way along the road he went to sleep And
the turtle genuine gogeer although slow went and won
the race, and got the prize
There rs such thing as Number Maud s. gogetter
This race horse gogetter is wonder you ind him. and
treasure if lasts But he is scrchke the horse that
tros under two minutes the COW that gives thousand
pounds of butter year. the hen that lays egg
every day and never wants to set
It need worry no man because he happens be in
the Maud s. gOgeter class Success is not made up Of
racing machines horses but of good stock machines
and good useful horses
The great American army of gogeters who do the work
go after what needed get it, and bring it back half
way between the turtle and the hare in speed They do not
crawl gaop. They start out at pace waste
time in getting started keep up the pace get there come
back and BRING it.
In the great science of GoGET only thing counts
and that is THE FINAL.
Speed is good if it doesn't interfere with efficiency
But the really important syllable in goge is the second
syllable not the first Anybody can CO. it takes good man
to GET.
For instance when Columbus sailed any number were
ready to sail with him; they all wanted to go.
But they all wanted to turn back. Columbus a
goge because he and he GOT the land that he went
looking for.
That done quite quickly. Sometimes you have to-
do it more slowly.
Darwin wanted to know how the soil of earth is
formed whether it that the earth chew
up digest and gradually through long periods of time
build the fertile ground.
You can't go get that information in hurry. Darwin
not in hurry. Good scientists But like
Columbus and Dewey General Grant and Wolfe who took
Quebec Darwin belonged to the goget tribe.
He wanted to know what the earth worms did and he
found out He covered certain amount of ground with
layer of chalk Then he waited find out and measure
exactly how much soil the earth would throw up
above that layer of chalk.
1T TOOK HIM THIRTY YEARS TO GET THAT IN
FORMATION But he got it, and it was worth it.
Prof Nicholson shining light of the University of
Chicago who the Nobel prize for physics wanted to
establish the rgdy of the earth His calculations made
him think that the earth stands is about rigid
that is to say hard to pull out of its natural
though it were made of solid steel
He went after that information and got it.
He had to put long pipe in the ground and measure
"he tide in that pipe You know that tide rises in
glass of water the smallest pond just rises in the
ocean, only doesn't high and you don't notice it, The
moons attraction causes tide even in a dewdrop
Nicholson measured his tide in the pipe allowed for
the drag of the earth when the off one side He
figured how much the moon pulled the earth out of shape
by measuring the tide in his little pipe and figuring how
much lower the tide was because the was overhead
Then he able to tell exactly how rigid this earth is
On which we live
If it is any comfort to yOu it would not be more solid
Continued in Last COIumn)