The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
Advice to the Ambitious
Engineering and Mining JournaD

What makes this country great is
the average greater enlightenment Of
its citizens as compared with those Of
other countries; and the average
greater freedom from the burden of
accepted and dogmatic views inner
tied or prescribed. That leaves us at
liberty to reason; and the abundant
opportunities of the public schools
and the multitudinous colleges and
special higher institutions bring out
the reasoning power. Our daily and
weekly press, more widely read in this
country than in any other in the
world, raises constantly the keenness
and the general knowledge of the av-
erage mind, and tends to put it above
childish passions, prejudices and err
rors. Such preparation and such
tangible results in the average
breadth of comprehension kept us
lreer from bolshevism and the at
tempted murder of civilization than
any other country, pending the prac-
tical demonstration in Russia OF its
childishness.
There is no limit to what you can
learn, or the part you can play There
are at least two new senators in
Washington that we know Of and
there is one cabinet member. who
have pounded a drill and handled a /
muckstick in their time One, we be- |
leve, had studied law before the
event, and one after the event; and
one, we are glad to say, never studied
law at all. The whole schooling of
that one was limited; but he studied
mines and men, and we have no
doubt he will be a good judge of laws ]
Therefore, ambitious and forward
looking miner or mining man, actual
~ or hopefully the sky is the limit;
It's up to you. The first thing is to
earn all you can about your own bus
ness. You viii learn most of that
rom the mines themselves II you
move around, observe, and ponder;
'ut it is good to have a background of
principles and learn what has been
lone in the past. If you can figure it
nut and have not already done so, go ]
o mining school and take the 3
curse. What mining school? The J.
'est you can find out about. You D
hould have had, if possible, some t
PRACTICAL experience in mining before n
on go. Pitch in when you get there. 2
nd get the meat out of your studies r
nd the experience out of your teach a
rs. There are men who attend col g
lara WI IN oh H.,
ause they skim along and waste
ler time. A lot of them are kicked
ut, but in some colleges at least
lere are some who are sly or supple
lough to loaf along and get their de- n,
rec and still be small credit to them pl
Ives or the mining industry. ,Ir
When you have got all the mining IN
hool offers get back into the har IN
sss work, experience and study the wi
ines mills and the background OF tth
e mining industry. Then narrow ST
Id concentrate your efforts; as YOU lis
we hitherto worked broadly, now an
g deep. Work for experience, not pl,
larry Above all, be honorable. kind ma
ID human. If you follow out the a
ove we can guarantee your sue Co
SIS. What is success? To have a rel
nd at peace and to love mankind. ga
d to sense the universal laws.
Everybody can not follow out this
lrse of college training You may
d it impossible to travel far and
idy at what you think the best mi .
lg school If that is so, take the pat
st you can and, if need be, the han mir
ST. which may well be good. If you VIII
not study six years, or five, or in
r., take two or three, or even one tho
r. Possibly-rarely-you can not the
e any. You may have a family on fun
II hands, which is a great and fine fem
lg or otherwise have dependents on,
support and find it impossible to tria
Off and study situ
o need to feel discouraged in to
Sc days and in this country. Take In
correspondence school course. or a men
7ersity extension course (such as Let
being given by many schools). or east
l a summer course. There are riot
who have hacked their way up
tout even that Buy books and q,
"; and ct The same time study Cd :