The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-21
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,s achieve greatness through hard
.,rk. Pictures in schools and In =
,,nuiInns that show this offer hope
,,d Inspiration TO those who look
upon them.
,tures Of great men that we
hang on these walls. when We do
bsnr them are Invariably OF the
man 10 his zenith. They tell moth
ing The dumb mind of criminal
"r tnr warped. distorted mind OF an
,,sr.gtional child. and they tell
rothInr to the schoolboy or girl un-
iss. supplemented with words from
an Instructor.
our lives are nodded by the char-
sctrl. who cross our path. We ar>
HE Hr little according to their su -
rerlrItv or mcdiOcrity
There d. u great army of mon and
vau,u. boys and girls who, because
of sumc act OF their own. or some
misfortune. are seErc gated from the
world at large.
BOYS and girls in orphanages, and
kherc are thousands; boys and girls
, IN r,furmatorics. ana there are too
many grown boys and girls In pcni-
tertlr,cs, and they are almost
count ss seldom see a human soul
whom they would care to be like,
Tho have lost their right to come
n touch with any but their kind,
and have little or nothing to lift
them out of themselves.
\ letter has come Suggesting that
pictures in sequence might be "A
hyp iu schools and institutions. pic
turcs hat show thot the great have
not always been great pictures that
how jhoy achieved greatness step by
step. II is splendid thought.
Washington is Invariably be-
wiCEpd and silk k-stockingcd, as re-
mote and unapproach hablc as is tho
rolinguished outside world. II would
add strength and most OF all. UNDER
standing, to see him pictured az in
carly life, struggling and fighting
his way upward.
For Washington had no rovaI
road to greatness by any means.
His father died when he was II,
So early did he have to rely upon
himself that he learned lessons Of
MA from men more than from
HNks, His early years in this new,
itgh country as surveyor were not
easy years: his work as' voung
soldier showed him to be brave and
thourhtlcss of self. He fought on
ward and upward, both with hand
and head, and finally became our
leader and first president.
Lincoln, regardless OF north and
south regardless OF his assassination.
regardless of his being war presi-
dent Will always 1.-Two Just in the
true story of his struggle from the
bottom to the top.
II would be'inspiring to any young
mind, or any mind who felt anybody
and everything against him, to be
able TO look at picture of Lincoln
as poverty stricken lad working
and studying; another rs a man of
?2 splitting rails for his father on
the new, pioneer home in Illinois.
another showing his prograss, prac-
ucing law; another stumping the
country for president. and still an
other showing he had reached that
high position
There are endless examples in our
country's history, for ours is coun-
p try Of equal opportunity. made by
men who have Fought their way
round by round.
Stonewall jackson. although of
good family. was a child OF poverty
and an orphan at 3. shifted from
relative to relative to find a home.
struggling for existence with little
lures Of him then, later through
his own energies securing an ap-
pointmont to the military academy:
as second lieutenant in the L. $.
army entering war with Mexico; as
professor at V. NJ. l., leading the
hoy cadets into battle; of his and
Lees last meeting" and Of his
/. tragic death as a major general of
the confederate army--all. or part,
would tell a story any man could
Understand
Again, there is Benjamin FRANK
I'm. one of II children in poor fam
l! From his early life could a pie
'lro hut step in and show him "a.
printer Ia good printer), as a scien-
ua as statesman. as Americas
greatest diplomat of all times amidst
me grandeur Of the court OF France
what tale oi merited reward it
would unfold.
Il \ Ana .. Henry, what a wonderful
lustratiun, a beCkoning hand of
nope 20 those barred from COM
mohion with their fellow men, to
nave picture OF him serving a SEN
Whce in the pcnitentiary and then
Ne MN as he was afterwards. re-
GHutd, almost revered. and sought
10y N" cream of society.
We are aware that much of this
- impractical. Then. as now, pic
lures were made after one reached
me WhIte house, not while one was
SpNttlhg rails on an Illinois farm in
n'paiHlon, But some do exist,
franklin as a printer. for instance,
S jackson In several periods of
aN career. Others are probably in
ttM"ehDe, did dealers or individuals
''I search hard to find.
MoVi's depict these characters
Om men made up in their likeness