The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-02

kk0kABER distinctly the paIuns
words Of my old schoolmaster thar
June morning my class graduated
what are you fellows going
] ! ] !:
N to do now? he asked I suppose
In[@A every one here has several ideas
~ ISNt Of what he would like TO be tut
~ 1 taing around In his head Its
hc I'D pretty hard TO decide between them
.HE On q dsy like this-vhen the nsn
III ~ are biting up in Old Sandy
NY advice to each one Of you
" In to get your fishing pole and
carry queStioa along with you Near the shores
of Old Sandy you viii find schools Of polliwogs-
Learn lesson from them
These poliiwogx are on their way TO frcghood-
Ecu fellows are on your way to manhood. But the
poiiiwogs not In any particular hurry. 1 don't
think youT find them trying TO leap around and lift
their voices Ike frogA As matter of fact they
are going TO assume several different shapes be-
fore they settle down into froghocd For the
present however. they content TO go right on
being polliwosx
You fellows are in the polliwog stage Your
powers and abilities only half revealed LOOK
around before Jon decide what you want to be or
do. In a few years you may become aware Of 1ual-
tiles In your makeup whose existence you never
suspected At the same time. abilities that you
think you now possess may fade away. Take your
time. Yeu may ave yourself from the fate OF
misft You've heard Of them-the doctors are IN
happy because hey are not lawyers. the chemists
who would Be Of more service to the world As
newspaper men,
have passed q these wise words to many boys
And pass them On now with q new application
TO the smaIitovn boy who dreams of achiev-
ing success IN the city.
His mind II exammed with Horatio Alger, Jr-
stun. He has rod tie picturesque life stories
of some Of cur bag men who left the farm for the
Oily. The whistles q Q locomotive among the hills
portunitie4 He locks upon the giistening rails
A. the one avenue to his opportunity.
He Is shortsis1ted
A few years ago. big city Was the place for
m sp-and-coming young man. 1t needed him. and
ftrns prepared 10 reward him with money and 20
sifioo. To-day. however. the story Is reversed
America has grown too FAST" say our deep think
ing economists and publicists. -She has spread
herself thinly over q large area The future Of
the country Hs In fty undeyeloped small cities
ssnd towns"
Are ycu looking for spportunfty1 Examine that
little Old -o0eho0r town Of yours, before ron
think Of buying q ooe-way ticket from It There
are many ambittoss and very wise. young men
Who are deliberately leaving the larger cities and
moving into towns snch n yours
: A few months ago visited . country store In q
typical small town Of the West The owner il .
young man Ten years ago he LETT the town and
went to Chicago for real job" But he had not
worked long before he realized that II would be
many years before he could get the kind Of job
he wanted There were opportunities for fore
men. manasex superhtendents and other
-bossex- But they were purely administrative
50bs He wanted to create and build up bust
ness of his OWL
The death OF his father called him home to care
for his mother. and he got Job in general store
of the town It Was q terrible grind. The work
ffreaf was not beck breaking But the daily round