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religious activities. ETC., which ara
essential to the largest life.
Advantage In Night schools.

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Advantage In Night schools.
Too many young people despair OF
getting an education because they
cannot 80 through high and college
before taking up regular day en-
ployment. In some respects spare
time education. in school which
maintains high standards. is equal
to or superior to regular college train.
ing: first, because evening studies
can be made more practical than day
studies IL related to ones employ
ment--the places whore students
work become the laboratories of the
school; second the evening student
may modify his course at any time
to meet the new demands made upon
him by promotion or O change OF
position; at the same time he con-
tinues to make use of his previous
training and experience; third. In
structors in evening schools. and par
ticularly those teaching vocational
subjects, not onlx- have ability to
more practical men than the majority
of professional teachers because they
are engaged daily In the line Of
work which they handle in the class.
room.
There are 1895 week days between
the age Of Is and 30. There are
1870 spare hours during these is
years. between and 10 p. m. The
use Of q fair part Of these spare
hours for even a few years can be
made to mean success, not only
financially. but success in personal
development, in preparing Tor larger
opportunity. for leadership, for con-
genial work. for q place at the head
OF q family. for real happiness
Rccrpatiou Necessary.
Understand No wise counselor
holds that . young man should spend
all his leisure hours In study. EVERY
one needs . certain amount Of re-
creation and relaxation. The old
proverb, IAN work and no play. II
true for The boy IL true for the man.
But everyone admits wtsn he II
honest with himself--and man can
be very frank when he talks over
matters With himseif-that the hu.
man tendency 10 toward play rather
than study. He knows that II he
spends his evenings In the easy way,
the chances are very few Of them
win count for very much In the
years to come. -
Just look around you and size MP
things for yourself IN cold CONNER
cial way. How many men at twenty
four or thirty are thoroughly prepared
for some definite occupation2 The per-
centage In pitifulfy small.
The useful knowledge that one can
pick up during spare hours II alone
worth all II costs. But that isn't all.
There Ii something even bigger. When
q man makes up his mind that Ger.
tain hours Of the week are to be de-
voted to putting something into his
head and sticks to his decision, he at
once begins to grow in character. He
disciplines himself. He learns regu.
he proceeds he gains self-confidonce
and the power to achieve. He In a
Different man when he comes to the
end Of his setf-appointed task. D.
"The hour Of bate" writes Victor
Murdock, Afs p. M" or he were
speaking Of young psopis In Wash-
inston, he would propapiy say
r. m.l That hour" he continues,
'1s the sprinsboard from which most
mon. lsap. TO success or fall OF to-
failure ! en- convinpsd that this
hour h shs fosk In the road, one OF
whtch reads 70 character and the
other 30 the lAck o. II After o man
reaches forty perhap. be nay take
liberties with the right Of decisaon at
I .. m; but II he - uncertain over
n. a dawdfinx and he win pay the
dsvdlers DEBT IN Afe-<hs humtlia-
don that comes 10 ess In the self.
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