South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13


for never had overooat until was I6 or Il years
old. NY father coming from New England. believed
In hardships for the young He was never cruel but
always severe. That wasn't adventure
I went TO school when 1 wanted 10 and worked on
the farm when I wanted to. Ny father let US decide
which could consequently did thing half
the time and the other the Of the time. There
nothing thrilling in that When is years old
went 10 college While there got the opportunity 20
teach school. which months. After
that took position clerk uncles law office
u stayed with him year and a half after which i
went through law school. All OF this neither
breath taking raising Il is the sort OF
thing that other boys have done.
The point I trying make is that there was
nothing IN my life which might by the longest stretch
OF the Imagination be called adventure. There
unsurmountable difficulties which conquered with
smiling visage and a glowing brow I did TIE things
do-and nothing they
came along and the opportunities offered themselves
Il genius. wasn't talented in special
way There just thing that guided all the
tme-the thing that guides in other circum-
stances who succeed. I had made my mind 20 show
the people with whom lived and worked that was
different; that l wanted things they didn't want
didn't think about; that would stay the place
where Providence put Some people call Il ambi-
ton some call II purpose call it tenacity Any
way there. nothing different or strange
in that. 1t is not the gift of the only; it IS
something that Mr.. Rockefeller possess equal
degree with the OF farmer.
Incentive Succeed.
There another thing in my life that acted
incentive my work. II the desire my
way point where could feel that and my family
would be I will admit that a rich
could impelled by that could
only he born in a home where the silver spoon
lacking in the mouth of the newborn child And yet
repeat that the thing that made go ahead
when %; when I about I had
enough money insure my family com parative COM
the o their The
gone. But the other not
The great incentive. the thing that makes for ad-
venture is the desire to succeed And success means
doing something better than your fellow beings giving
more service finer service if you Will. There
monopoly on that feeling. 1t knows caste.
Take the Of John d. Rockefeller, and John
D. Rockefeller, jr. I them both. Do you think
100 years from the world will regard the first
born with opportunities TO be Of great service he has
used those opportunities to good advantage; he
ventured with them. His father had opportunities of
different kind. Both have done unusual work with
the material that Providence gave them Mr.. Rookie
Teller jr. is still young His adventures just
beginning There is no telling where they will lead
him, provided his vision remains clear.
Take. again, the Morgans. The late ) Pierpont
Morgan born a rich That handicap
to him. He thought it The figure
the financial history of the world was much more i'm
portant than the one his father had cut The same
will ] think, be true of the Mr. Morgan
was born with good deal wealth than his father
had at the start. That didn't bar him from any ad-
That didn't prevent him from using his
and his vision TO do the things he dreamed about II
am not mistaken, he will outshine his father in the
same his father did his own.
The important thing remember is that it is vision
that Money is handicap that. I should
not have resented being born with million dollars
rather think 1 should have liked it. II would have
opened the door Of opportunity for service sooner"
The feeling which Mr. Rockefeller expressed is.
however. characteristic OF small number Of sensitive
individuals Young and young women tend per-
haps in increasing numbers, to attempt to the
easy possible by family connections
One such young man, the OF a family engaged in
the exporting business. recounted his revolt
L simply could not endure being showed along from
promotion promotion merely because my family"
he said. There adventure in a life which
promised commercial advancement, regardless Of
whether was At or not Finally chucked the whole
business and told my family that going TO make
my way, that wanted Interference. I got
another job my account, so good a Job 1