Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
HEAR
Mr.. WESTC0TT
Tells of Life of Christopher
Columbus at High School
Event

Tracing the life of Christopher
Columbus from the time of his birth
to the day of his death, the Rev.
Wilbert Westcott of Simpson Metho-
dist church, yesterday afternoon ad-
dressed the student body of the 10
cal high school, applying the les
SONS brought out by the life of the
great discoverer to the everyday life
OF the student. Rev. Mr.. Wcstcott
was the principal speaker on the
program arranged by the history,
civics and early language depart
ment of the school in the conlmem-
grafton of the 430th anniversary of
the discovery of America by Column
bus.
Historians differ as to the early
life of Columbus, but it is a known
fact hat he was born in Genoa, son
OF a wool weaver and poorly edu-
cated,' Mr.. Westcott caid. Some
chronologers declare that Columbus
was of noble birth but it is not true.
| AS Napoleon said, Every man is his
own ancestry SO was the case with
Columbus. .
when he was fourteen years OF
| aga Young Columbus exhibited a
| foDdness for sea and as he was of
ar adventurous nature" Mr.. West
| colt pointed out, he determined
to become a sailor. Living in the
city of Genoa, Columbus became
acquainted with the ways of the
seaman which were to be OF gre1t
use to him in later years.
eat the age of tnirty-five, Column
bus migrated to Portugal where ne
whose father owned an island 300
miles off the coast. When his
father-in-law died Columbus in
hprited this isle and he spent many
hours there pouring over the nauf1-
cal writings of his late father-in-
law.
"Rut what gave Columbus all his
knowledge about the great seas?'
demanded Rev. Mr.. Westcott. II
was his preparation during his
early life" the speaker explained.
Preparation is one of the essen,
tlals which every future great mus
possess. Take the cases of Newtor
and Calico, astronomers, or Gen
eral Grant and Napoleon, the grea'
militarist leaders. Every n o.
these was prepared when the op'
p~crtunity to show what he could dc
came knocking at his door. So /
is with you students if success Is tt
be your achievement. Prepare fol
the future: Rev. Mr.. Westcott
stated.
Describing the efforts of Column
but to obtain funds and ships from
the governments of Portugal arc
Spain, Rev. Mr.. Westcott brought
out the fact that the great navigatGl
kaG several qualities which eacf
person must have nowadays II
order to succeed. These are nancy
perseverance and confidence.
The perseverance of Columbus Il
brought out when he goes iron
country to country seeking fund:
never giving up hope. His conn
deuce in himself was ~undeniab.e
ALWAYS in high spirits he had {
high. almost selfish, opinion of him
self. The speaker declared that be
fore you embark on your career Sc
Ii you have these qualities which In
spired Columbus to higher IDEAL
and im~aginations. II you maven
these, failure will be your share.
Possessed Of all the man-lnspir
ing ideals it al be readily be secl
why Columbus was successful In M
undertakings, the reverent pointing
out. and it is also necessary ina
besides having the preparation 10
:, fife YOU must also have all the oths
| traits, Although Columbus died /
poverty, he still was naughty an
proud until his last second on eartf
In concluding. Rev. MI. Westc3t
5 said:
Life is but a voyage and we ar
! sailing on the sea of life. If We sa
on far enough we will reach tn
continent of developed life. So So
lor sail on and on"