The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-12
IS DEFINED BY
 PEDACOCUE

full of pep" that it seems a pity to have them confined entirely to Alas ka teachers-who need them less than anyone. The one on "The Peptimist," for instance. is good medicine for peo- pie in general, and is accordingly re- published herewith from the Ketchi- kan Chronicle:
 AS a forceful definition of what peptimist is, Dr. E. J. Klemme, the second speaker of the evening, in his lecture "The Peptimist" said: "A pes simist is one who says It can't be done; the optimist says, Tt can be done-you do it; the peptimist says, Tt can be done and watch me do it." Vigor. vitality, vim and punch-that's
 pep,
 The courage to act on a sudden hunch
 that's pep,
 The nerve to tackle the hardest thing, With feet that climb and hands that
 cling,
 And a heart that never forgets to
 sing-that's pep.
 Sand and grit in a concrete vase
 that's pep.
 A friendly smile in an honest face
 that's pep,
 The spirit that helps when another's
 down,
 That learns how to scatter the darkest
 frown,
 That loves his neighbors and loves his
 town-that's pep.
 To say, q will" for you know you can
 that's pep.
 To live for the best in every man, To meet each whitening knockout And come back again because, you You've got the best of the whole
 blamed plan-that's pep.
 Instead of taking for ones slogan, "Let George do it." Dr. Klemme ad- vocates individual brain activity, cit ing as instances of those who won their way to the top because they learned to think, Krank Klinginsmith, who was with Henry Ford for twenty years and from an earning power SIS a week has advanced to salary of $75,000; the man who invented the machine by which girl can now make 5OOO0 needles in the time it formerly took to make thirty; the man who persisted in perfecting the aeroplano, which Dr. Klemme predicts will be more numerous in Ketchikan than all tomobiles twenty-five years from now.
 Incidentally, Dr. Klemme believes in man doing his own thinking, even if Life is one fool thing after an- other; but love is two fool things after each other" He admits an admiration for the young fellow who, after the first quarrel with his bride of three months was offered his release which he spurned saying, q am no 90 days recruit; I am in for the whole period of the war"
 The Peptmist "hits hard and "shoots straight" Dr. klemme pointed out. John Sides, once called the boy wonder, after eleven years at Harvard and the master of seven languages, was recently, at twenty-five, arrested as an anarchist. Two boys entered college at the same time. Joe, with all the advantages money can give, IS now hiding a $1O0 job in his fathers bank. while Jim, who worked his way through college, is drawing salary of $500O as superintendent or schools: Madame Currie hit hard and shot straight, when "poor in money but rich in courage she gave radium to the world and as an eX- pression of gratitude was presented by the women of America with gram of it valued at $200,OOO.
 Dr. Klemme contrasted these win the "Sit and Argue club," whose only ability lay in using the coal bucket for target practice; or the girl of whom the poet sang:
 s'He said to her over the telephone,
 After the weekly visit,
 Dearest, will you marry me?'
 Yes she said, Who is it?'