Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
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FUTURE LEADERSHIP

MAJOR III AIllEIICa1I
life ouay supposed lack OF for present and
future 1t tnat we are short OF pace
makers business enterprise, te sciences and tecnnca
arts. There are many devoted Physicians IeacheIs ciVl
servants tecAncanS, WINE every nne OF industrial
and It's quota OF ambitions ana oe-
termlned youth
me questioning and searching for leadership
not concerned narrow occupaLlonal Ines They do
not emphasis upon ndustry lnace the PROFESSIONS
even puDnc lite. may DE a manufacturer,
BANKER, lawyer or senator ne people nave no great
respect occupaCoa distinctions, no awe Wnat-
ever of pace they solneTnng aslde apart
from TIE aoel Inc laOe may Tor al Lacy care Oe any
tnlng.
rormer President Eliot, of Harvard, who recently
celebrated his nlnetieth bllt0ay Was an example III MS
time OF the ngnt anu eaulng whoa are sought lney
perhaps llom alloau presluent country edtor
travelng missionary. mo are tne men OF mark VINO
leally big to carry on?
IIls question eagerly wherever there IS
serious ascsson ana back Interrogation the
uneasy tear progress mas run anead OF
civic, sprltual yalues Ins IS not SO much an
OPINION feeng It IS not platform or
plogla 1t is an unformulaGed pesslmsm re-
garlng OF OF note puonc ana Otherwise
Temporarily when scanuals uncovered there is no
doubt ustlnct confluence the offce-nodlng
and large sections OF the business community as
but tenoency as tne American people SHOW TO
look Ozark not caused primarily by the dere
ctlons Oh any occupatlonal group n lne Whole business
nave deserved nation AS Tor offlcenOd-
poltcans, public men screamed, VINO is there any
longer to nem for the whole OF sal
vatlon?
" hat the country needs is the unifyng process Of
simple restatement OF what IS worth Wnle IN life Inc
extensions and complexities of scientific and material pro-
gress DeWildered and stunned all The world OF
PRODUCTION of commerce is 50 vast That any voice
raised by the any speeches made by public
OFFICIALS rise naTdy at all ABOVE the tlInult.
but the ana STANDARDS OF conduct IN the lam
ily in communities the statetese must be borne
aoft no matter now confusing ana measureless become
the surprises Of invention the prodges OF industry
Human character ana conuuct-tnese are supreme, as
When the questions are asked VINO are the men OF
mark Who the coming leaders it means that people
want at the 'front.' top who stand for, who
press these For they must persist
raao and of Wnetner few thousand or lew billion
dollars constitute a fortune.
There substitute for leadership, or rather for
the values which leadership stresses Least OF
all do form even makesnlft. Ii there be not
sufficient toerance intelligence education among
people gua honest fair and judclous teaching in
the pubic of facts theories OF history and
science no statute prescribing the exact facts ana tneores
to be taught or the specific textbook to be used Will REM
edy the defect.
The mere formation Of committees and associations
hardly pace OF leadership new committee
ASSOCIATION is often merely method OF dog1ng re-
sponsibity, of throwing it upon other citizens.
New conditions prouuced new professions, such
as engineering with many others rapidly emerging Inc
enthusiastic members Of these newer occupations
and professions that they are gong TO make
over the world produce better society and set
up higher than been known before Iney
will contribute doubt to the total Of valuable
information but technical facts will never serve as popu
lar sustenance The leaders OF nation must speak IN
very simple terms, loud and clear
The institutions of higher universities col
eges and technical are playing an ever-ncreas-
ing role in American life But except for occasional
ElOt Wilson they not speak out IN the ringing
words which alone great multltudes can comprehend
Courses of lectures examinations, Marks cuts, football
CUBS traterntes good fenoWshlp-these are very
delightful andon the tend to refine and round out
human Button the average the material is medi
OGRE o. at least urdistngusned and four years college
touch of magic WhereWlth to stamp the I'M
print OF greatness upon those congenitay incapable OF
receiving it.
It is part of our national genius that greatness and
leadership should surge up from the people, from all the
people Leaders never been and they will be
turned out by the scnoos Wnetner their learning be the
old-fashoned classical culture or neWfangled subject
known as business administration The simple qualities
of greatness and leadership will not be regimented
venonaized into schools of Latin or schools of COM
merce They spring alike from the palace and the howell
the hard school of experience and from the softer
but at times very valuable training to be had IN unlver
sity halls.
There is disbursement because the people prefer
movies and radio to Grafton civic duty by the visit
ing clergyman or state senator They prefer it IS said
the caroons and coumnist to the editorial writer But
the medium important than the voice which speaks
through it. The means of reaching large public may
change from year to year. but the vital interests OF man
kind not change They have to do with happiness and
character with life and DEATH with conditions OF living
with what in the last analysis are moral standards and
values.
The prevalent interest in biography is wholesome
sign Every crop of new books contains biographies,
every bookstore window is filled with them The modern