San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-13
Listen, World!
Jump In!
By Elsie Robinson

ihc oiu man . seltlnS peeNeu,
writes .Eustacc. "He says that I've
had plenty of time since / graduated
from college last June to find a good
job. He thinks 1 ought to take the
first good chance that offers and get
started somewhere. But i tell him
that's the very worst thing / could do.
That's exactly why so many fellows
get discouraged at the start, and never
amount to anything.
"The whole idea of a college educa-
ton Is to fit you for something better
than the rank and file is forced to
take. What's the use of spending all
that money on my education If I'm
going to take a job that any common
laborer could fill?
But he won't listen to any sensible
argument. Says he's sick of seeing
my hanging around and he doesn't in
tend to support me in idleness. So ]
wish you'd give an opinion on the sit
uation, Miss Robinson, for / know you
appreciate the value of an education"
certainly do, son. But college train
ing isn't an education" College is
only the kindergarten PREPARATION for
the REAL education.
the real education is learning how to
live with your fellowman-and with
yourself.
The sooner you start that education
the better.
No, you don't have to pick your
sta rting place with care.
JUMP IN ANYWHERE! 4
3. THE WATER is ALL THE
SAME. b
IT'S ALL COLD!
You're going to SILVER and gasp and
choke and make an idiot of yourself
just as much If you dive in one place
as il you dive in another.
There's no difference In the prelimi.
naries.
You've certain amount Of conceit
and Ignorance, freshness and foolish
ness, timidity and clumsiness. laziness
and intolerance TO get over before Won
can get down to any workable pro-
gram.
Life's got to take that out of you.
She can take it out lust as we'll
when you're working in service sta
ton as when you're working in a bank
Tho problems you meet will be all
on picce-the folks you deal with
VIII nave the same amount of cussed-
ness per capita--and you, yourself will
have the same lessons to learn.
It's hard for you to realize that.
Unfortunately most Of the men who
man our colleges don't realize it. They
are sincere in their belief that a col
lege prepares YOU for something.
But it DOESN'T.
College gives you few tools to use.
But it doesn't prepare YOU.
Only experience can prepare you.
And, as You may have heard men,
TONED. experience is a hard teacher.
=, SO don't postpone your ducking any
longer, kid. -
Off with your coat and in you go!
Never mind il you're not getting as
much as you're worth. You'll New
Err get as much as you think you're
worth.
Never mind il You don't seem to be
getting square deal. Abraham Lin
coin, Socrates. Joan of Arc and Jesus
Christ all failed to get a square deal.
Then why should you think Fate is
going to make little pet of YOU?
Strike out and keep on going!
Never mind il you stub your toe and
get water in your ears.
Never mind if the other chap gets
in your way.
That's part Of the game.
1t will ALWAYS be part of the
game.
II you can't learn to adjust your
self to that NOW, you might as well
give up the fight.
Take things ms they come and don't
hold post-mortems over 'em after
they've passed.
Learn to hold your chin up!
Learn to grin
1t isn't what you're doing but how
you're doing it that counts right now.
After you've learned this lesson it
will be time to fuss over whether
you've found your true vocation"
But just now your true vocation
consists in LEARNING HOW TO BE
A REGULAR HUMAN BEING.
So for the luvva Mike
JUMP IN!
Copyright 1925. King Feature Syn, Inc.