Evening star., 1934-07-08
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JOBS AS BEST BET NOW
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opportunities which an individualist
order of society provided.
He was born on a farm; the family
means were modest-after the death
of his father his mother became q
school teacher. The boy got good
elementary education-in the charac-
teristic American way, the child's edu-
cation was a first call on the family
income. The boy. after a brief period
in college, found the academic life not
congenial to his temperament. Leaving
the college in the middle of his course,
he looked about, in the familiar Ameri-
can way, for an occupation which
should be the best attainable combina-
ton of what he liked to do and what
was open to him. He was attracted
to a new occupation that had Just
come into the world, aviation. He
learned all about airplanes and he
learned the art of flying. He took jobs
as a pilot with institutions that needed
such services. With $500 saved up he,
with another young man, bought a
secondhand plane, with which they
went into business for themselves, Civ
ing exhibitions at county fairs. By the
time he was "a the young mans per-
sonality and his diligence at his occu-
patton had made a favorable impress
sion on older persons with whom he
came into contact, and who had
money. In the Judgment of such per-
sons he was young man OF promise.
He was able to borrow $4,000 in cash
and get credit for $4,000 more. With
this he had plane built to his own
specifications. With this plane he
made the first flight ever made from
America to Europe. BY this accom-
plishment he became head of his pro-
fession; his services and his advice
were in demand By discriminating
choice among the opportunities offered
to him, he added modest wealth to
fame. In the applause of an admiring
world he was called the lone eagle
it did not occur to any one to call
him blue eagle"
Will Jeer at Illustration.
Now the answer which the collec-
twist school of thought will make
I can hear them shouting twill be.
yes but there is only one Lindbergh."
They will jeer at my use Of Lindbergh
as an illustration and an argument.
They will say this is one of those sue
cess stories" which the individualist
system feeds to school boys.
But 1 say there is more than one
Lindbergh There are some millions
of Lindberghs. There are a score IN
every village, hundreds in every town,
thousands in every city-men who as
bows started with nothing, who picked
out such careers as were open to
them, who were diligent in work and
ambitious in spirit, who by character
and personality impressed themselves
on older men, who were tnereDy apIe
to borrow money and get credit, ana
who came to the top of their re-
spective lines in their respective COM
munities.
Let us seek now an Illustration OF
the other temperament, the type OF
personality which prefers safety above
adventure, certainly above competl-
tion. and who therefore prefers TO
accent the promises of collectivlsm
rather than the chances OF mdlVlo-
ualism. I have no one example IN
mind: am thinking only in terms
of the type.
Salt of the Earth.
A Young man of this temperament
makes his crucial decision when ne
comes to the end of his four years
of college. Accustomed to the or
dered life of the campus, to routine
which moves gently in response to
the college bell-he now looks out
upon the world of competitive work
and finds the prospect harsh to his
spirit. He decides not to venture mto
it. Burying his face in the breast OF
alma mater, he refuses to be weaned.
His hands take hold like limpets on
the college walls. the tendrlls OF MS
spirit twine themselves about the
trunks of the elms.
Such men, in the careers they fol-
low as college teachers, are the salt
of the earth. Their work Is OF ines
timable value to society. Hardly any
class of men is so universally deserv-
ing of esteem; and, in the American
tradition, no class of men receives
higher honor.
But when men of this temperament
and experience turn to give thought
to the world outside the college
campus; when it happens that
group of such men get the oppor-
tunity to influence the dest1nles OF
country. it is little wonder If they
dream of a whole nation organized
as the college campus is organized.
life moving to the signal OF bells
along carefully graveled paths, with
every one in the community, teachers
and students alike, divided into
classes and doing the work laid down
for him by faculty of planners.
copvrisht. 1894. New York Tribune. Inc.