The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-26
Nautical Novelties
Learning To Work

Not the least of what the
navy training does is to teach
one to work. Lads nowadays
tend to grow up late. While our
fathers began doing their DIT
when still in short pants, lads
today may graduate from high
school without having shaved at
all to earn their keep. To I'M
dertake labor becomes increas-
ingly difficult as the day OF its
beginning is delayed. The earl
Ter, however, one learns the les
son that work brings immense
satisfaction in it's wake, the bet
ter off he will be.
Work" as DR.. Cabot says,
is doing what you do not now
enjoy for the sake of a future
which you clearly see and de-
sire" Once one learns to antic-
ipate the joy that comes from
a difficult task completed, the
memory of that thrill is there
to entice him to seek further
such rewards.
Work is easiest when one IS
able to feel a stimulus not al
one from the immediate re-
suit but from distant futures
There is uncovered the source
of interest that nerves one to
face diStaSteful labor to achieve
a noble and satisfying end
Work is an acquired taste. Some
knowledge, personal and init
mate, of the glow to follow must
precede logged effort. The fu-
ture SWellS within us only when
we realize that we make the fu-
ture out of the PRECIPITATION
and aches. and pans of the
stout laborer.
EXertion must be made de-
spite the present pain. The out
look may be barren. What is
to start one? There is a dead
spot just before one begins
This spot is the harder to cross
as one is the elder unless he
has already experienced the re-
wards of sheer labor. In tho
beginning" says DR.. Cabot
something or someone must
magically entice us into doing
a bit of work; we, then, see the
treasure of its results and are
spurred on to redouble our eff
forts and increase our rewards
In the ordinary course, eth
er the contagiOn of example
reaches us or we are urged or
by the desire to win someone's
approval. If such spurs fail
there is grave danger that we
will hang back till our natura.
energies sour within us. Those
energies seek to explode in sons
direction. If no channel is pro-
vided, they turn into some kind
of discomfort, physical or NEIL
tai.
The navy training does the
recruit a great service in teach
ing him to stand up to a hard
task. He cannot back away. Be-
ing forced onward, he eventual
w survives the experience and
finds the after-glow agreeable
He acquires the taste for work
perhaps the ability to force
himself, without benefit of di-
rection, into avenues of endea.
vor that involve considerable
stress and strain but promise
highly desirable rewards. THAI
is a lesson learned that one
may well be thankful for.
Comments From A Movie Star
Wayne Morris, the star il
Warner Brothers motion picture
Submarine d." said: my eX.
periences with navy men viii
always stand out as one of thu
greatest thrills of my life anc
my new film career. I have hat
many conversations with tn,
fine lads who wear the blu,
of Uncle Sam and have Learned
the ways of navy men,"
Take Courage
Be courageous! I have livet
a long time-I have seen his
tory repeat itself again ant
again. I have seen many de-
pressions. Always America ha,
emerged from these hard time
stronger and more prosperous
Be brave as your fathers wer'
before you. Have faith. Go for,
ward-Thomas A. Edison.
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