Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1919 — Boys Who "Make Good.” [ARTICLE]

Boys Who "Make Good.”

Probably not 1 per cent of the successful men in the world today gave any evidence of having great ability when they were “kids.” The prodigies do not make good. The “exceptional” youngster in school seldom conquers after he has entered real life; but the plain fellow of common sense, slow to learn, slow to become enthused, slow to make companions and slow to give them up—the fellow who sticks to a job until it is finished, that is the fellow who in after life rules and regulates the affairs of this little green ball. —Exchange.