Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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men of One Idea. L. Peahle Mackey. One idea of our own used with energy, with time spent on it will bring success. Some one has said: “One good idea of thine own is better than a thousand from Helds of others sown ” We have several things we wish to do at the same time; here is great danger of failure. One thing at a time, and that well done, will bring success. How much of a success would Edison have made of his phonograph, if he had tried to invent several other things at the same time? Could he have given the attention neecessary to carry his thought to a successful issue? History shows that society has passed through many revolutions, and with each revolution, certain underlying principles have been brought into a clearer light. Even education, itself, has been lifted a round higher through the man of one idea. There once lived a man who was anything that came his way. He tried first one occupation, then another, and was continually changing his woik. Did he make a success? Far from it, as even his best friends confessed. While, if with what talent and time he had put on all these, he had put on some one, he would have been successful and taken a place in the front rank among men. As

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THE + MILESTONE. VOLUME IV. NORFOLK, NEBR., MAY 27, 1892. NUMBER I. GREETING. 4 Volume four of The Milestone, the High School Annual, makes its appearance. Custom places its publication in the hands of the outgoing Senior class, and the class of 1892 essays the task so well done by former classes. In its pages will be found something of the work, the fruits of years of toil in digging and delving in the records of the past, the many volumes of quaint and curious lore. The Seniors, as editors of the annual, desire to thank those who have aided in the work of preparation, especially the business men. who by their liberality have made its publication possible. In years yet to come as The Milestone brings back memories of days gone by, may we all remember the days spent in Norfolk High School.

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This TIIE MILESTONE. it was, he was “Jack of all trades and master of none: is the way with a great many people. They attempt too much and fail to do anything well. Take the one who has chosen a certain occupation, if he possesses steadfastness of purpose, and will persevere in whatever he undertakes, success. as a natural result, even though it come at a late day, will surely reward his labors. In all the professions of modern time we see, more and more, the man of one idea, who has concentrated all his energy upon one thing. When we tind a successful man, one who towers above his fellow-men, we tind one of this kind. In the profession of law there is the one that makes a specialty of criminal cases, another of civil cases, and so on through the different departments. Men who cannot do well in this way, were never meant to be successful. The profession of medicine is noted for the number of its specialists. These have large practices and all are making money. The time was when a physician treated all the diseases that the human flesh was heir to; now we have a specialist for nearly every disease, and he puts in all his time in studying it. Look at the colleges and you see that it is the man of one idea who obtains the most prominent places. There we have the professor of mathematics, of science, of language, and of arts. If one man were to try and teach all of these, he would do but poor work. There are some people who claim that the man of one idea is of no use as a public benefactor, because he is so wrapped up in himself that he cannot find time for any one else. If this were so how would we obtain our scholars and learned men? How would the young of our country be educated if it was not for the man