Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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12 THE MILESTf)XE. of one idea? Let us, then, clioose our occupation, pursue it carefully, and bear in mind: “Lives of great men all lemind us, We can make our lives sublime: And, departing leave behind us. Foot prints on the sands of time.”

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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

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Booms. There are many different kinds of booms. Some are harmless and beneficial, while others are radically different. Some of the first class are: A boom of logs used by lumbermen to keep the logs from floating away, and to have them conveniently near the saw-mill; a boom is set up near dangerous places along a river to aid pilots in keeping the channel; ships carry booms to which the bottoms of the sails are fastened. The candidate for office also has a boom. When his chances for election are very slim his boom becomes what is known in politics, as “boomlet, or a small sized boom. But when his chances are very good he has a fine, large, full fledged boom. We Americans are great people for booming. Our tendency is to push things through hurriedly, violently and to do things with a rush, even to the extreme. Having looked to the harmless kind of booms, let us now turn our attention to the other kind. Every town has its boom. Sometime the boom comes when the townsite is first surveyed and platted, or it may come later, but at some time it is sure to appear. With the boom comes a species of business man. known to us as a real