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Show ., ., ----- -····- ·-- --- - ·--·---- -- ---- August Issue . - --- ··· ·• ·- --------- - - - ---.------·-- ~---·~- - · • •' -- -------------------- --- ····- Page 2 ·- • ···- . IF THE ODDS ARE AG ,'.,i INST YOUCondensed frcn-:. "This Week Ma g~_zj.ne." Pe.ul Jones What were the odds against Columbus, when he ass0mbled his little fleet and s a iled westw a rd? What were the odds against the Filgrims, landing on ,J'l unfriendly coast, in the des d cf the winter? What were the odds against the pioneers who pushed our Zrontier westward to t.r: e Fudiic? Yes, ;:,s op le SE,y, but all th :1t 'N3.S long ago. Tirri es h a ve changed, Opportunities c.re pern:snently restricted. The world has hardened into an unbres.k ,:tble p c,ttern. For every success--even moderate--there :c..re '-'- thousr.nd failures. Supp ose th r t is true. It's s,lsc true tha.t no one can win :3. race who declines even tc enter his n c'.Ue, In the fine old At rnrica.n expression--they can I t r,rrest you for trying. And if th0 world h ;:o. s shut its g :,tes against new ideas, it must h '-:: ve h i::µponed very recently. It's only ten or fifteen years since insulin was disccverad as ,~ positive ren,e dy fer diabetes. It ws..s just a short time ag o that -we he,, rd th ::1.t sulf:,. ~nilamide could cure pneun:onia. A good de ~1.i of the ,, dvice ws give youth no·N2da:rs is too pessimistic, becc:use we 2-re e:bsessed with the st :s.-tistics :.nd percent r;ges of fr.ilure. A~or reckoning the odds, we t ell our y c un f_; men ::md women: "Most of you will never get a decent job, 2nd if you cl.o th e cha.noes a re it 1ncn't lor,d to much." They hec:.r on all siJes th r,:t the new gener qtion is enterin g '-" world withou.J.:; opportunities, th c.t no cne w ,nts them, th,::t t,,lent, ability L:nd ccur~ge g o unrewarded. How can th ~1t be true? It w:,s never true i:-1 thE: past, 2nd it c ::-tnri,ot be true in !J.l1Y future 'Ne c sm inL gine. Stop s.ml think. Thirt~- ye: .rs from. n o,,v, who rvill be our erd:nent L1wyers and .judges, our invEJntc.rs, ov.r st ,: t0 :3r;,en 2.nd p olitic _:,l le""~ders, our engineers, industrialists, educ -, _tors, c:, rtists, writers, 3cienti sts, r,,hysicians, l dbor leaders, clerg y;"en, e C:. i tors, bv.siness ex0c uti ves, g i,mera.ls, 8.dr:1irc.ls7 Thousends of pl ::c c0s will h t, ve to be filled-- ce.n d the c a ndide tes c,m only be found r,mong the youn g men c.nd women whc nre nov1 in their c1venties. 1fo.ybe the ideal job--or an :· job--isn't re ?.dy f or you tod:J. y, or tomorrow, or next week or next v, cnth. But it is c.bsclutely cert::'cin -th c:.t, thirty -'-years frcm now, t b o very highest positi ons in every field will be , va ilable to the youth of tc d _iy. It i s,1 't too soon to file e_n e.pplicdion, to lose yourself in some idea tha.t will direct you to the future. Fer, in srite of the so.ge 2.dvice cf my old chief, it is only by losing yourself th at you find yourself. Thirty ye,:'.lrs is tee long tc w2.i t?? r·c' s 2 long time to wait for a little job, b ut if ycu aim h i gh you C~Ln ~:fford t c w&i t---And the time will be s,11 too,short, if you're pursuing a real idea. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTI\':ENT 0 I ' - - -~-,--I |
