The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1902, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL. BrERcorz7z L5707 CGFAMUIER, n various schoois gard to the im- What I hope to various on tha be a soldier” to for coliegs & professional man s below boys of 2 num- y schools in four or five ave written about them the most desir- fession or business ject was given 10 exercise. It is interesting to note that a large per- centage of the writers choose profes- sions those which are most in demand by the progressive world -f to-day. The trades have a compara- vely s presentation in the fu- ture ambitions of these young Amer Changes and obstacles will of of them, bu: who sighs course come to most their sims are high, which augurs well r future achievement. MILTON LICHTENSTADTER, | Clement School. | he s honest and does his bes t to himself on the “'Ri trades boys and carpentering. trade to whi to is all right on the two sides of the ques- d on the one what we can be and what we will be, and on the other wa 1y hope for it.” For the last we had for are, 1 On the h a boy ber the mottoes: ‘“Don't chickens before they “Remember that God thou HARRY EPSTEIN, Franklin School. am asked to that is fore- HIS subiect which I about i onc in my mind I should like m a member mar School Library Public which fteen 1 eince I new worli ms nd | long o know more of its wonderful force. - - 1 hope after I finish the grammar - chooi to be able to go to High School i the university en I may accom- ¥ the great object which 1 e w 1 mind and make my mark in life. R e strong arn justice is certair man would be WILLIE SMITH, Mission Grammar. - enters the last grades of his grammar school days he be- ers gir to hope for a certiticate of er Jation, and he nea: the b E f the term and sees that he NATHANIEL BERCOVITZ. Mission Grammar. v always is of ail what he will be and what he The other looks e period we have mind and charac- 1 we shall have to ave not. And by the know what I shall be. r future, 1 see namely: First, e but few chances to it myself on a leve! s—yet to-day, been brutally live now and hem have names ad none of the op- a boy has to-day f executive of a split. It is true that his mother But he alone formed hie haracter and swelled his heart to have pity on the of recelving a diploma a Jus question presents itself, the “What shall 1 be when 1 leave As a boy is in the last grades his character commences to form and he more s, questior school 7 begins to think and have hopes tor him- , self and he generally shows some par- 5 e —_ for some particular kind of work, »dwork, a liking {0 be around ma bardly fit es, drawing, etc., and if he has the h, starts out kind of parents’they will encourage his first n his work. parents intend to zive me as much as they can, and 1 being in my childhood fell down with a crash, , . As I was growing up I showed a liking ™, but only (o cketching, planning, etc.. and my par- nga:a:s"ar:d ents are going m;naw me to take it up is mot 10 | have always Mked to draw 1 . ko, o0t 0 1 have alway draw the plans for bufldings, ef and have seen in boyhood, but 10 dreams the houses of my creation rival. es the majority ing in beauty the architecture of Graece ) look at the mOSL | fniend to take up designing and arehi. we find; First, the teofure and I will study hard so that g given to us by some day I may see in reality the houses of my creation and myself be called one of the Jeading architects. Y wish when 2 man is to be a and the responsibility of the fight rests upon him. He has to be brave He was brave and honorable to his country and kind to his men who were in George Washington's time had it a great deal harder than the generals of to-day In those days a general or a private didn’t know when he would next have anything to eat or drink. That is the kind of general I would iike to be. To be a general | would have to go to the have to serve.a certain number of years #0 28 to be a fit man to command the soldiers. 1 would like to be a general of the cavalry, because they ride on horse- back and can chase the enemy a lon, distance, and have a better chance from * L2 /’1 - € Jast grade begin to think seriously of ne looks at the road of what 1 hope to be. smoofh and stralght and When I was a mere child I was taken P rs bloom along see an extravaganza that had brave \I \ ” | g Sonrees wes, beautiful princesses, good and | two separa fairies, etc., in abundance, and 1 ‘ O e ®aid that If T could not be Bresident I s one. which was then my aspiration, T would be I “ fact, a continu- an actor, and have people come and see 3 v t the end there are and applaud. But as I grew older I grew \‘-U \ \\ come when it 1s Wiser and sadder and the dreams of my d up these advan- T ¥ pretty re to know 1 kindly by the men or they will not do While T know tnat the ohject to be art- be with no need to | w. WII.LI'AMS, all the work required for them. If a tained is difficult, and that it requires arly all boys have vain, Raphael Weill Night School. ‘ horse gets shot in battle the men use his a ireat deal of hard work and study, still when 1 grow up to be a ! body for a defense and shoot from be- 1 have courage and en enough to G v\:}\h] myself, éor s;s — hind it. carry me through successfully. boy have good par- + + bition. In order that 1 may be successful in then the university. If successful as a student in these various schools I ought to be prepared to take up practical en- ineering. g:’z\r:lly resxson! for preferring this class of work are that it will be more in accord with my taste and desire, easler for me to understand and it offers the best field into use in the extension of railroads, the development of mines and the dig- ging of canals and in the promotion of different manufacturing enterprises. The opening up of new countries and the de- velopment of others, especially the Phil- * = graduating T hope to enter some large iron works as an apprentice ber or owner of the iron works. T think I shall never have a desire to enter political life, but if 1 should, and should be nominated for President or any office, T should mever buy a vote nor promise any man a position for the sake of his vote: and above all no amount of 1 hoJ)e that some time after I have learned all T can in this country I can travel all over the world and become ac- quainted with foreign machinery and im- Provements, besides the way they are BT LENTAN CLEMENT ScavAaL 5 eneral in the United Stats and,a friend and heiper to everynody. ap e L pt i s oy, Tt i e ELWOOD C. BOOBAR, JAMES PENNIE PARKER, gmc‘em{ hope that after all my travels for every boy who has to all the plans of the battle, Crocker School. Crocker School. and ambitions are ended, and I sit down to think, I will always remember a few lines of poetry: If at first you don't succeed, v, a 2 nsetul onet Bac 0 ity . Hian. 250 S Citten N forming plans for my future work Y first ambition Is to graduate Try, try again. TR b il States Grmy.. T Sortl Wis Ao b6 Sep- I have concluded to become a me- with high honors from the e life? g eral like General Lawtcen was before he chanical engineer, as that profession finest and best mechanical »e and is going to be was killed in the Philippine war. seems best to fill the vbject of my am- school in the country. After TIRRELL FLETCHER, f I try to make it so. Clement School. . boy who i5 sare Under = his command. : T{n: brfl;"e this p[arl,:cull:‘r line l“e w;lltgzr::;;ss:;g and ‘gradually rise till I become master (3 SEENnE bey Wi an was killed in a skirmish on the thgt I should receiv. en- ng 1 happen to be iciang”of Luzon. He died for his toun obotical sducation whlch con only be oo s Altar that L Jouln ““: o T PO E S SR . i et Tom Infancy, (ryand that is what I would like (o laimed by constant and careful study fn ter the mechanical drawing rooms, 4 PoypRon e ghitiiony. Lo B by i s ot e unike @ 100K do.’ 1 was born and reared in San Fran. the different grades through which I am I could become a fairlx £00d draughts- ully decided what I shou o en of our = cisco, and 5o I would like to belong to to pass. First 1 will finish the grammar, man, after which I should like to enter to be, although I have partially ! rated maey the regulars of the Presidio. A general next the high or preparatory school and the office and rise till I hecome a Mem decided 1 should like to go to the c brated men Naval Academy at Annapolis, be- cause it {s not only advancing your edu- cation, but you are continually traveling and seeing the world, which, of course, is better than any geography can show or teach, but not taking into consideration, money or promise of B political position th i ncle , i savior to whal West Point military school, where you for sticeess and reward. Jould induce me to vote for a may ‘I I3 hexe the-honoriof o ht to be a “Elqdsd In- learn all about the army. ' There you Machinery s coming more and more thought unwerthe of that ofme. T 8. P . people. Ho e be- share in defending our country. We are constantly building more ships all the time, and by the time I am ready to enter the academy there will be an endless number of vacancies to fill, se < 3 o used. T also hope that some day [ ehall there will not be so much aifffoulty’ in So myself and every boy in the worid catching them than the Infantry has. ippines and China, will greatly increass be an inventor o some invention that will getting a place on one of these ships. rigeling 1o be something need not hope The cavalry have to have large guns the demand for large quantities of ail greatly help the world in solving aerial for it. He may be certain that if he keeps that shoot a long distance. The horses Kinds of machinery and competent men na eway from bad compeny, abstains from of the cavalry have to be treated very to take charge of it. lon, And above all I wish to be a gentleman Continued on Page Five.