The evening world. Newspaper, April 2, 1918, Page 16

TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918 | 1918 | Youths of To-Day Stronger And Have More Endurance Than Old Spartan Heroes Test of War Has Proved Race Has Not Deteriorated, Says Prof. Phelps of Yale, but Has Produced Better Men | Than Greek or Roman Ever Knew—'18 Has Stuff of ’76 and ’61, By Marguerite Movers Marshall Coppright, 1018, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Eventng Worlt), NEW HAVEN, March 30. HE heroes of Sparta could never have lived through what British, French and American youths are enduring in the present war. 1 believe the physical average of our young men fs far higher than that of the ancient Greeks. Two good things have come to us out of the agony of this war—the knowledge that our race has improved and not deteriorated physically and proof that their spirit has not degenerated—that they are of the stuff of their fathers of '76 and '61.” Hurrying back to New Haven from the little coun- try town of Branford, where he had spoken for one of “his boys,” Prof. William Lyon Phelps summed up for me his fine and fervent faith in the young America he ES knows so well. Prof, Phelps is Lampson Professor of English Literature at Yale and the auihor of a number of critical studies in literature and the drama, which are both brilliantly written and eminently readable, just as his college courses are at once scholarly and popular. For the e past two yea he has been making patriotic addresses all |~~~ over America, as ho {s a United! through these terrible hardships and States Four-Minute Man and a mem- {dangers proves that the stock has ber of the Connecticut Council of | Improved rather than doteriorate National Defense. |I also feel sure that the athletic ren't you proud of your young| ‘raining our boys have received tn men?” he demanded with flery em-|8¢hool and college, and which has phasis before the staid American |Come in for its share of criticism, Academy of Arts and Letters in New| @* helped greatly in making good York the other cay. “This war has *0ldiers of them, proved that our modern young men, «7 HEY have been hardened and in epite of the so-called case and | toughened, and thelr national luxuries of the day, are of the stuff| love of sport has made them fight of their fathers of 1776, It {s my be-| fair. Probably the English devotion Nef that the physical stamina of the | to playing elds has been a factor in 66 race is as great if not greater than| making the English more honorable | %: ever before. If it be true that our!| fighters than the Germans.” young men have lived amid modern| “And war has tested the manhood Inxuries, then their cheerfulness inj of the spirit, as woll as of the flesh,” sacrificing these things makes them finer heroes than warriors of the past who had less to lose.” N the motor car which hurried him home for a few hours’ sleep he- fore leaving New Haven on another patriotic mission, Prof. Phelps ex- plained to me more fally bis warm appreciation of the young man of to- day. He is young himself, by all the signs that count—keen, clear blue eyes, broad-shouldered erectness, mobile thought and speech—al- theugh his thick hair is gray and he confesses to having taught boys for * twenty-seven years. ! suggested “Our young men have met tests,” Prof, Phelps declared neatly. ear “It is true that mae some things were easier for them than for for mer generations before the war, but boys of to-day have not been injured by their luxury. When the demand was made upon them they showed they had not been softened by their automobiles, their yachts, their house parties. That they had en Joyed these things makes the leaving of them at the call of the Nation all the more commendable. # both | :: _{e Say Gi) Mind at oe Young Super-Spartan of 1918 a as Pr “of, Phelps Sees Him | MADE FIT FOR BATTLE BY COLLEGE SPORTS, UNWEAKE. HE’S READY FOR JOB hi eo WA “id = wa HIC Li cools UES) BOYS € we MLSE T STAND Sees recon pin smn stm snnnnery bead IES fit OUR Soong FIGHT FA LUXURY “HAS NOT WEANENED oR Boys Our Revolu- HAVE MADE our belt “Bor all those years,” he said, “I| tionary heroes-were brave, but thoy YOUTHS FiT Hehnki have been hearing that modern} did not have #0 much to give up Foe. BATTLE Pe Ha young men are soft, effeminate, ener-| College men, against whom some of a vated by luxury. Their crittes}the hottest criticism has been di- ‘ @harged that they hal deteriorated) rected in the past, have been making | ~~~ eens ——— physically and their moral fibre bad] their patriotic response, with quiet weakened. They were supposed to} but pretty general effectiveness The Old Oil a d Dior Ebbvic I ts be lacking in idealism, in a sense of} “And if the young men have proved it a l responsibility, in capacity for self-| themselves fit, haven't women done sacrifice, in true manliness. likewise?” I appealed to Prof. . " ” 7 ° fa “1 knew these charges were un-| phelps Hawa Ateticee Beh It Used to Be Called “the Bull,” but Term Went Out of Fashion When Trotzky true, but I could not mere aeaTh since the war disproved the old Crabbed the GameWith His Bullsheviki—Broadway Is the Place Where lon rove et ace e : , : y, ., . , 12 5 ‘~ wer came along and p} =o t accusation of selfish frivo! the Old Oil Is Most Effectively Used, Especially When the Financial *And the war has proved Our! we american women had been Stepping Is Bad—Interborough Leads the Oil League, and President EEC RO Te: merely selfish and pleasure loving Shonts, With His Oily Placards, Is the Principal Lubricator. 5 they could not have borne and 7 has become a byword?” T asked. larouent up the splendid eons now BY ARTE, R (“BUGS”) BAER. “1 think there 1s no question off coin to the trenchoa,” he answerel Chaban, 1818: by tou Drees 3h Fea eee ‘ sat eee F the it," Prof. Phelps replied unhesftat-| ouiccy, «1 never have believed the | (age old oll Js conversutional gre utilized to lubr works | Sroadwa k s n the ingly shallow, hostile Judgments passed on Wise the Seanciel wteg PDA TE haw tal ’ tthe | old ¢ “Despite their famous athletes | i osican women, In ice warn io well known bull, which been can iby t | A i FF r and athletic cames, and although | 4, they are reacting with noble | Bulishevikt onened the wrong berry. i Erotay OF a urna | growt A ant’s T the Greek champion may have unselfishness to the war's demands ment, the boys who «rab two tens for five now 4 th ieee ¢ ie » New Yc 1 been more beautiful than the AN over the country I have seen | © #hevikt | , Po " ¥ . a HP t man of to-day, { belleve the Taam eivina lip Whale honien ana ¢ nel Broadway {8 the qost stylish battl © for th ara | j eA 9 : ; ti a 60,000,0 physical average of the latter ts Shad Cosa works dni he 3 beads on tho brow and work as alien « But " | a ‘ 1 « , joing without T Mara ‘ \ bo 1 better, Athletic records come | oO. sorts and pleasures tt | viel are now rating arouna in { ae : ; | : ; ; i stantly become higher, and It ts | i aorta Prune aaa parade, The Interborough is 1 } nee _ had thought essential, working day nel in W. UL + nger corps, his « my epinion that the moderm (og night for thelr country and ¢ President Shonte guts out the old un and slips the 4 A placard won honors tak ‘ ands in th American physically outclasses witiore: OBO SOT oi ot the r | aes a tae een the anclent Greek. object to the proposed t n ¢ Park | ee aes v the HEN, though the Spartans were | QOMEHOW, after the war is over, e oll, 1 « eu Mieke rine ee Hae ae ‘it : trained to be splendid fight- we must make life a great ad-! pot improve the park stoutheads had y vuld risa a rte CPM Va aT ; on ers, I honestly do not think they|¥@mture. Wo must make peace call! giap nothing but unprovements Central Pa 1 a year amnalanw haa Een : t would ha could have endured the gort of war- |OUt in young men, in women, in na the park will be al provement > park ee ‘ J that ity face f it had bee fare to which our men are hardened, | tions, the virtues and achievement A suburban . a in esate cient There was a cortain excitement and|f Which, hitherto, war has reaped! joaa of profitecr tie Oak inp Gount pat k wad Wi ie hea ia ® y . ? even pleasure in the hand-to-hand | the fralt. in this war America has| Qjilsheviki, Although the rural ker ute where they judas o man by t . rare encounters with spear or sword in| Proved herself not materialistic, as| ing from his Jowls, ard although each hair of h ‘ prints and Rortilion measurement the aucient days of Greece and|the world thought, but idealistic, r jaca Anybody can fiatwheel into the pre acon of Rome. Almost everybody likes a|She must not forget.” | marked that the English always lose had {is best chance wiih Napoleon! the old ofl, and pull the burg loom m its ears good scrap, But our soldiers must} “You believe that these fine young] all battles except the last, Last win-| and it failed, The world could not hp ald ol) has Jooasned Up avane a rusty nooks ibook not only give and take wounds; they |men of ours are going to win the| ter John Masefield said that if all the | make treatios with Napole it had The old ¢ io te must stand the long privation of | war?" I queried finally. young men of France were killed the | to conquer him, The Kaiser must be |— ee sasnens ~ the trenches, the unceasing round of] “We shall win if every one does! old men would fight; if all the old|treated in the same way, and the “mud, cojd, vermin, nerve-racking | his or her part,” Prof. Phelps proph-| men were killed the children would | saddest feature of last ek is ite cer E clipse dhelifire, \utense physical discomfort | esied, with calm confidence, “In the fight; if all the children were killed | indication that @ long time and a REPARATIONS are being made (tha avait 0 and strain of every sort. {old days nations sent out armies |the dead would riso out of their] reat many of our mon will bo needed by astronomers in this couns| servat ated v “The Spartans never suffered from | against each other, squads of trained | graves and fight again, There is in| to make the world safe. Wo have) try rve tho total eclipse | centre line of the siadow’s path, A polson gas attacks. Our soldiers | gladiators, To-day all the people! the English, in the Americans, in the | the gallant youth, but our pride in|of the sun which will occur June 8 rangem s will be mad 1 must meet such new and terrible |imust fight. | French of the last century an tnerad-| them must be ineasured by Liberty |“ Will bo visible in its totality to | toxrapt Mave weapons of warfare—-death from the} “It is natural that a war machine! {cable love of Hberty which will not | bonds, Red Cros» work, Y, M, @, A, | Persons lycated within a strip so whore a be approx air, death from under the sea, death | so well trained as Germany's should be overcome and cannot die work, food conservation. Victory with 8" A wide sEtey sk Havaianas ea a do 4 i ef wtrangling torture, win the first victories, Napoleon said| “I do not believe the world will/go to tho poople—not simply the | (a ety teat! receeciaa’ | envne teiatcuea Sti Gineen Hise "The fact that our boys are living @ gupremely wise thing when ho re- gyer be ruled by mullitary forcg, It | @rmy-—that fights dost,” | clentl ’ aS » ' - Buy BONDS AND SUPPORT THE YMCA: SPARTAN BOYS Courony STAND MODERN WARFARE ~ THe SPIRCT OF NE (s THE SPIRIT OF 16 ~~ COUEGE SPR fen wa < ye fon By ~ | ere ’D BY LUXURY AND A FAIR FIGHTER, | 1918 PICKING AMAN FOR SUCCESS--No. Best Type for Profession Composite of Social Mixer, Idealist and Philosopher Misfits, Better Fitted for Business, Lured Into Urofessions Says Dr. Blackford—-Young Man Should Study Himself Before He Begins Preparation for Career in Which He May Be Wasted Katherine M, H. Blackford, M. D., co-author with Arthur f “Analyzing Character,” “The Job, the Man, the Boss,” und inventor of the Blackford employment plan, has authorized The Dvening World to reproduce from their books a serics of articles describing how to fit cach type of man to the jobd which will bring him success, THE MAN WHO CHOOSES A PROFESSION. B™ TUESDAY, APRIL 2, Neweomb AUSE they have the capacity to work hard, because they are com scientious and because they have some ordinary intellect and cont mon sense, many men make a fair success in medicine, in the law 1 the ministry, as college professors, as engineers, or some other profes » sion. All through their lives, however, they have the feeling that the not di their best work; that they would be better off, better sat stied and happier if engaged in some other vocation. The trouble is tha the lure of the professions takes thousands of men into them who ar better fitted for business, for mechanics, for agriculture and for othe vocations, The young man who is ambitious to enter upon a profession ough himself carefully before beginning his preparation. He ought t iess, Whether he is qualified for the highest form of succes his chosen vocation. And there is no reason why he should not know, For success in medicine, among the essentials are health, a scientifi 4, pleasure in dealing with people in an intimate way, ability to inspir dence, and courage. Many a y: ung man has taken highest honor 1 medical ool only to fail im pri ¢ because he could not hand! people successfully, or because he | gineering has called to the youth © 7 - Tistk inal the land with an almost irresistibl stant reiteration of complain’ voice. The development of stean uffering by his patients, Sick peo-| and gasoline engines, of the electri ple are selfish, peevish, whimsical | current and of a welter of machiner: and babyigh, It takes tact, patience, |called for engineers. The epectaliza understanding and good nature to| ton of engineering practice ints ‘ H 2 sesatuily: Production, concrete, drainage, teri handle them successfully lgation, landscape and other phase It takes a combination of fox and) has still further increased the n to make a successful lawyer.)mand. Some few engineers, @ at least two general types|means of keen financial ability & soreent wyor|*dditfon to extraordinary powers ie ere—the court or trial lawyer : aes > the engineering field, have mad and the counsellor, The first must| ipo shoe names of inte be a true catechist,@ convincing Dub-!fame as well as great fortunes. Al lle speaker; keen, alert, resourceful, | these things have fired the ambition self-confident, courageous, with a of our youth, and the engineerin degree of polse and{ Schools are full. | He may be ether ag-|, Fundamentally, the engineer show & be medium in coloring. The ¢ belligerent and combative, jtreme blond 4s too changeable an¢ or mild, persuasive and non-resistant >| usually not fond enough of detail ti shrewd, intelligent, resourceful.| succeed in a profession which re A tim{d, dreamy, eredulous man has| quires *o much concentration ant no business in the lav, A lawyer) S°curaey poten Sarre te m4 | engineers have © practical, scien love peace, but he should bel ins type of forehead. By this #1 willing to fight for {t. mean the forehead which is promi Recauso legal ethics forbid a lawyer | {nent at the brows and, while high » advertise or solicit business open-| Slopes backward from the brows. Usually those succeed best in en gineering who are medium in tex acked the courage to face the con- considerable If-control. gressive, but may ly, it 18 necessary for him to secure a standing and clientele by indirect methods. Best of these !s making und keeping friends, by mingling with all classes and conditions of} people, by political activity, and in other w making one’s self agree- le and useful in the community, A ian who {s not naturally social or profession. Unless he intends to ork with a partner who has these qualifications, and who will be the| business getter of the firm, he would vetter leave the law alone, Tho second class* of lawyer, counsellor, is more of the judicial He is quite likely to be stout or to have the indications of ap- roachi He should be erate, cautious, capable of handling deta with a g stoutness. calm, d *; a man splendid memory and with the capacity for acquiring a great fund| of knowledge about all kinds things. He should be able to take a: nterest in almost any kind of busi- profession and quickly ter its fundamentals Aside from spiritual qualifications, lee in the chiefly upon two tale y to ry depends abil First, well tn publie; al adaptability Of late years the profession of en ly is not well qualified for any| the} prudent, | of | commercial mas- | second, ture. The fine textured individual however, {f he {s qualified for en gineering, wil) take up some of tht finer, higher grades of it and make fine and delicate material or ma chinery, or will engage in some forn of engineering which requires only | Intellectual work. Practically al successful engineers are of the bon} {and muscular type or some modifi jeation of this type. This ts the tym which naturally takes interest {r construction, {n machinery an¢ j{n material accomplishment an¢ achievement. Engineering practies sually requires painstaking aeeu racy and exactitude, Indeed this 4: | perh more than any other on qualification fundamental for eus | cess in engineering. | This, then, Is the composite photo graph of the successful professtona man: He ts more mental than phys} eal; more scientific philosophical humanitarian and {dealistle thar 1; more social and friendly jthan exclusive and reserved; more ambitious for professional higt achlevement than for wealth and power, Unless the as rant to professional honors has some or all of these qualifications tr 4 considerable degree, he would bet ter turn his attention to some other vocation where there ts not so muck competition standing or Now Fido Can Go and care of a selonce wher households are struction well beha 4 Ox wdvertis ypular te mopler t ngs wh refrain f to bark on until called, A cook is pivyed to prepare the food, which | word of command, dogs | ¢ whteh | v to Boarding School ta my Pally re corn bread for nkfast and ve soup at night king trom hit tis provided, Indi. brea table nd dr b dog eating e A Ma hited pens ere nse h each of which is a carpal disinfected ench morning A daily examination by n yotorinasied é ANY cases of illnesy and thése Ave quarantined or sent to a hosptta connected with the institution, Ihe specializes in teaohing ‘A uch counting, and king out any color designated by '