MY WORST BOY.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1925, Page 1

MY WORST BOY.

i (Schoolmaster in "Dailv Alai!.”) 8 I Dawson will leave school at the end | of tins term. I am not wiry. Durr iug tic pa-t six years be me. caused b cu.-:. ml trouble. II" i- on.- of ,-itr | seeming failures. Yet. I am eonvineed „ that Dawson's old school will one da;. | I, ■ prnml of him. “ The hot lout of till' li fill form had 1 been his position for the last two 1 years. I|e e odd |>a-s an examine - | tion in , 1;i - to save lie | life. Ki oi in sport's he has not -bone. H He |.| in the foot hall team mainly on § a'-eoiint of hi- weight. Cricket lie plays “ indifferently, but bo is a super!, swim--1 "" l ' ] ] | | x'lived. East' '. ear It" led a night ex- | 1.... |; l ainst a neigld" uring far--1 tiler, v. ho bad t ,'pol l ."I "'lie of (he I I.OVS for lr."t -sieg. They earned off ipriiet ietiliy every gate on bis term and .-cut them lloa ti ng down the fit el . \ext s'.eptember Dawson will become I „ wholesale grocer in hi- father's ware- “ bouse. And I Uiillk he will Mieceed. 1 Success depends iar more on chnrae- ! ter and personali! v than on brains or 1 even on hard work. Dawson has a 1 mind of his own, and is not afraid to •j us,. B He i- independent and mi- | patient'- of restraint. He has in hint • the ingredients ol stieeess. I Dunces have often turned out to no S some of the world’s greatest men. J Yew toll sat at the bottom ot the lowest 1 but or," ill his school. It was 5 .aid „f Sir Walter that '‘dunce f l,e was and dunce lie would remain. f Clvsscs Grant wa ■ known as "1 *ohv Grant." Sheridan. Stonewall dark . Clive. Xapoleon. and \A ellmglon all - |. M ,i 4111 ,r to tlx* cuinpiiny •>» 'i 11 "IdVeri-i ere I .!» not pr 'I-besy lailur, 5 for Dawson. Smc,- comes to 3 who can command it. And 1 "tiagim 3 Dawson eutting his own way throng 3 life With the reckless bravado wllo’l