DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 June 1927, Page 12

DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL

YOUNG

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Q.EORGE YOUNG, a Canadian boy of 17 years, succeeded in swimming the Catalina channel w hich separates Catalina Island from the mainland of California. He was the only one out of 103 entrants to finish and he swain the distance in a little over 15 hours and won the $25,000 Wrigley prize. The success of the youth illustrates the resilience of youth. That Young was able to stay in the cold water so long and was able to function so successfully marks him as one of the greatest athletes of hh time. His life history reads like a Horatio Alger romance. He cam*? dowc from Canada on a motor-cycle and landed in Los Angeles with only 60 cents in his pocket. Now he has signed up a movie contract as well as received the Wrigley prize and doubtless will be capitalised by vendors of enteriainment and make his fortune. Whether it will ruin him or not is yet to be determined. Many men can stand adversity who cannot stand prosperity. His exploit was a demonstration of youthful pluck and endurance. The prizes for physical prowess go to young men. By and by the prize fighter c; golf expert gets old and muscle-bound and some young man takes his place. It is interesting to note, however, that the great positions in the business world are filled by older men. Youth is a time for physical excellence and old age is a time for mental, Many of the great business concerns of the day are in the hands of old men. Youth needs to make hay while the sun shines, for youth will not always last. If a man, however, depends upon mental prowess he is apt to keep it up to a very old age unless those powers fail.