Stetson Weekly Collegiate
OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Yol. XYIII
DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, February 21,1906.
No.l(>
LIFE OF JOHN B. STETSON
The close of this long life of 76
years, filled as it has been with
useful work and deeds of kindness, causes us to think of the
possibilities of life as well as of
its limitations, " — ~
and of what is
worth while in
life. Onlyacas-
ual study of
M r . Stetson's
career wili show
the great possibilities that
lie open before
the young men
of the United
States. Some
make the mistake, though,in
believing that
any young man
can succeed in
this great way
if he will only
pay the price
of such success.
But compara-
t i v e 1 y few
young men have
the price to pay.
Very few men
are willing to
begin in a small
way and earn
success by de-
serving it.
Many ambitious young men
dream of success coming to
them with some
stroke of fortune, that in
some way they
son did not spend his early days
dreaming of the great wealth that
he was going to have from the
sale of hats, but rather in a study
of how to make a better hat than
business success. He had to know
what the world offers of raw material and how to market the finished product as well as how to
manufacture any given material
— into a hat. More
MR. JOHN B. STETSON
wrho has done more for Stetson University than any other man, died
on Sunday, February 18, at his winter home west of DeLand. He
arose Sunday morning and retired to his bathroom, where, soon
afterwards, he was heard to fall. He was carried to his bed, and
help was at once summoned, but he retained consciousness only a
short time. He passed away at 2:15, and the body was taken North
shall be exempt tlmt njght for interment at the Philadelphia home.
from the gen- __r
eral law that a man must give an
equivalent for all that he gets.
They forget that great influence
and great power go only with a
commensurate service. Mr. Stet-
the world had ever known. He
mastered this problem better thai*
any other man; consequently,
success was made possible. But
this was only the beginning of a
than this hehad
to know how
to draw many
men into co-operation with
him in his work,
more than this
still he had to
merit their confidence.
Mr. Stetson's
relations and
success with his
employes furnish an excellent lesson in
the solution of
the labor plo-
blem of today.
He has deserved success with
his employes,
consequ e n 11 y
he attained it,
just as he deserved success
in the manufacture of hats and
attained it. Another manufacturer copying
Mr. Stetson's
methods of deal
ing with employes need not
expect Mr. Stetson's success,
unless he also
has those kindly and gen-
. e r o u s qual-
heart that lead to such
ities of
methods.
If we estimate Mr. Stetson's
worth by the estate he has founded, our estimate is far beneath
