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EDITORIAL 



DO NOT BE A "QUITTER" 



After Lincoln had delivered one of his best speeches, a friend 

 hurried to him and said: "Mr. Lincoln, how could you make such a 

 fine speech?" "Why shouldn't this speech be a good one?" said Mr. 

 Lincoln. "I was 17 years in preparing it." For 17 yeart, Lincoln never 

 lost courage, never gave up his purpose to write and to deliver his 

 great Gettysburg address. 



We are sure that you are all acquainted with General Grant, the 

 man who, during the civil war, never gave up. 



Where would we loyal Americans be today if Washington had 

 given up to the British? With his best friends turning against him and 

 suffering with his small band of faithful followers during the terrible 

 winter at Valley Forge, Washington still clung to his purpose, that 

 of freeing the colonies. He had set his mind to this purpose, and he 

 would not "quit." 



We admire a man or a woman who does not quit. We admire a 

 boy or a girl who does not quit. There were two or three "quitters" 

 at the vegetable luncheon held in Hearst hall. Berkeley, the last 

 summer — children who started their work, but who did not finish. But 

 we are glad to say there were many who stayed until all the hard 

 work was done. Do not be a "quitter." Do not start anything that 

 you can not or will not finish. If you start a garden, do not give up 

 if things go wrong. Keep at it. If you are elected as an officer of the 

 gardens, or are only a citizen worker, do your share, even if matters 

 do not suit you entirely. We are sorry, but we shall have to call the 

 boys and girls who are easily discouraged "quitters." Are you a 

 "stayer" ©r a "quitter"? 



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Many of the gardeners at the Berkeley Garden City forgot to put 

 their tools away. We are thinking seriously of fining each boy and 

 each girl 1 cent who forgets twice. Some one has the tools to put 

 away. Who shall it be, the boy or girl who uses them or the teacher 

 who gives you the privilege of their use? 



