Fireman Becomes 

 Architect 



Michael O'Connor, Kansas City, Mo., a fire- 

 man, became ambitious to learn architecture. 

 He enrolled for the I. C. S. Complete Archi- 

 tectural Course and studied during his spare 

 time. Soon he drew plans for a $5,000 

 dwelling and they were accepted. Then he 

 tried again with equal success. Now the 

 self-taught architect is on the way to fortune. 

 His city is proud of him. In an article about 

 his career the Kansas City Star says: 



"The Kansas City fireman that has 

 equipped himself for the profession of archi- 

 tect by studious application between alarms 

 furnishes an example of applied ambition 

 that has become rather rare in these days of 

 larger privileges. In olden times, when oppor- 

 tunities for learning were few, there were more 

 instances of such fruitful self-help. In fact, 

 many of the great men of American history, 

 several Presidents among them, gained their 

 learning by great sacrifice. The Kansas City 

 fireman has used only time that many men 

 similarly placed have wasted. He has fitted 

 himself for one of the noblest of professions. 

 He has furnished a ' modern instance ' worthy 

 of emulation." 



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