Horatio Alger

North Carroll High School will have a Horatio Alger Assembly at 9: 05 a.m. tomorrow.The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans is a nonprofit educational organization that strives to educate youth about economic and personal opportunities in the United States.The association offers scholarships to students and schools for their achievements and programs. North Carroll High was a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.Tomorrow's activities start with a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. The school band and concert choir will perform during the assembly.

Former Gov. Ehrlich's column illustrates clearly what is wrong with today's GOP ("No, Mr. President, nobody else 'made that happen,'" July 23). Mr. Ehrlich rightly acknowledges that "no person achieves success in a given field or endeavor without some help from the greater society. " But then he promotes the old Horatio Alger myth, contradicting his earlier acknowledgment. Ideology trumps facts. When the Theodore McKeldin and Mac Matthias Republicans return, I'll be glad to vote for them.

Jacob Blum, a son of Russian immigrants who was inspired to become a lawyer by heroic tales of poor boys who became successes, died Tuesday of an embolism at his Pikesville home. He was 86.His parents moved to Baltimore from Russia in 1906. The family had a confectionery store at Calhoun and Mosher streets that his mother operated while his father worked as a cap maker.Mr. Blum, who was the first member of his family to be born in this country, grew up on Eden Street on the east side. He described in a recent interview for the Jewish Historical Society his family's early struggle in Baltimore.

"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. ... Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. " - President Barack Obama Remember when Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren charged that "there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody"? That gratuitous shot at American individualism generated a storm of criticism that continues to this day. But a recent series of speeches by President Obama has trumped Ms. Warren.

Former Gov. Ehrlich's column illustrates clearly what is wrong with today's GOP ("No, Mr. President, nobody else 'made that happen,'" July 23). Mr. Ehrlich rightly acknowledges that "no person achieves success in a given field or endeavor without some help from the greater society. " But then he promotes the old Horatio Alger myth, contradicting his earlier acknowledgment. Ideology trumps facts. When the Theodore McKeldin and Mac Matthias Republicans return, I'll be glad to vote for them.

A man armed with a pistol robbed the High's convenience store in Hampstead on Wednesday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.An immediate search of the area near the South Main Street convenience store by Hampstead officers and state troopers was unsuccessful.Police said the man entered the store at 10: 40 p.m., flashed the gun and demanded money.Witnesses gave police a sketchy description of the robber, described as a white man about 30 years old.Anyone with information is asked to call Hampstead police at (410)

Justice Clarence Thomas, Henry A. Kissinger, Maya Angelou and developer James W. Rouse are among the 10 winners of the 1992 Horatio Alger Awards."This year's winners have overcome tremendous adversity, providing living proof that our free-enterprise system still offers opportunity to all," said James R. Moffett, a former award winner who will chair the awards dinner in Washington on May 1.The non-profit Horatio Alger Association was established to motivate...

Washington. -- How can I ever repay you for your kindness, Mr. Reed?' said Luke, overjoyed.'I have taken a fancy to you, Luke,' said his companion. 'I hope to do more for you soon.' ''-- ''Struggling Upward; or Luke Larkin's Luck,'' by Horatio Alger Jr. (1886).''First, I want to thank you, not just for saving me from the draft, but for being so kind and decent to me last summer. . . . Please say hello to Col. Jones for me.''-- letter to Col. Eugene Holmes of the Arkansas ROTC, by Bill Clinton (1969)

POOR WHITE.Sherwood Anderson.New Directions Paperbook.363 pages. $12.95. Sherwood Anderson may ultimately be remembered as a kind of sentimental mascot, a reminder to writers of the toughness of the territory they've staked out. He deserves better.Born in 1876, he was out of step with his times, which gave him a theme, but even his successful exploitation of it, when he got published in his 40s, expressed "sentiments that were going out of fashion with the very writers he would influence the most, such as Hemingway," notes novelist Wright Morris.

Yesterday, Adele Mowers was singled out from the crowd at Francis Scott Key High School, where community service has become as much a part of education as algebra and English.The 17-year-old senior was awarded the Horatio Alger Youth Award by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc., during a daylong program on community service.She was the only Maryland student selected for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship."Wow. I really was surprised," said Mowers, the daughter of Fred and Kathy Shaw of Linwood.

SITTING IN the center court of Security Square Mall, the 10 or so tots from the Dunbar Daycare Center looked at the leotard-clad 14-year-old girl standing in front of them. The girl, Lunga Buthelezi, faced the little tykes and then bent over from the waist so that the back of her head was toward them. Then Lunga twisted her torso until she faced the children again, gazing at them upside down. Next she lay flat, face down, and pushed her torso up until it was about at a 90-degree angle with the ground.

I don't trust white people, myself included, to make sensitive judgments about the consciousness of being black. Nor do I trust myself to judge books by people I've known and been fond of - or, at least, I don't expect others to trust my judgment in such cases. Thus, there are two reasons I should not write here about The Fall of Rome, a novel by Martha Southgate (Scribner, 223 pages, $23). But having read Southgate's book, I am so impressed that I shall fly in the face of those cautions.

Almost everything Peter Angelos has achieved was decided in a court of law or by making a perceptive business deal and not being afraid to risk his own money. The same with the Orioles, who could be on the verge of running a pennant up the flag pole. He went about hiring the best available men to work for him Pat Gillick, Kevin Malone, Davey Johnson, Syd Thrift, Don Buford, et al.The same with players and a payroll of $58 million. Angelos hasn't become a spectacular success in his profession, plus a myriad of other endeavors, without demonstrating extraordinary motivation.

"Bloomberg By Bloomberg," by Michael Bloomberg. John Wiley & Sons. 249 pages. $24.95.If you haven't heard of financial news magnate Michael Bloomberg, don't blame him. His name has appeared on billboards, television and radio stations, computer terminals and Johns Hopkins research building. Now, none too subtly, there is "Bloomberg By Bloomberg."This book, a vanity autobiography in the vein of Iacocca and Trump, is written "with invaluable help from Matthew Winkler," who profiled Bloomberg for the Wall Street Journal in 1988 and then became the editor-in-chief of his news divisions.

North Carroll High School will have a Horatio Alger Assembly at 9: 05 a.m. tomorrow.The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans is a nonprofit educational organization that strives to educate youth about economic and personal opportunities in the United States.The association offers scholarships to students and schools for their achievements and programs. North Carroll High was a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.Tomorrow's activities start with a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. The school band and concert choir will perform during the assembly.

A man armed with a pistol robbed the High's convenience store in Hampstead on Wednesday, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.An immediate search of the area near the South Main Street convenience store by Hampstead officers and state troopers was unsuccessful.Police said the man entered the store at 10: 40 p.m., flashed the gun and demanded money.Witnesses gave police a sketchy description of the robber, described as a white man about 30 years old.Anyone with information is asked to call Hampstead police at (410)

SITTING IN the center court of Security Square Mall, the 10 or so tots from the Dunbar Daycare Center looked at the leotard-clad 14-year-old girl standing in front of them. The girl, Lunga Buthelezi, faced the little tykes and then bent over from the waist so that the back of her head was toward them. Then Lunga twisted her torso until she faced the children again, gazing at them upside down. Next she lay flat, face down, and pushed her torso up until it was about at a 90-degree angle with the ground.

"Bloomberg By Bloomberg," by Michael Bloomberg. John Wiley & Sons. 249 pages. $24.95.If you haven't heard of financial news magnate Michael Bloomberg, don't blame him. His name has appeared on billboards, television and radio stations, computer terminals and Johns Hopkins research building. Now, none too subtly, there is "Bloomberg By Bloomberg."This book, a vanity autobiography in the vein of Iacocca and Trump, is written "with invaluable help from Matthew Winkler," who profiled Bloomberg for the Wall Street Journal in 1988 and then became the editor-in-chief of his news divisions.

Jacob Blum, a son of Russian immigrants who was inspired to become a lawyer by heroic tales of poor boys who became successes, died Tuesday of an embolism at his Pikesville home. He was 86.His parents moved to Baltimore from Russia in 1906. The family had a confectionery store at Calhoun and Mosher streets that his mother operated while his father worked as a cap maker.Mr. Blum, who was the first member of his family to be born in this country, grew up on Eden Street on the east side. He described in a recent interview for the Jewish Historical Society his family's early struggle in Baltimore.

In the 1940s, A. James Clark went to the University of Maryland's engineering school because his family couldn't afford send him to Cornell. Yesterday, the university named the place for him."I think Jim Clark is a Horatio Alger story," said Bernard Manekin, the co-founder of Manekin Corp. and Mr. Clark's partner in the Charles Center South and Bank of Baltimore towers downtown. "A poor boy, starting with nothing but guts, determination and tremendous talent. What he's achieved over the last 40 years, he's achieved on his own."