By PAT LAUTEN

Success. Happiness. Failure.

These three words more than any others in the English language are the hardest to define since they mean many things to many people. "What do you want in life?" I asked that question of several students with some interesting results.

"Money, money, and more money" seemed the most frequent cry. It seems that a sure road to happiness for most students is financial success. While most admitted that money wasn't everything, they all confided that it sure helped ease the burden of what they didn't have.

It's a sad thing really to want money out of life when the world and its people have so many things to offer. I can't help but think of Aristotle Onassis who would much rather have his son than his fortune.

Fortunately, money was not the only answer I obtained. One student said that she would just like to be remembered as doing something good for other people. Unfortunately, in our self‑centered society attitudes like this are the exception rather than the rule.

One student actually wished that his parents would live a long while. Imagine that! In the nation of the great generation gap how many children would wish their parents a long life. Not many.

Maybe that says something for our society today. We teach our children how to make money and get ahead in the world, but we have failed to teach them how to live with one another, help one another, and love one another.

"What do you want out of life?" Whether it is money, love, sex, health, or recognition one thing is certain. You only get out of life what you put into it.