Show university SITI OF HARD 0 there Is no registered college yell tor for the university of hard knocks though some who are taking the course feel like emitting sound when they receive a particularly hard and unexpected knock there are no col lege colors no reunion of bradu ates tor for there are no alumni as we never get a sheepskin from the U of H K also no matter what other college or university one may have for an alma mater there Is always an after course in this university ot of experience which continues until it sometimes happens that the last les son Is learned just as the book ot of life closes but this university of hard knocks has its purpose and most of us would be pretty soft and sel selfish fisi without it yesterday we may have received a jolt that shook out a bit ot of egotism with which it were wa we I 1 to dispense toda a blow perhaps clipped out a chunk of selfishness and the space when it heals may be filled with a spirit of helpfulness or at least give and take tomorrow sorrow may come and if we are the sort to profit by our lessons we be come more sympathetic with the I 1 trials and troubles of our fellow be ings the lessons sometimes pile ab u on us and we seem to be getting more than our share of the knocks we feel like throwing up the sponge and taking the count but just here we remember that it s a great life it if we are not subject to weak spells and we scramble to our feet resola ed to stick in the arena and tight fight it out the grogginess will pass away the curriculum of the university of hard knocks includes about all the trials and tests that human be ings are heir to but as wo we learn and overcome each one we gain strength to meet the next apt A solid block of marble is not beautiful but the sculptor can take I 1 in hand and by chipping here and polishing there make it a superb piece of art so the great sculptor sends us to worl our way through the university gity of hard knocks and by taking out un desirable traits and inserting good ones forms us at last into the most perfect of all his handiwork wise sympathetic kindly human beings tilled filled with the spirit of service I 1 the mountain states monitor |