| Show THE TEACHER in life many things a como come often others come only once tho acas ons return again and again and again 0 the flowers change with the months but youth comes twice to none youth is the period ot of mighty 0 impulses that move the world it is the may of life when all the faculties lecome become vi vigorous orous and active to the 3 boung aunt 0 how bow bright the world looks ilow how full of novelty enjoyment pleasure but as years pass pars we find the world a place of orrow borrow as well as of joy As wo we proceed through life many dark vistas of toil suffering difficulty perhaps misfortune and failure open upon us happy they who can pass through za suell such trials with a firm mind and pure heart encountering count countering eriD trials with cheerful cheerfulness nests and standing erect bell beneath eath the heaviest burdens all a man mail wants in this life is a skillful skill ul hand a well informed mind and a good heart no matter how poor you are no matter though 0 the prosperous of your own time will not enter your obscure dwelling if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under your roof if milton will cross your threshold to sing to you vou of paradise and shakespeare to open up to you tile the worlds of imagination and the ahe workings of the human heart and christ to save you you shall not lot pine for want of intellectual companionship the youth of today look to the youth of the past for example instruction st and inspiration profit by the experience exper bence of those who have traveled the roa road d that you yon are now norr traveling they have mounted in lauy any obstacles but as tile the molehill mole hi hill 11 is to tile llie alps so stand the obstacles of the past to those of the future and as each stroke of the sculptors chisel looks to the bringing out of the alie angel concealed in the marble so each studied act of yours oil rs looks to the bringing forth of tile the good arid and the true we are the youth of the youngest and the greatest nation in hib history tory and in the great progress of to day the golden cord passing through all is the significant motto not matter but mind not things but in men e n can it be possible that N ne e the young 45 men of this fair intermountain region i who breathe the air of purity arid and duty will allow ithe the stranger to come into our midst and fill all positions 1 of trust and honor remember Rem elliber there it no royal roya road to education anil and if we are arc not willing 0 to pay the price there are plenty who will licten to tl the voice of education be is calling you from the street corners corner the saloons and from the don den ot of the loafer 10 aber and aid the gambler will you hearken to that voice or do you prefer to be an idle dreamer not aven even able to enjoy the world you inhabit why do so few young c men of early promie prom ibe hope purposes and resolves are as r radiant as the colors of the rainbow xv fail themselves tin the answer is obvious they are not willing willin an to devote themselves to that toilsome culture which is the price of success let us its therefore look down into our thoughts and see on what ground around t we stand now is the time to set a high hil h price on our leisure moments they are sands of precious gold properly expended they will procure for ais a 6 store t ore of rich thoughts thoughts that will stir and invigorate th the soul how many of us can call say with horace mann lost yesterday somewhere between sunrise and sunset two golden hours each set with willi sixty diamond minutes no is offered for they are gone fo forever it is the u ue e of these leisure moments that lias has enabled a man to enjoy the beautiful and she lie true and to read in nature the he thoughts of god after him great men are arc not born but they are made by working 0 in the school 1 of life genius worth and power of mind are won not inherited our great reat heroes who stand along the be path of history are men who hae aae found that perseverance is the key to success defeat only gave ave them aofter and difficulty difficult only tau taught erht them t the lie feces nece eity of redoubled exertions look at nature with her lessons of perseverance erosion is gradually wearing in away the lofty mountains the ocean is 6 gradually ra dually filling 0 up by the depo deposit it of its tributaries tributa ries the great falls of niagara nia 0 are continually cutting 0 their way back to the great lake which feeds their booming chasm chasin if we wish to accomplish com great t things thin 0 we must be persevering to the end we must harden ou our r hands tax our brains work our nerves and strain our sinews life is not an empty buble but it is a fixed and stern reality fuller of duties than tile the sky is of stars every sphere today tingles 0 with new dew thoughts it is eb change ange development transformation and n nd advancement van cement there are waves of knowledge rolling 0 to and fro A mighty m thrilling tb rilling 0 force permeates land and people urging 0 them on to higher forms of action it is 1 a I time when men must be true to themselves stand upon their own feet and see with their own eyes the reason that the scholarship scholar ship of today is not larger 1 and richer is ii that the student fails to recognize 0 his position and his opportunity he does not coberly reflect whether he shall be ino by his surroundings rounding roun dings td s or whether lie he shall mould them hammer and anvil or iron which shall lie he be what 1 ilat we must give the youth in order to protect them a against 0 ainest sinking 0 into a mere workaday work a day routine against untrammeled lust for gain against M I 1 despondency and a dejected blunting of all the finer faculties and to sharpen their conscience and their moral sense is idealism and the conscious consciousness nees of their own moral responsibility 1 every very young you ug 0 man should be full of energy n and enthusiasm for without at it enthusiasm knowledge lacks A half its power it is the electric current which puts the student in sympathy with his work and makes him love labor until labor becomes lovely older men have their honored work and are no less needed than tile younger youn ger but the living I 1 force that conquers the world is tile fresh enthusiasm of opening life years may counsel and stimulate and provide the means but the hard work must fall mainly on young strength and zeal ef every very young youn 0 man must face tile the OUD aun and shadows aha dows will fall behind him he should be the living livin force of growth r and pro progress ress lie should li lighten liten poverty toil danger and self denial and kindle his daystar day star all the brighter when sable clouds hang ilan oer eer him cares must starve in the light soil of youth and troubles must vanish like fleeting dreams every youth should guard against the gathering Z evils that once imbibed burn out of his life its mornin morning 0 dew before the heat beat of day they should not i spend their lives in an enchanted horld with fountains of joys scattering rainbows rainbow rain bons boi s but they should employ those god given implements mind hand and heart tio EO that day by day as scientific investigation proceeds they may be able to add additional corroborative truths the cheol school influence the moral development of its pupils through the personal bearing of the teacher should always ho be not of by pedantic severity but by purity and dignity combined with cheer falness ful ness in a lofty conic consciousness iou of his duty with pride in lii laif calling lie must keep himself far removed from every equivocal expression from every art of passion fron from 1 every struggle for external luxury otherwise lie loses liis his inward poi poise e and shakes tile the confidence of the parents the tenc teacher lier is the true salt of tile the earth ile he is an artist who is called to create the most noble I 1 monuments n onu ment out of the most costly material the successful teacher is he who can kindle burning R impulses for perfection within tile the child and hf be must understand that lie who will educate must lie be himself educated tile noi ids great teachers penetrated the mysteries of f human nature and ino ved forward the dial of human pro progress I 1 ress from ta these we may learn lessons of wisdom and gain inspiration but from the old schoolmaster with liis his dunce cap we have nothing to learn but to avoid liis his mistakes while the home society tile the state and the church do much to mould the character of the young there still remains a p profound ie ic resting upon the teacher tile moul dins influence of a good teacher upon the character of liis his pupils is belond computation the fundamental virtues of civil society regularity ity punctuality silence obedience industry truthfulness and justice are developed and impressed in a good school is as nowhere else the great teachers of the future must be of a composite con type of 0 greatness hopeful aware of the airn dignity I 1 of his profession and tenacious of the deeper principles of education never did there devolve on any generation of teachers higher za trusts then devolve upon the alie teachers of the present day for the education of the youth it is a theme for public sentiment it should be the language 0 of tile home circle and the voice of the pulpit therefore let every parent and teacher use his untiring energy and influence in making 0 our day and generation one of the lie brightest 0 links in the golden chain that lias has bound together r ether tile the ages ages 0 of progress 0 fellow graduates the mantle of graduation lias has fallen upon you on may you wear it as becomes true men and women we ve have leagued ourselves together and have leave trod the path of learning tau taught n bt by lovin loving r bleachers lea chers to look through 0 nature humbly up ill to natures god and we love to read the sacred writings that evangelists have penned we have learned of truth barid beauty and that only years of toil and study will gather stores of knowledge 0 from the mystic realms of thought I 1 gibli you vou well viell and for your progress in life my my heart is with you and the weak winged 0 words to which my tongue gives utterance only half reveal the alie love I 1 bear you the success I 1 wish you may ilay we linger 0 on oil the brink of the well of truth and continue to crawfor draw for our neighbor as for ourselves let us drink of its waters they will inspire us with energy to scale tile heights of knowledge 0 and stand as beacon lights 0 on the mount of glory let us always bear in mind the valuable lessons which we have received within the classic walls of the Br ighani 0 young t college may the llie friendship and reverence which have grown up among us grow row from more to more in after years when lifes own star rests on oil the horizon once more to survey the encircling panorama of tile alie past or when in thoughtful retrospection memory like a strain of sweet music which comes floating by byus us oil the wings 0 of night and which we rather feel than hear when memory leads us over the once trodden paths path to the place whence we ine start today our deepest joy will blossom in untold pleasure as we behold this self same saine spot honored teachers for the timely instructions for the sound truths you have planted within us for the uplifting up lifting and noble example you have have shown us for tile the untiring energy and work you have donated to our advancement we wish to express oil our r heart felt thanks and deepest gratitude we prospered while encircled by your influence and the impress of your instructions will remain remain forcher ou on our minds we are thankful for your associations and for the genial disposition you oil have posse possessed sped on all occasions and may your words of love and counsel serve as beacon lights of truth and justice to these hearts that will ever treasure your memories W 11 II GRIFFIN agnir fin |
