Show STUDENT LIFE ers be courteous considerate and kind Opportunities may help small men great m£n are not made by opportunities they make them In seeking success you may not hope to avoid war See that the battles you wage are just and in Nobler deeds oft appear in war Speed those in which for the oppressed the Son of Righteousness shall arise with healing on his wings Speed those in which He may appear with whips in His hands to scourge the oppressor In the love of money not in money itself is found the root of evil So the greatest blessing abused becomes the greatest curse Credit is good to keep it so use it judiciously Meet your obligations promptly at the time and place specified and by the payment of a hundred cents on the dollar Those having no proper sense of the binding force of an obligation may tell you that you will find most friends when needed least and fewest when needed most You may not find it so if you make your word as good as your bond by being punctual accurate and honest By some justice and mercy in business may be considered a shade off They say “business is business” Yes but business divorced from justice is a bastard While regarding every man their prey Shylocks foster monopolies and feed on the fruit of others’ toil six days in the week and perchance on the seventh partake of the holy emblems in mock memory of Him who hated wrong in every form Let us not be deceived Honesty justice truth and mercy are principles They are eternal Let the smooth diplomatic double-dealuse the forked tongue of the deceiver until believed by no one and finally he may discover that his own poison like that of the serpent has inflicted Be true to God loyal to country and generous to all You will find it self-defen-se er self-despis- ed self-destructi- on 145 better to help than to be helped to give than to receive If you would be esteemed you will not burden the people A beggar can ride a fine horse to death So confidence may perish in the misuse of public funds Thirst for place and love of power tempt the weak The strong are independent and Great men in the magnitude of their purpose lose sight of their ind’viduality Small men lose sight of evervthing but their individuality Hypocrites tender help when none is needed and withdraw it in extremities Thralldom is founded on the destruction of individual responsibility He who does the most good is the most content Seek the fruits of the spirit rather than those of the flesh He who is content is happy and he who is most happy has best succeeded in life So my young friends when your hearts are most set on wealth you may not find it Thinking less of self and more of others compassion may turn each effort into gold Thus wealth may avoid you when most earnestly sought and flow to you in streams when least desired You have searched the biographies of the good and great and read of the wonders of the world of Babylon the great walled city and of its hanging gardens of Egyptian Central American and Mexican pyramids whose vastness of great staggers modern conception temples and terraces around which the decay and dust of ages have accumulated in testimony of the grandeur of bygone ages From these you turn the gaze with admiration on the Tay and Brookyn bridges on the suspension and cantilevers spanning the St Lawrence upon cathedrals churches and the Vatican upon huge warship? and massive ocean steamers upon wonderful modern cities and flying express trains Bending the ear you hear the click of the electric self-pois- ed |