Show EXCELSIOR at the students society march dr karl G 0 maeser delivered a highly instructive lecture which was listened to with wrape attention his hia subject was excelsior which v as a word his father gave him he eald when he was a boy an I 1 told him tk t take it for hiu his motto previous to the lecture however brother ezra robinson recited an tonyes tony le speech at the funeral of julius and was warmly applauded at the close mitis mim glendolin Ulen dolin lewis favored the audience with a musical selection which was waa much appreciated r dr maeser continued his hie address by bv saying tha tIthe word excelsior as a met rt to to him hi ax mount meant in the me highest senses sense truth virtues virtue honor integrity power skill knowledge and intelligence ani and to 10 attain to thence things in ID their purity and fullness lull ness should be our aim mud and object we may not comple completely teV arrive at the desired end in this world but we can progress and continue in that aine hereafter in an onward march to perfection he menti ned these things DO be beidl said because he wished tu to encourage the young people standing as aa they were earby ut of them upon the thre threshold aboid of life and responsibility to strive for or the cooj anti and beautiful siad aud all that goes to make up a pe well spent successful lite he wished to impress upon the wind minda ot of all toe the importance of doing every thing well never be ba a scrub what is a scrub one that counts tor for nothing because he cannot be depended on I 1 whose course is ie downward and not upward he knows not what the word excelsior means you will und and mm aim ou on the street smoking or in the malon halon hal on drinking carousing and wasting way away his life and lu in places generady gent gene raily raly where only scrubs loiter aau congregates congregate and such are they who usually break the und ina esteem lightly noly und and sacred things do not be a scrub euid avoid reading trashy novels and literature never ept ud your time in ri spinning pinning filthy yarns and stories this thia is what do the lecturer said he might go on mentioning lauy things of this thia nature but bug the subject was not a pleasant one to he would turn to lu the opposite again be a master workman in whatever bt ver you do never be content to take the rear rank in what vu cation have baoen forge ahead and leave later writy behind you no matter whether you are a larmer jarmer a mechanics mechanic or a professional man or whatever you are all proper pursuits are necessary irl IQ the great houst household hold ot of humanity do not ot be a scrub in your line ot of work you cannot to be become a pattern in whatever you are tie be you a husband or a sifea father or a mother sou son or daughter daugn ter sister or brother citizen in any capacity you may be called to act be the best what a glorious work of an educational and eter ater al character we are engaged in in these latter what opportunities you have young people that are born and raised railed here a wong the advantages advant agea that sur our rou roalnd hd u url I 1 here the speaker enumerated the many advantages for advancement and elopement developement dev to be obtained in the various improvement sunday schools day schools church schools etc the rho people and others that could were advised to mabb maat the test of these it if they allowed lees 1008 that t ey could ii nake ake use of to slip by carelessly and unheeded sooner or later in weir lives the they would regret it these wasted opportunities tuni ties would become coals of fire on oil their heads aud and their deep burns in ilk old age would cause much pain and suffering make the most ot or every chance that you have the speaker remembered chances chanc eshe he X had allowed to slip by in his big early fy days he be felt fait that had he made use of them hem they would have been or of great advantage to him many times timea in his life since but they were gone forever no jio matter how hard he longed for them they were gone io forever rever look lk around you read the history of the past profit by lessons before yuu you we read of heroes martyrs tt to science art ve religion ligion and to the higher blither qualities that men pub poa eege does men and women who have been the of truth aud and righteousness the these are before you to profit by b their example and labors be an artist in your work have an ideal as Is the artist does anti and a good one the man iuan who has no DO ideal does not know what excelsior is every man and woman should like the artist have in their minue hidu eye a beautiful ideal to work to that your course may he be towards the highest excelsior motto continually god has revealed laws that if we will live in accordance with them will insure to us health longevity aud and strength that our bodies may be a fit abode for the godlike and eternal spirit that dwells in them how eow about those that corrupt their bodies by smoking drinking and moving movine in un an atmosphere that is polluted morally and physically what is their ideal you cannot see it for tobacco smoke jr dr masser maeser spoke of the israelites how they were treed freed from their egyptian bondage by the power ot of jod atod through the instrumentality of moses the servant of god how god guided fed and instructed his people for many years that he might con dinue W with ith them but they were not worthy of this great and glorious privilege and when they came to and the lord told them to come up to the mount that he I 1 might speak to them they were 1 afraid and sall said moses will go up and we will make a fence aroun dithe mount and cs whosoever shall go inside of that be it nun MAII or beast save it be thee we will slay but there is no fence around mount sinai now it has been removed and we can climb to the top of the mountain if we will and there commune with jehovah this is our destiny as the people of god dr maesar t hoped that we would live up keep the word ex to ou our r privileges delelar de lelor constantly ay iy in view as a motto he closed by invoking the blessings of god upon those present the benediction was pronounced by elias morris after which meeting adjourned for one week |