| Show t I i i i i i i E Eu u t M- M 7 h From View Vies J 4 i 1 Th The e li Point to of f the 4 oro d ent s J It 1 Pro Professor ero D ferro J 0 r I ri t 1 1 1 NN i T r. r c. c i f L e to v. i r 17 S a 7 1 1 OO M u Among these Rocky mountains where the purer air and more invigorating ozone of diviner levels fans our cheeks and expands expands expands ex ex- our lungs the fires of our constitution constitution i tion burn so brightly that we are irresistibly a- a t y impelled to exceeding activity We rush whether we have very much to rush after or not we hurry whether we see seethe seethe seethe the goal toward which we are trending or not for the very atmosphere is a stimulant stimulant la lant t and our very surroundings tell tel tell us to hasten if we we would be a success and wear the laurels of victory Students in the vigor of youth and with a beautiful and or attractive world spread out before them are especially susceptible to this rush mar ma ma- r nia We Ve look out upon four our or six or ory y seven years to be spent in securing an r education and and are appalled at the waste of so much precious time We think thinks thinks' s' s that we cannot afford to 10 make the sacrifice sacrifice i fice and immediately set to work spending spending spend spend- t ing ou our first energies and much of this t. t valuable time in jn devising schemes by which we can make short cuts earn cred- cred save as we imagine much important important tant time We often forget however f t that a neither neither time tim nor credits fit us for our high high work It is IS power to do power to tow w take up a thing and nd prosecute it persistently persistently persist persist- I to a successful completion that we weare weare wei i are seeking We Ve must be masters of our ouri i i subjects in in school if we would be masters of the subjects of life As students we we are far too prone to measure things thing by time lime spent rather than by effort put forth We Ve are far too prone to be satisfied withy with y a smattering and imagine we are capable of the profoundest profound est judgments upon men i methods and the world in general rather than climb a little and wait until our horizon becomes a little larger and ours experience becomes a little m more re varied before thinking that our Pegasus has hasi soared far above the steeds of other mor mor- Modesty persistence and a mind open to to the truth always are the chief characteristics of the soul in which th the Gods delight to dwell PROF BYRON CUMMINGS |
