Show DR JORDANS LECTURE AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL LAST EVENING david stait jordan delivered one of ills lectures at the assembly hall last evening taking up the entire time of this session of the association among other good things he said A young man who cares not to rise fa already dead it he has nothing on earth to do let him take mark advice and go under the earth why do we call ourselves men unless we succeed in everything some say A college education costs money and therefore I 1 cannot get one it la nonsense it a young man has common sense and no ono depending on him ho cannot ho poor greater luck never cornea to a young man than to 12 thrown on his own resources it Is tod tor a man at college to have money to burn dr jordan alion related the history ot a society ho knew ot at cornell composed of young men in poor circumstances cum stances it waa called the struggle but got to bo so poor that it support BO long a name ao it was changed to shrug that society said dr jordan has graduated more bright men than any other in the institution I 1 believe it la A fact that the poor boy has an advantage over the rich it la no advantage to be born a silver eloon in your mouth when a little effort will give you a gold one I 1 do not mean that poverty helps a man but it la the effort by which tho yoke ot poverty is thrown off that counts you sons and daughters of the western plo have the best blood in the land dy all means awaken and gain for yourselves the education you deserve you cannot fasten a aduca cant boy it falls yet it la not toom uch to spend on an experiment of neither can you 1 fasten a 50 cent education on a boy and I 1 regret to say thousand of parents in utah are so trying to do it is a mischief in every from football to statesmanship wins and the people will pay tor the roan who wins in answer to abo off repeated query of parents what can our boys find to do after from college dr jordan reminded hia auditors that there is always planty to do and plenty nty of room at tho top all professions are crowded crowded at the bottom ot the ladder but not at tho top |