Show the source of true happiness A talk given to io the students of richfield high school by prof howard V alston man it I 1 that ho he may have joy tins this sublime sentence uttered by the croitor of our soula expresses as does no other sentence in literature the real genuine throbbing purpose of life god has givia div to each one of his as i birthright the meina means b which he in kiy ay iy secure this loon lion it if the aliu purpose of life is 19 joi then hen it is of I 1 kimary importance that we the true meaning of the term ind and how test lest to nica measure turc of tint that god ling has giden us in order to attain joi loricia e joy to be the sui fi tion lion one cc cives from some pcs pc ilive aim from the dutiful L in his work and in its attending atten dint environment joy nl kiy l be ett ettairee aired ll 11 doing some thing brings rood good results thi tha tc lc dier cher has as joy lie he stud cuts progress tic student has joy when lie he succeeds in his daily ti disks kg the musician his joa jo when he wins the praise and applause ili of ins his audi ence the carponter car pinter his hag joy when ile ie contemplates i 1 I piece of work ork creditable done tile the firmer has joy ills his summers orl is crowned crown crl lin in the fill with a bounteous harn hardest est joa may be atti attuned ined by looking on the bright side of life optimism and pe iBn are alike contagious who his rot felt tt it e happiness fr ichie ing froni fron i friend full of cheer and the gloom loom surrounding i a nho is melancholy 7 arid and who he hiss his not instantly pir taken of nf the onu one or the other influence there is go n much good and in the world in each one a particular corli that there is little reason for pe again one mill attain joy in treating one s fellon man fairly and honestly to bo be unfair or dishonest brings and feir fear whilst I 1 st ethid is d in a simple relation to m fellow mn I 1 have no displeasure it in meeting mee him we meet sli as water meets water ater or as two currents of air mi with nith perfect diffusion and inter penetration of nature but as soon qoon as there here is am departure from s epli city or in attempt at meeting him half any or good for me that is not good for him ni neighbor feels the wrong lie he shenks from me is as far as I 1 hap shrunk from him his e LS no longer seek mine there is war between us there is 13 hate in nun 1111 anil and fear in TOP me our previous happiness ha hab become est ent joy is a compensation for unselfish aenice rendered we need not anait until some superstitious hereafter occurs in in order to receive rewards for good and punishment for evil these judge ments are meted cut to us each day to borrow an expression expresion sion from elbert hubbards hubbardd Hub bards divine in man we are punished by our sins riot not tor for them conver oly I 1 should say we are rewarded by our good sets not far acs them joy comes from an appreciation of ones worl work it ii deed decd I 1 am convinced that in work the most prolific sourer jov ov 10 oe e one a flork ork is to be happ during the m insor ajor part of each da ii no life work should be attempted lo 10 bi a bouth which to him is not dot distinct aitor ili torl is mitt with examples of failures resulting from ill bosen rosen careece careers to the choo erg whether one shall I 1 laie ae joy in ones work deverdi largely upon the attitude assumed we ian can any siny we to As students shall we hive have joy or grief in our ork shall wo we see gee the beautiful the bright or the sordid and dark why not feel a d plea pleasure ure in perusing a bosk bok or luking nuking a recitation ails not live with Shile peate lie patriotic with burke and sing songs nith etli burrs wh make atosa a task of english orn position which is giang us rower of expressions expression 9 why see only a few s symbols I 1 in n algebra waln we ire are dec loping for or ourselves accurate cice urte logical minda wh make lilb hillory tOFY to lo i a grind rather than sec ece in it the great soua which hive abc biked the th rc Krs s of humanity humin ity pince the dawn of are vc wo we going to lie be as enthusiastic over pare page of thi the merchant Meri hant of venice an all afternoons worl work in tho the ills 1 b ori tori as 33 over a basketball game are we guing going to be thoroughly Pit p urite 3 with the bilue line of ou our r school if wo we are we shall exi exen berince nce genuine lo 10 illustrate mj m joint 1 further let us ano abo of our high school boy bov farmers une one of chuin is interest ed cd in ills hia urk and tikes in it while tte IQ other is ib disinterested and only a task in it il I 1 ma gine them as aa they ro 10 into the field on a jaring coining roo ining to plow the one a his team the ali finest in the land with a tingle of pride ando he observes ol 01 serves how hoi the right horse pricks up of ills ears and LOW how the left with will a R g lit HL hears bears the curable along in its pleasant familiar fj way to the right h ha docs it pretty meadow mcadow lark warbling its tune to the left a red breasted robin perched on i a bow of a willow illow trees overhanging an all irrigation lie he observes as a the water glides through its channel a sparkling re ire I 1 of the golden morning sun aun nearing the enil end of bia ride he cei hoeq in tile the dib the broad brown filed which he is shout to plow anu anti mentally calculates tile the number tit nt jell rounds he is to mike make in turn mi river over the field lie he arrives i fille trans arring the team from wagon angon to plow he is ready in an inting in tint then giving tile the horses horbes the command to hl he merria begins lisa hi work ile HP takes a crit delight in watching the plow ch h ir gouge into the mist carth arth and tumult the clods ot off front from its ts side As aa we w itch film on ini his aisy ay down tile the field smiling N hibst ling ili n his jolly mv we e cannot help qa ill ng ing thit hit boj is living rightly he is ib reaping the boy oy which is 13 to be found in his work ork on the contrare ari how df different ferent is the picture li in which we ne observe the di interested boy ills hia work holds for him ro pleasure ilia environment is gloom ile he fuls fills to partake of the mornings fre liness ills his team ig 13 ob to him the cintli is merely a pest that cats his giacin lie fills fails to observe tile the robin he sees in the irrigation stream only a ditch full of muddy water the field is th ih same sama old pitch of stubbles stub bleg that is was last autumn when sullenly he as is insisted isted in clearing it of the crop rhe fhe plow is in an implement of torture made to increase his tasks talk ile he absolutely so sol lutell fails to see anything of beauty connected with his work again let me say aay tint thit jo 13 to le had by ones living ind and being bein happy toda in beine beina cont contente entel 1 with ones lot in life happiness is not to be I iad had ad in some other place at sonis some future d dite ire it is to he be hal here and now you all remember the satorv of the gocr who thought that I 1 r he could but got on oil the anther gide of the mount tin in the sk would be bluer lil iier thy the gras taller and the sun woul bouli I 1 rhine hine brighter ile he felt thit he could rind find friends over there who vrho v would hi be gi gild id to him you ret all how he wandered about the country in seircy of the paric kandic hc which he had pictured but failed to 10 ind find it and how eventually he return rd home fot foit sore and aeiry wo we go through lugh life making oure ourselves elves miserable through constantly coveting that which we do not possess ant and failing to appreciate the beauties around us tile the firmer farmer imagines power rind and elte to be fine things dut but the president ha li ia paid deor dear for his white howe houe IT II Ms his commonly cost coat him pl u his peace anil and the best of his family virtues to preserve for a short time so conspicuous an all appearance before the world lie he is content to eat dust before the real masters 1 who lie stand behind the throne or do ve i e desire the nore moro substantial a ard rd permanent grandeur of genius neither has this thib an immurs immunity it he who li bi force of will or of thought is greit and overlooks thousands has the of overlooking with acri influx flu of light comes new has he light lighta he must bear witness to the light aid at d fi outrun that sm chich gives him uch such a keen satisfaction by chiq n fidelity to new of tha in n poul foul ills has he all that tho the world L ald covets lie he daust cist be hind bind him tre admiration of father and mother wife and child ard a itice I 1 them by faithfulness to tobis ins truth and become i byword arid and a hissing ilow how then can mera power place and genius in them elves bring jol jo do nut not misunderstand estand mt mi I 1 da not in acin ca nto lo 10 stifle ambition quito tile the contrary ari ambition i ii I 1 moat im in port int hit factor in I 1 mean that we I 1 t tike ike jno jn in our e eiery ery dai la tasks lint each lay day we vie should pu put tinto aito alifi afi our beet efforts nna ind fee I 1 e the reward in ili store fur for us the reward of happi neb the world li is is abood good to wi us gs 19 c mile m il e it wittolie to bo let us put something into life each day u that wo we may take som eom thing out t bastl kastli ind most important of all joy may be attained 13 li th proper appreciation of nature what a glory this world puts en cn for him who with a fervent heart forth un under d e r the tha bright and glonora sky eky and looks tin on duties well ILl form 1 d I an and d das dana well pant rot roi him 1 11 I na nature st sir e has i i oits cila which si sia to him as aa she bail to the ancient ninn man is ifil he mi m i hue bile joi |