Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-11
THE WORLD We LIVE IN.

Hon. Eugene f. Ware, the poe.
student and lawyer, at the State Uni
versity commencement, on Tuesday
last, responded to the sentiment, "Tht
world we live in and the students
thereof" in the following unique
strain:
Briefly assuming an unwonted
plural we will say thas it is a pleasan,
duty this evening to speak to the
toast that has been assigned us, "The
world we live in and the students
thereof"
Looking around upon those who are
presidents of the banks of the world,
those who manage its railroads, who
handle its finances, who organize its
labor the best and pay it the most, we
find them to be representatives of a
school that knows no sblative
absolute, that is unacQuainted with
the Greek particle, and that cares not
for the binOminal theOrem These
| men are the custodians of the worlds
happiness, the trustees of its resOur-
ces, and cares not whether an adverb
limits an adjective. verb or another
adverb SO long as no limit is placed
upon their own industry, diligence
and enterprise.
In the great school of which We are
tonight asked to speak, which school
for short we will call "Mundane Uni
versity," we learn to unlearn many
things that We have learned. To il
lustrate: We enter the University
with the idea that luck is fiction;
that that which we call luck does not
as fact exist; men drawing regular
salaries have told us SO; the parrots
and monographs of society have told
us so. lmbued with the idea that all
a young man needs to do is TO help
himself to what he wants, he steps
forth with intrepid ignorance to take
large portion of the world and ma
jority fraction of the fullness thereof.
But the Professor of Luck in "Mun-
dane University" teaches him differ
entity; teaches him that there is such
thing as luck. teaches him, therefore,
to bear misfortune with a stout heart
for better times may come. and that no
man should lose his nerve; and that
when fortune with unjust caprice
showers him with unnecessary gifts
he sheuld not pat himself on the
back, call it good judgment, and try
to deceive the balance of the school.
The Professor of Luck in Mundane
University" is an opportunist; he be-
lieves in the present and that which is
in sight. He does not care q quad
ratio equation for the future. In
s'Mundane University" we learn that
The philosophy that promises us hap
piness always fools US.
That the word "Reform' attached
as trademark to any brand of poll
tics is prima-fscie evidence Of fraud.
That our ills and trout les are mostly
Imaginary, and that good nature can
be cultivated as easily as q Kansas
prairie.
That gratitude is the sincere hope
by one Of the continuation of fAvors
received from another.
That no angel has better record
than the average Kansas woman
That An idle man cannot be happy
unless he is fat).
That he who waits for opportuue
occasions to do great things viii find
his opportunities. like restaurant beef
steaks, extremely rare.
That no one yet found happiness
that did not find it accidentally, and
lost it six months before he knew that
he had found il.
That our worst days are our best
days.
That the best way, in the language
of metaphor, to keep your armor |
bright 10 10 turn it over to some one |
to scour il. Let him scour who will !
pay the most for the privilege. Such |