The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-06-12
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ny DR. GEORGE KEssEL
Members Of this graduating class.

/ ny DR. GEORGE KEssEL.
/ Members Of this graduating class:
/ You frequently hear II said knowledge y
power This Is true enough, but on the ohei
| hand you MUST not forget the fact that ignorance
also Is power-a power TO be overcomc-a power
OF resistance. YoI will often sec this illustrated
Whenever reform Is 70 he inaugurafcd. new
movement to be set OH foot for the benefit OF the
people, the first resistance that 1t meets y thi'
mighty power. Many millions Of orr race are to.
day still Ia the bondage Of this uncongner
cd giant II Is your duty students just entering
,es ccascless activities To do all in your power y
help 10 drive this shadow from the beautiful lace 81
ourearth The temple Of knowledge Is slow In build
| ing and 1t needs many patient workers. You have
now enlisted In this army Of toilers. ] pray you
go forth boldly in this struggle Of knowledge
against Ignorance.
| You have learned In your studies that the
word circulation comes from the Latin It-
| mia.i0, which means a machinc-a threshing
machine-and this word tituiah0 came
| from "hibauns," which was the word for a large
| iron cylinder. When the old Romans had
pieces OF iron that they wished 10 polish, they
threw them into these iron cylinders and kept
these cylinders in constant revolution. BY reason
OF the constant atrton of these irons, one against
the other, and against the side Of the cylinder,
they finally came forth polished and had their
rough corners knocked of. Our schools and col
legcs are fittingly compared to these revolving
cylinders into which scholars aud teachers alike
are thrown, and because of the constant contact
with each other, they finally come forth polished
and have the rough corners Of their characters
1nEr
II Is a process OF unfolding and expanding. It is
not for show, not to enable you TO ask questions
that your neghbor cannot answer. not to enable
you to gather together riches. but to enable you
to be more modest, more sympathetic, more use
full to your fellow beings In fact. an education
Is fortune in itsclfo of intrinsic value. Far bet
ter to have a mind we'll cultivated and stored
will, useful information than TO be bowed down
and paralyzed by the burden Of many riches.
Ny young friends. your teachers have led you
through many fields Of study and investigation
and. by reason Of the interest they have taken in
you. made your paths very pleasant to you. But
your teachers can't always be with you. You will
sooner or later have to tread your pathway alone.
see before you hillside-green, beautiful,
musical even, bright with the sunlight Of heaven
your pathway leads upward. Good intcntions are
no better than good Dreams therefore climb on.
You will never be abe to reach the summit Of
this Mount OF knowledge, for no man ever has
reached ii. But you can at any rate keep on
climbing. You can demonstrate to the world
that you will not be found standing at the base,
gazing upward and envying those who are max.
ing progress toward the top You can demonstrate
to the world that you will not be like the ancient
Sophist who was found sitting Ut the rivers brink,
waiting for the wa.ers to flow by in order that he
might cross over dry shod. You can demonstrate
10 the world that you can keep on climbing.
Many thousands Of our high school and college
graduates have stood just where you stand to-
night made good resolutions, had eloquent advice.
but they have gone forth 10 leave their books and
studies behind them. Their intellectual life, which
was Just beginning to bud and unfold, was per-
mitted to wither with the flowers that were
showered ut their feet. Their star set IT. darkness
DO not initiate tiem keep on working. well
trained intellect will not spring up In you sudden.
~. in night like Jonas gourd. 1t will come to
you slowly and only after much work and sclf-dc-
NAL ON your part. But II you will be patient and
persevere, II will come to you.-not with display.
not with the blast of trumpcts. but silently the
gentle beams OF the morning sun come stealing
nature with life and music SO will come the light
giving rays Of knowledge and make your souls
musical with the voices Of your expanding
powers. You are now In the morning Of your day.
beg Of you to improve the golden hours would
not counsel you to visionary living. But while
you are industrious and earning your living. yon
can ut the same time keep your intellects bright.
You can initiate the course OF the sun-first the
morning beams playing among the dew drops
and the flowers, followed by the intensity Of the
noon day rays. and then the lingering beams of
te golden setting LIT tho Of your iiIc- ma
you active in the fulness OF your powers, and then
the peace Of your ending will be glorious rs the
calm of the evening twilight. You can initiate
the course Of the seasons-first the unfolding OF
the leaf and flower, followed by the golden fields
OF the rich harvest, and then the gorgeous colors
Of the autumn leaves. Let not the chill winds
of December follow closely upon the inspiring
brcczes Of June TO the exclusion Of the fruitful
August and the glories of october sunsets.
My young friends, you may think this vision
AIRY advice. But remember that when you have
once gone forth from among us and entered the
ranks of business life, you will not hear such I'D
vice again. II you are not careful you will al
low the daily and exacting routine Of business to
rob your life Of its poetry. You will then hear
only the story of barter and gain and the al
mighty dollar. Flee from this insidious slavery.
As tile image Of Cesar was stamped on every
Roman coin SO let every product ot your labor
be stamped with the impress OF pure and refined
intellect And, as Cardinal Richeleu said, that
Sin the bright lexicon of youth there Is no such
word as fall" SO let your vocabulary be de-
prived OF that disccuraging expression. Grid up
your strength and press on!
And now. In behalf Of and by the authority OF
the Board Of Education Of this lndep cndent Dis
trct OF Crcsco. present yor with these diplomas.
Please accept them. with the best wishes Of the
| Board, as testimonials Of the work you have now
completed. Farewell.
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