The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24

Commencement week AT the university
was begun yesterday. when DIR. David
Claiborne Garrett delivered the hacca-
laureate sermon at ST. Marks Episcopal
church. The building was filled with the
congregation. the graduating class and
pupils OF the university. and their relatives
and friends. Seats were provided for the
graduates near the front OF the church
DR. CARROTS theme was True Success"
Speaking from the text. For what shall
II profit man IL he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul. Mark. s:25,
he said In part:
True success, That Is my theme today
vital question for you who this week
unfuri the standard you are heucsfoTth
TO go by as you step into the arena OF
hfes duties. This is the question that
must be answered. and answered rightly.
before one is quite ready 10 take up the
fun responsibilities of manhood and
womanhood. SUGGEST watchword for
Effort Talisman for all toll. What is
true success?
First. what are some Of its indispensa-
Die eiemenfsg The very first thing OF all
Is purpose, One should know what he
wants 10 do. what he wants TO be. The
fodoie with so many young men and
aim in hfe. they lack ideals and dissipate
forces. An important thing is TO start
life well, Much depends upon the choice
OF a calling. How is one 10 know? In
most cases our wishes are preseutimen ts
OF our capa bilities'
The law of natural selection holds good
IN Shaping ones course. Too much in
reference on the part OF parents or in
strucrors destroys instructive aptitude.
Train the mind. Streng, hen conscience
and youth viii strive 10 do what he likes
and what he likes Will be for him the best
To purpose we must add concentration.
Sir Isaac Newton said that the secret OF
whatever success he had attained was due
largely 10 his power of concentrating his
attention. No one can excel in scholar
snip. no man can prosper in business; no
woman can become the artist in music
without the power to focus mind With
Paul We must learn TO say. This one
thing / do. One thing al a time and
whatever one has TO do. do II well. And
10 concentration we must add energy.
NOT only get an aim and rivet your mind
on II, but pound away at 1t tirelessly,
ceaseleSsly. Energy means hard work.
Nothing counts like work Nothing can
take the place of good. old-fashioned toll
There Is no short cut 10 fortune Few
attain except by struggle and sacrifice
John Milton. when a boy. had mastered
Latin. Greek, Hebrew. Syriac. Italian and
French. At st. Paurs school. so great
was his ardor in study that he seldom
went to bed before midnight. Alas, how
many youths today postpone sleep from
other kind OF ardor.
Charles Dickens wrote that In energy,
source of his success. Whatever have
tried In my life. 1 have tried with all my
heart 70 do well. whatever / have devoted
myself 10. | have devoted myself TO COM
pietely. and in great things and small
| have always been thoroughly in ear
nest One more quality at least must
be mentioned as essential to success in
life. and that is enthusiasm One must
love his work If he would do IL well. II
Is a fine thing for man TO lind his recre-
alton IN his work, TO thoroughly enjoy do
ing what he has laid out to do.
Enthusiasm means putting heart as
We'll as mind into duty. Enthusiasm
supplies the fire that puts energy into
motion. While IL Will not take the place
and soon drags heavily Heart power
helps on to success of any kind. What a
tremendous force this Is in athletics
While In all other respects two opposing
teams may be equally matched, give one
side the spirit OF success. that mysterious
underlined quality that says. We must
win. and let the other side lack ever so
little of this same Gauntless spirit, and
those who viii 20 conquer carry the day
Men speak of the 'Anack Of success
What Is IL? Two men i'm business. any
profession. may be equally balanced in
teiiectuaLy. morally, and with about the
same capacity for work One succeeds.
the other does not. Why Is it? In nine
cases out OF ten the kuack OF success is
this quality OF enthusiasm. II may be
calm. unseen, undemonstratiVe but IL is
there all the same. mighty. unknown
power. defying calculation and ever sur
prising one with its results. In this re-
spect - Is absolutely true. What shall
IL profit man If he gain the whole
world-a world of talent, OF thrift. of toll
and lose his own soul the soul OF con-
slant and consecrated love the passion
for pursuit? While all these elements
help. the antitheses Of all these hinder
in the battle Of life. You can dnd out
the hindrances for yourselves, and God
give you grace TO ward them off
10 w
may be rendered. Hold on and Hold OF
We must hold on 10 the indispensable eie-
ments-purPcse. energy. concentration
enthusiasm, Ike grim death and the or
posite things with every evil relation we
must hold off. pluck them out and cast
them from US What are some OF tho
rocks WheTeon greatest men have Oftest
wrecked? fil-health is one. Build up
your bodies. Athletics In college are
often riGiculed. The current jokes about
the physical part of a college curriculum
may be considered clever. but the truth
Is that as rule. the men who rank best
on the field are best in study. II Is n
part Of life's duty 10 cultivate health. BY
rest. by diet. by exercise. 10 keep in con
dition. For without this the whole
SupcrStructure Of the outward man per-
tsheth. IntempeTance binders. indirect
Is. ~ breaking down the mind. body
and directly. by interfering at once with
each days duties
Here Or. Garrett turned aside 10 treat
of destructive elements. as gambling He
cautioned against too much reliance on
natural ability. saying that the FIRST In,
the race are often distarccd at the finish
Continuing. the speaker said:
There Is mysterious power hy which
enc man does quickly. easily. naturally
what another may have 70 10 slowly. IA
boriouSiy. arttrcia3ly. Yet much so
called genius does not succeed bat finds
an early grave with natural ability. and
the epltsph for both IS Died from rnactlv-
Itt The best GeDtus IS The capacity
Ter taking Infinite pains Not vet how
ever. do We arrive as a sufficient answer
60 the question. What j. true success
One may have purpose. energy zeal and
aeuius and Yet not reach true success
TIE whole question hinges on this o. her
question. What is the true end IN lffee
Take business take pleasure. take uosi-
tton, money. II any man centsrs nfe
In any one - these SIS an end. he cannot
have success. They may all be coed and
We are uOt 10 oeSpise any honorable pzgr-
suit nor nes-4 We scog at money for
money may ce the instruments Tor much
blessing hat none Of these things NAV
he counted as the true end of life They
may he the means 20 the end hut never
the erd itself. There ~ q common no.
tten that success IN hfe IS equivalent 10
INDEPENDENCE IN wealth Let Us not con
fuse the tw0 things The man who BY
hcursf work. has earned a fortune Is 20
that extent successful and tndiscrfrnf-
nate condemnation % rich man is as
wrong as q IS irrational But = mem