The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-03
LECTURE In @ .
GOLDEY COLLEGE.
Possibilities and Positions Realized
through Preparation, Persistence and
Promrtness,

Rev. W. L. S. Murray delivered an in.
terestlng lecture before the Goldey College
this afternoon, Of which the following is n
synopsis:
Every student OF Goldcy's Commercial
College has possibilities beyond his or her
greatest conception. Possibilities of good
and possibilities of evil. Possibilities OF
body, MIND and heart, You have faith in
yourselves, II you have not. why are;you
hereT You believe it is possible for you to
prepare yourselves for business lifo. Let
mo Illustrate by referring you to the acorn,
bot larger than lady's thimble. From Ii
comes the oak. From the oak the forest.
from the forest the timber to build ships,
Eorscs, roads, docks whurfs. OF tho wood
we manufacture the strongest and best
furniture, and in untold ways behold tho
developed possibilities Of au acorn.
so with hemind. 1t has its small be.
ginning. How feeble Webster, franklin,
" II hiEgton, IA jefferson, Lincoln. a
Grant, an Edison in infancy. How won-
dcrlut in manhood and maturity. Tho
world wonders at their achievements. 1t
IL possible for you 10 reach the highest
place. IT. is in you. Awaken tbs giant
Arouse the dormant powers.
Porhaps you ara here with your eye on
the position. 1t is probable that you would
not have come to this school had it not
been for hope of position 1t may be that
you need the place. Need it for what it
will yield You. You propose to prepare
yourself for the place, that the place may
sustain you.
The sacrifice you make, the work you
do and the positions you attain all give
strength of character worth more than
what you will realize as salary or remuner.
alton. position is not to be despised. 1t
is the place on which to stand to raise the
world. With 1t a man has an opportunity
for work and usefulness, without it he Is
adrift
With position. home and friends are
blessed and helped, without it all who are
dependent suffer. Therefore ambition
for position is to DO commended. But
some always look on the dark side and
think all the positions are filled. This is
not true. Every day vacancies are occur
ing. New ventures arc made. New places
are calling. Old hands can scarcely COM
pass them.
1t takes young and supple people to meet
the demand. Then remember this age Is
prcjudiCUd against the old and In favor OF
the young. do not say thisis right, but
1t is true. The rush is on Employers are
afraid that mon beyond fifty cannot keep
they SEQ the sun gradually going down.
In the young man they SEQ the sun rising.
So the young man has the advantage
If he has possibilities and positions are
waiting for him; how Is he to secure u
place.
Flo must prepare. This age must have
mch aud women with trained heads and
trained hands. Mistakes mean more to-
day han century ago
Take an engineer ON II train. There are
hundreds OF passengers The risk of life
ana prosperity are greater than when tho
Stage coach and four with n dozen passen-
gers was the public conveyance Take tho
power house of an electrical plant. How
lar reaching II mistake.
How disastrous Ignorance Of the Ihost
wonderful force known to us. Again how
tremendous are tho risks AS illustrated in
The Maine, how disastrous the explosives,
these must be prepared. handled and cared
Tor 50 that they may BIO USED where and US
intended. The young people have grand
opportunities to equip yourselves.
Each hour is fun Of privilege. Persist
your work. The place waits for the
young man Or woman who can fill it. If
You have failed try again. Edison SAYS, 81
make trial after trial until 1T cOmos,' BE
pronpt PuncLuuIitY is a necessity. Mill
uto, ARC mlnted into moss precious coin.
John b. Cough used to gay some people
have three hands, II right haud a left
hand and Il little behind hand. Make the
best of your opportunity.
Every day isan opportunity Evory ex-
animation is all opportunity. "l[a slave
like Fred Douglass could elevate
himself into IN orator, editor, statesman,
what ought tho poorest white boy to do
who is rich in opportunities compared
with Douglass who did not even own his
own body