The evening Republican., 1902-09-26
DR.. MURRAY TALKS
TO GOLDEY STUDENTS,
Greets the Newcomers to the College
Is With a Pleasing Talk on Home
sickness, and Adapted Education.
Which is Well Received.

The Rev. W. L. S. Murray deliver.
/; ell thl following lecture before the
students OF Goldey College Yesterday
afternoon.
Dr. Murray. having been gracefully
introduced by Mr.. Doug as, said:
wish you were all we'll. l have
understood that some OF you are home
sick-not the girls--but the boys.
(Laughter presume they are girl
sick; (LaughteD sick for the gir
they have left behind them. Uaugh.
9ter) But home sickness is genuine
article when il gets hold of a fellow
all right, and l suppose there is only
one other kind Of sickness that could
compare with it, and that is love sick
ness.
When l was away at school SON
lads were with me, and after W: hl !
been there while-I had pre- ,aelsl
them year, and, Of course, III so.-
tea through all my home sickness u
week or two after We had started in,
I said to one of the young men who
WIFI Will ille
swell. how is it?' =,
"Oh, feel bad?"
"Feel bad!" =,
"What is the matter?'
swell, l don know; don't hard
ly know what i, the matter with
me.
"Well, what do you think is the
matter?'
II lhlnk--I tell you I'm getting
pretty tired here. | feel bad. "
"What is the matter? Are you
homesick?'
"Yes. | am so homeSick | would
love to sec dog from home. ~
(Laughter) 81 think it would help
cure me just to see an old dog from the
place where | was born
I And SO we do look for the familiar
face, even though 1t be dogs face,
and we would like to hear familiar
SohQd although it be the bleat Of 4
calf that we had been feeding in the
barnyard. or We would be very glad
to hear any sound that was familiar,
and would be very glad to sec any
face that was familiar
y 1t is not an Indication of coward
Ice or weakness, either, to be home
sick. | would not give much for q
boy or girl, Or the young man or
young woman, who do-s not love
home There is no place in all tho
world like home, and if we get real
hoineslck, it is proof that we have q
home, and a home worth loving,
and home in which the dearest
ties of our hearts eutwine.
Now, | am to talk to you to-day,
not about homesickness, for | am
afraid might make you cry
Uaughter. THE wind is east to-
dsy Al 0 is always a hard day for
a lecturer when the wind i, east; it
is always hard day for professors
when the wind is east and look
out for yourselves when the wind
blows from the east. But | am to
talk to you to-day about something
that concerns you more than your
home just now, more than any
thing else on earth just at this time.
!. l presume from what l nave
heard, and from what / have seen,
that | am to congratulate the insti-
tuition on tho largest number that |
have ever faced at the first lecture
during the fourteen years | have
been lec%uriny here. am to con-
gratulate not only the institution,
but ain also to congratulate" you
ON the wise choice that YOU have
made in selecting t'OIdey CONNER.
cial College for place Of prepar-
alton. But, as | am sure You are
not going TO congratulate me, am
going to congratulate myself Oh the
opportunity Of looking into the
splendid faces Of these young mon
and hopeful faces Of these young
ladies So We are congratulated
now all around and | mean it. too
consider this great Oppyrtunl.
ty that now have Of addressing
you on what call "Adaptei Elu-
cation"