The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-07-31

I-NSSSt HSAI hCyo, Wfue keys UdTTOW
keys, but the appearance of the key
does not always indicate what it is to
unlock. The appearance of keys
may be deceiving as we'll as the ap-
pearance of other things. "All is not
gold that glitters''
large key seems to Indicate it
use-to unlock great store of
wealth. This key, long proportional
ly wide, and substantial stands for
the abundance, character and last
ing quality of the knowledge boarded
up for our use and keeping-the
thoughts. the treasures of the great
| writers and thinkers. But I am not
going to tell all this gold key I'M
locks: that must remain secret till
| next year when you will have an op-
portrnity for exploring these mines
for yourselves.
Dear juniors, there is nothing we
receive with more reluctance than
unasked-for advice, nothing so diff
cult to give as such advice, so it will
be agreeable to the recipient The
truth is, the person who advises or
exercises a sort of superiority over
us and in comparing himself with us
treats us as defective in our condust
or understanding. Therefore, jun
iors, take these unasked-for sugges-
tions in kindly spirit You have
heard this advice over and over
again, but it will bear repeating. Do
not imagine we have always followed
it, but surely we are very we'll quail
fed to extend the fruits of our ex-
pelience to you.
You are now entering upon your
last year-a very important, never
to-be-forgotten period in your lives.
1t is we'll, then that you should know
what the essential purpose of an edu-
cation is. 1t is not to see how much
learning you can store up; it is not
to make yourself the subject of that
familiar quotation: 'And as they
gazed, the wonder grew and grew
That one small head could carry all
he knew" but time should be spent
in thought. in culture, in formation
of character. Prove all things. Hold
fast that which is good. Don't con-
tent yourselves with what the book
says. Be independent.
Have you done your best, and we
hope you have, now is very conven-
lent season for you to reconsider your
school years carefully. Remember
the unimproved opportunities and
wasted minutes. 1t is very hard to
say, but, nevertheless, it is a pitiless
fact that you have wasted many, very
many golden minutes. We some
times complain of the shortness of
time, that our days are few. Yet
think of the minutes grown to hours
which We're spent doing nothing and
which are gone never to return.
Surely there is nothing so valuable as
time, nothing more satisfactory to
the memory than time we'll spent. A
sentence is passed upon the lazy stu
dent and the one with little ambition
--'he who will not study diligently
and improve every opportunity shall
not gain anything of value.
But this does not mean work all
the time. Have all the fun you need
for all work and no play makes
Jack dull boy-but let work first,
play after" be your motto. For in
this way, and this only can you hope
to emulate brilliant examples set be-
fore you by the class of 1908.
Dear juniors, when you saw knot
of dignified, learned seniors puzzling
over an arithmetic problem or law in
physics, that dreaded bugbear of the
high school course, did it ever occur
to you. as you saw our looks of salts
fled success, that we had a charm for
solving the difficulty? Now, at our
departure, we wish to prove our I'M
selfishness by leaving such a tails
man for you.
To your care and keeping, with
hearty good wishes for your welfare
and prosperity. we, the class of 1908,
henc eforth to bear prouder title
and to exert a wider influence, entrust
the fresh and vigorous spirit of our
school and it's golden opportunities,
in token of which we now present to
you this key, draped with the colOrs
of this class. Preserve it carefully
and see that you hand it down to
your successors with tradition Of
honesty and hard work.
Alta Woolf.
June 10, 1908.