The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

Looking at those WlnS0Tn6 SCnOOi-
girls, I seemed to see beyond them a
much larger throng. girls whom
meet every week, although / do not
actually touch their hands. nor hear
their voices. To this great company
Of girls who shall presently be the
young women of the future, have
a little sermon to preach today. The
oid-fashioned way was to divide SER
mons under three heads. I am TAX
ing this way. and my first head is
Pluck.
Ualess a girl has pluck. she will find
herself many a time at odds with life.
1t requires pluck of no mean order TO
sit in a dentists chair and endure the
agony known as treating a tooth. It
requires pluck to go with a little sis
ter or brother to this same friendly
adjunct of the family, and sit by while
the little victim has teeth Strengthened
or a tooth removed. Pluck is far more
necessary when the difficulty IS not
merely physical. but is moral and calls
for the kind of courage that makes one
bear reprOof patiently oh speak the
truth when to do so may make one
unpopular Without real, genuine
pluck few Of US can get through the
days work with credit. Sometimes
much-mended gloves or a shabby
gown. or when one faces the fact that
she cannot have the Injuries that are
as common as air and water in the
experience of her neighboT Pluck is
not given to US all at birth. Some of
US are naturally great towards. We
shrink from pain and trouble of every
variety, and want a cushioned seat for
every journey. Fortunately, pluck may
be acquired. If we have not very much
to begin with we may easily get more
by the simple method of cultivating
what we have. I would have my girls
brave and fearless, feeling perfectly
sure of their ground, if they are in
the right, and dreading nothing except
being in the wrong.
Perseverance
You all remember the little rhyme
that you were taught almost as soon
as the alphabet. IF at first you don't
succeed, try. try, again" The lesson
in this bit of homely verse is one for
you and me. Beginnings are easy
enough; we start out with fair wind
and a flowing SAL, and our boat goes
dancing over the waves, but the true
test comes when we have to row
against the wind and tide, or to man.
age our course Niien the storms beat
and the winds rave. To drop the met
aphor, most Of US enjoy taking the mi
tiatiVe with a new study or a new en-
terprise. Our commencement is with
enthusiasm, but presently we reach ir-
regular verbs, or abstruse problems
and our ardor dampens. Very likely
some of you could show, if you chose,
beautiful pieces of embroidery and
knitting on which you have made q
fair start. The place that tires one
and tries ones mettle is in the middle
of the road or the middle OF the task.
Those who begin well, keep on we'll
and finish we'll gain the laurels and
wear them with honor.
Perseverance tells on your monthly
or quarterly reports a examinations
never do. The real test of ability in
any line is just here: Is the student
with an iron grip until she has &C
complished what she undertakes?
AS our favorite LOngfellOw sings:
Let us, then, be up and doing.
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, sstill pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait.
The twin sister of perseverance is
Patience. You remember, do you not,
the old fairy stories in which the little
princess was set 10 unrdVeI terribly
I tangled skein, and how she made no
head.say until a fairy named Patience
came and helped her straighten out
the threads, and lay them side by
slider Let your fairy be named Per-
severance, and if her sister comes to
help her, give a welcome TO them
both
PunctuaIity.
Of the three P's punctuality is prob
ably the most important. because. you
see. If you are not punctual, you are