The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-04

who have cOnnded IN me, / am goini
to put some bits OF practical advice 70
all the schoolgirls who make beautiful
our streets as they hurry on. 10 be il
their places before nine O'Clock In thu
morning.
There are many thousands of you
dear girls. w1o are the pride and joy
OF the homes you come IRON. / like
to catch tue inspiration Of your bright
looks, to hear your sweet voices, and
to watch tine lightness of your feet al
you fit aiong over the country roads oI
village payements. or the thronged
avenues of our great towns. In some
ways you girls are very much alike; in
some others you are different. But
there is not one OF you VINO can afford
to pass by my counsel that you shall
become an all-around scholar.
Did | hear dark-eyed Dorothy say
Ing: 4 wonder what that means?'
Let me explain.
II | were you | would put the ac-
cent. the emphasis. of all my school
work on the strong word
ENDEAVOR.
would endeayor everywhere and at
all times to do my best. II might be
that my best should be less brilliant
than the best OF some other girl, but
for that | should not care. We are
never required to use other peoples
talents. We are responsible only for
the use we make Of our own. Faith
full. diligent work done over and over
every day. In the schoolroom, amounts
TO a great deal more at the end OF the
year than an occasional squirt In which
we make a great advance and after
which we fall back into Incidence and
do almost nothing.
| have seen girl and a very nice
girl, too. throw her algebra across a
room in it Of despair. declaring that
she never could understand 1t and that
she had decided II wasn't worth while
any longer to try. | have seen a girl
almost in tears over her composition,
affirming that she hadn't a thought In
her head and wouldn't know how to
express II II she had. have even
known girls whose spelling was afro
cious. perfect disgrace. who calmly
stated that correct spelling was be-
yond them and that thelr gifts lay In
some other direction.
mention no names, but every
teacher has names on her roll over
which she frowns and sighs, knowing
that they stand for pupils who are
quite conten,'d with second-best or
third-best marks, and whose rating Is
away down at ID when II ought to be
at A. Such girls simply fall down in |
a heap before the studies they don't |
like or don't enjoy; the studies that
for them mean earnest work and per-
haps a hard battle. and they are not
ashamed merely to escape failure and |
be pulled through rather lenient ex-
animation at the close OF the term.
hlizabeth would not do this as a mat
ter of course, nor would Evelyn or
Kathleen or Dorothy. hope, and in
deed know that you are far above
such slip-shod methods of study, but
girls with names just as lovely are
often enough deficient along these
lines.
It happens In this way We do not
know the real value OF golden talents.
Suppose we divide our talents under
.hree leads. We may have golden tai
'nts. silver talents and leaden talents.
rhe golden talents are those we most
lesire. but we do not always get them
~ nature. a girl with Ieaden tai
ent may change 1t after awhile il she
5 faithful and painstaking and plod-
ding, for a talent Of silver, and girl
whose talents originally we're silver
nay in the progress Of her school
ears have them transmitted to gold.
There is a verse in the Bible which ap-
plies just here. II is: Take away the
iross and leave cup for the refiner"
Rough ore must go through a good
many severe processes before it can be
changed into articles for beautiful daily
Use.
One girl IN your class has talent
which almost amounts to genius for
English literature. She pursues that
With ardor and is at the top Of the class.
)ut she has no special turn for mathe-
natieal study and has to be dragged
through it by main force. Another girl
las a passion for figures finds them
absorbing and easy. and without much
sffort carries of all the honors. AS for
botany. rhetoric and phys
cs, she is quite resigned to a mediocre
standard in them. and though success
ul in spots. she. like her friend, is any
hing but an all-around scholar.
The fact is, Dorothy-and / want
very one Of my girls to listen-the OBJ
ect Of your school life is preparation
or tomorrow. The knowledge you
'ain to-day is BY way Of a foundation
or to-morrow's building Only little
while from now you girls will be in the
doorway Of a bright ami charming fu-
ure. with all sorts Of opportunities
PRESSING upon you. Your tomorrow
viii be bright and glac. full Of duties.
ull Of pleasures and full OF RESPONSE I
ility.
School life is your time for getting I
eadv so that when vou enter IN q mora .