The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-03-16
BRILLIANT
ADDRESS
AT Y. M. C. A.

y
Reed, who was selected to preside
over the meeting, made a short adj
dress in which he alluded to the
splendid work nov being done by the
Y. NJ. @. A. i'm many Of our nearby
cities. He said there was great
opportunity for Clarksburg if the
people could be brought to see the
advantages of this work when prop
lerly carried on. He spoke of the
Though life' and the work life" Of
young men and the manner in which
lthe Y. NJ. C. A. was elevating the
"thought life"and the work life'of
nobled the work life" of the race.
The feature of the meeting was the
beautiful address by DIR. T. 3. Cram
blett, president of Bethany college,
who was introduced by Mr.. Reed as
man whose life was dedicated to
educating and enriehing the
Thought life" OF young men and
young men.
1t would be impossible to do JUS
ltice to this beautiful and inspiring
talk Of DR.. Crambett in the space
at our command. His appeal was
directed to the young man and his
chances for success in life. He said
lin part: Cali real success is the
product of labor. The university
| of hard knocks and trials of patience
school men for a successful career.
"All great men were neither
afraid nor ashamed to begin at the
bottom and come up through tribu-
Ilation and defeats to the shining
summit of success. Lincoln was
born in rude cabin but he died in
the White House. 1t was through
| toll and singleness of purpose
that Michael Angelo created his
dreams in marble. The diamond is
not beautiful until in the workshop
of toll, the lapidary shapes its gilt
tering facets.
cit takes the stormy ocean to
make a sailor.
"some young men depend upon
their genius, but genius without
labor is often q failure. While
genius waits for recognition labor
hammers away and creates and
achieves. Hope dreams of success
and lies in bed, but labor arises in
the dewy morning and goes forth to
win. Some depend upon luck, but
while luck is whining, labor Is
whistfing and becoming independ-
emit
Some young men think it is neces-
sary TO sow a crop of wild oats that
they may later reap a harvest of
pleasure. Too late they realize that
the roots of this crop have gone
deep into the soil and their future
| is doomed.
DIR. Cramblett spoke of the oft-re-
peated advice to young men to be
ambitions. cit was not always
wholesome advice. Aspiration was
grander than ambition. A man ann
bilious in politics often became a
demagogue while the politician with
aspirations became a patriot. AM
bitiOn is the church led to hypocrisy
while aspiration in the church led
the Christian to higher ideals"
The speaker clearly and forcefully
shattered some the cherished tenets
of modern socialism. "There was
no such thing as equality amona
men. 1t might be said that all
could be given equal opportunities.
but take away from the race the in-
centiye to achieve, and stagnation
would follow.
private enterprise was necessary
10 all national progress. Without
this stimulus to human aspiration,
| the golden harp of David would
have remained silent and the COM
edies and tragedies of Shakespeare
would not have enriched our itera-
tue."
The speaker referred to the mod
ern craze to get rich quick-the
| Young man wanting to begin where
This father left off-the mania to
take short cuts to success-to marry
into prominence-to try to gain
eminence on account of the family
tree or the greatness of some mces-
tor The success so attained was
unworthy of the name. The world
does not care to know about your
grandfather, but is very particular to
know about you-what You are
which way you are going. The man
of character who aspires to one
thing and centcrs his powers on that
one thing is pretty sure 10 win out"
The address was most attentiyely
followed by the audience and after
dismission many came forward 10
greet DIR. Cramblett and proffer con-
gratulations.
Special Conyocation