The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-12
BRILLIANT
ADDRESS
AT Y. M. c. A.


The Y. II. 6. 4. meeting II lie
Central Presbgterian church on
Sunday afternoon was one Il flle
best Of the season. The attendance
was larger than at any other meet
ing since the holiday and among
the audience were many ladies and.
Representatives from SEVERAL demons
nations. In the absence of the
president and secretary, Mr s. T..
Reed, who was selected to preside
over the meeting, made a short adj
dress in which lie alluded g the
splendid work now being done by the
* NJ. G. "A. in many &c our rearby
cities. He said there was great
opportunity for Glarksburg 6 the
people could be brought 10 Sc thr
advantages of this work when prop
erly carried on. He spoke 81 the
though life and the .'Bork life of
young men and the manner iiiaFhich
the Y. NJ. c. A. was eleyatins the
Thought liferand the work iifeoof
nobied the work lifen of the race.
The feature OF the meeting was the
beautiful address by DR.. 7. Il. Cram
blett, president of Bethany college,
who was introduced by Mr.. Reed as
a man whose life was dedicated 10
educating and enriching the
Thought life Of young men and
young men. :
~ wonld be impossible to do JUS
tice 70 this beautiful and inspiring
talk Of DR.. cram6ierr II tie space
at our command. sIIis appeal vas
directed to the Young man and his
chances for success in life. he said
in part: "All 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-
lation and defeats to the shining
Of success. Lincoln VA
born in a rude cabin but he died in
the White House. 1t was through
toll and singleness of purpose
HAT Michael Angelo created his
lreams in marble. The diamond is
hot beautiful until in the workshop
Of toll, the lapidary shapes its gilt
tering facets.
1T takes the stormy ocean to
make a sailor.
"Some young men depend upon
their genius, but genius without
labor is often failure. While
genius waits for recognition labor
hammers away and creates and
achieves, Hope dreams of success
md lies in bed, bnt labor arises in
the dewy morning and goes forth to
win. Some depend upon luck but
while luck Is whining, labor is
and becoming independ-
ent.
Some young men think it is neces-
sary to sow a crop of wild oats that
they may later reap harvest Of
pleasure. Too late they realize thai
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. 1T was mot always
advice. Aspiration was
grandcr than ambition. A man am
bilious in politics often became
demagogue while the politician with
became a patriot. AIM
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 a thing as equality among
men. 1t might be said that all
could be given equal opportunities.
but take away from the race the in
centive to achieve, and stagnation
would follow.
Private enterprise was necessary
to all national progress. Without
this stimulus to human aspiration.
tie golden harp Of David would
have remained silent and the COM
eslies and tragedies of Shakespeare
would not have enriched our litera-
ture.
The speaker referred to the mod
ern craze to get rich quick-tlfe
voung man wanting to.begin where
his father left off-fhe mania 10
fake short cuts to suecess-to marry
into prominence-to Try to gain
eminence on account Of the faiuily
Tree or the Greatness Of some ances-
tor. The sneeess so attained was
unworthy of tie name. The world
loo moi care to know about your
grandfather, but is very particular to
know about you-what you are
which way you are going. The man