Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1907-07-04
ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES.
Agnes B. Weber.

First OF all, young friends. do not ne
eject the annual entertainment
strive to make the coming one the
pest OF all. Do not think of IL merely
as an event for having a good time.
mink Of 1t as one thing essential to
good education. Put your very best
efforts forth and make Ii a success.
Remember that the success Of your
school depends upon your cooperative
efforts. Strive then to be very pune
tual In attendance and encourage the
younger students to enter the high
school, that 1t may be a great benefit
TO the community. / will say to those
now attending the school: Do not get
discouraged. Press onward toward
the mark. / cannot tell you how glad
i am that i ever persevered. 1t seems
wonderful when I look back and think
that out Of a class OF twenty only
three have endured the hardships and
have at last conquered them. We
have had many attendant drawbacks,
but at last We stand as conquerors.
I trust many of you will much more
successful IL you will only fight 1t
out. Remember that your education
Is personal matter. You alone must
conquer the difficulties. Get a good
education, for, to him who will. ways
are not wanting" The school has. as
all know, been subject to a great d.
versity of teachers. OF course IL
would have been better for some rea-
sons not to have had such a change.
But when we stop to think of II, how
beneficial II has been to us all. Each
teacher has different ideas concerning
our studies. This has been a very
great help to us. II We had had only
one teacher, we would still be clinging
to the same ideas.
How amusing IL will be In years to
come when we look back and think
how bravely We roughed the breakers
In the Chebeague High school, and of
the various pilots who have guided US
over the troubled waters.
Dear friends, next, let me instill
into your minds few words In regard
to your personal character. Cheerful
ness is a very important thing to Gull
tivate in our souls. IL We make up our
minds to 1t, We can be cheerful under
any circumstances, no matter how ad-
verse they may seem for the time be-
ing. BY doing this We increase not
only our own happiness. but the happi-
ness of those around us. DR.. Johnson
has said that the habit of looking
upon the bright side OF everything was
better than five thousand dollars SAL
airy year. A laugh Is worth
hundred groans. BY keeping the face
to the sunlight the shadows are cast
behind. Let us cultivate cheerful
ness. Let us look upon the virtues
and not the faults of those around
us.
There are very few, IL any of us,
who find things just as We want them.
Annoyances, disappointments and
troubles come to us all. But strive
to do your best and hope for pleas
anter things.
Young friends. announcement Is
one Of the most constant needs in life
Multitudes are bearing heavy bur-
dens which a few words of cheer
would tighten. Life takes on new
beauty when under the rain of encour-
aging words. A single expression OF
appreciation will sometimes turn a
soul to an upward path. Where we
have one chance of doing a good
deed, we have a hundred chances to
speak good word. The way the bat
tie may go on In another's life, may
depend upon our faithfulness in
speaking an encouraging word at the
proper time. Human hives are mould
them a tone of quality. Tokens of
sympathy and admiration are the
means which enable others to win
the conflicts. The kind, invigorating
word is like a spring along a desert
highway. Frances Ridley Havergal
sang truly when she sang:
THE memory OF a kindly word for
long gone by,
The fragrance Of a faded flower sent
lovingly,
The cleaning of a sudden smile or
sudden tear,
The warmer pressure Of the hand,
The tone of cheer"
Another thing which adds to our
character Is the love Of the truth and
the habit Of speaking the truth. The
man who never excuses himself for
making a mistake Is not likely to be
truthful in his speech. Conversely,
the man who is always careful will
probably be clear-thoughted I'm his
speech. ITO speak the truth, we
must know the truth. What we are
not sure OF, we must never express as
a fact. Accuracy in the matter in
hand may be of little Importance, but
accuracy of the mental and moral
habit Is beyond estimate.
No matter how much we may be
engaged In pleasures or IN occupations
we find some time for thought and re-
Election. Mental occupations are a
pleasing relief from bodily exertions
The mind finds In It's CONCENTRATIONS
a source Of amusement and OF pleas
ure. Every day brings some dlsap-
poIntment and every moment brings
ma nearer the time when the present
scenes shall fade away and future
prospects cannot be formed. This
consideration displays the beneficial
results OF furnishing the mind with
IDEAS which may amuse II in leisure
and dispel the gloom OF melancholy.
The uneducated man compared with
the educated, r. like a blind man and
one that can see. How literature
beauties the mind, how II multiplies
the ideas. II affords pleasures which
wealth cannot procure and which pow
erfv cannot entirely take away. A
veil educated mind places It's pos
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