The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-23

self.
First you should seek to develop
the body. A beautiful and health
full body is indeed a great blessing.
1t used to be that mans ideal was a
woman beautiful as an angel and
silly as a goose"
But now we love the woman whose
mind is cultivated. | do not mean
that there should be too much mem
tai culture as distinguished from
heart or soul culture. The trouble
with the women of George Elliott is
that they have too much OF this
purely mental development and
what they do is caused by a c%alcul-
ating mind and not by the impulses
Of soul.
lido not like to see the arrow OF
life bent. 1t is a custom among
modern writer's of fiction to make 1t
appear that life is somewhat
poisoned, in the grip OF tate, a lot
terry and that no man holds his des-
tiny in his W hands. Are we
prisoned so? I believe not.
The statement that there is always
room at the top is a cheap lie.
There is not the room at the top Of
the ladder that there is on the
i. rounds. There is not the room on
, the summit Of a mountain that
: there is on the sides or on the plains.
, But all can realize the the best that
is in them.
The only durable satisfaction in
life is this realization of self. A
, man tells of his ride recently in a
stage coach with Mr.. Carnegie. They
were discussing Mr.. Carnegie's life
/, when his friend said, 'Now you
/, must be happy" Mr. Carnegie
grasped his arm in a grip like that
Of an iron vice and replied: "Man
alTdgive it all to 90 back twenty
years"
How much better is it for one to
\ feel that he has given his best.
e Epictetus had their feeling, Paul hat
it when he said ~ have fought !
j good fight Jesus had it when he
gave up his life on Calvary.
The reward of labor is in the labor
a itself No artist ever painted a grea'
picture for the mere price he coulC
! get for it, no author ever wrote
4 great book with the main object o
If pecuniary gain. Dante did moi
dream his dream for gold nor di'
Milton or Beethoven.
The other day / read a treaty on wha
was called new thought" and it sal
that nothing could be accomplished b
force, that you should not say to a chill
you must" but should accomplish you
=, your ends by means OF gentle persuasion
! How untrue. Life is beauty and dutl
The greatest pleasure comes in doin
"a what God wills.
The great message that the Englis
admiral sent to his sailors before tn
battle was originally intended to b
England confdes in every man to do hi
duty But in the code there was n
signal Tor "confde'' and the word had
r be changed to expects" But how niue
of better it would have been unchanged.
Now to you girls who are Just about I
20 forth into life, to teach, to study {
to marry / know Of nothing better to sa
than this, "God confdes in everyone {
ny you to do your duty
adj After the address Miss Edna Sche
IA played exceedingly well double piar
number-Scriabine's Nocturne for q
left hand alone and Raff's cachou'
aid Caprice.
President White then in a few VIC
chosen words conferred the degree
~ Misses Anna Clay Peace and Emo
IN Parker Todhunter received the A.
degree and Miss Harriet Carey receivl
10, the English Certificate The degree
Il. Bachelor OF Music was conferred up
six young ladies'. Mise Mary Lillian
ast keison in voice, Miss Bernice Wood
to violin, Misses Ruth Hoyt, Edna Sch
,ad and Nell Ewing Banderson in piano, Mi
Laurene Bartl0tt Walker in both vol
and Piano.
re- In regard 20 next yesr, President VIII
est stated that he had az present no :