Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

1t is drawing very close to
49, the time of year when young
ESY9kMI men will make the greatest
I6H4W speeches of their lives; when
young women will deliver o~rations which
win ring full Of the enthusiasm of youth
and the wisdom of sages.
And it is to the future men and women
that this column would speak today.
four career has been thought Of and
dreamed about for weeks and months. You
are perhaps uncertain what to do, and YOU
are listening to the voices which are call
ing you hither. thither.
without any permission from you, and
without a request from anyone, the writer
takes pleasure in addressing a few words
to you in connection with a kingdom he
knows of, and a university which Is Of noble
and ancient origin.
In this kingdom. whereof he writes, there
are kings and princes of the blood royal;
there are monarchs who have earned their
crowns of pure and fadeless renown,
through suffering and sorrow. Some of
them have been, at times, in poverty; some
Of them have been martyred, and some
have been Just neglected. But today their
thrones are secure and their subjects swear
devoted allegiance to them. They collect
III NaAt9F anu AAARG AAhRNRe -
They are immortal kings and princes, and
they are loved and honored and respected
by all those who come under the sway of
their uplifting and inspiring influence.
There are glorious castles and gardens,
and walks beside beautiful rivers under
pleasant trees, and oh! how the soul that
has found the way in, does wonder and
enjoy and give thanks!
There is no political influence which can
get you through the gates of this king
dom. No family prestige will avail there.
No financial consideration will suffice.
You may be as powerful as a prime min
lister. you may possess the most high
sounding title, you may be as rich as an
oil king. but it does not give you the
right to enter this kingdom. The only
wealth which counts is your power of APP
preciating, the only title is sincerity, and
the only influence is acquaintanceship, close
and personal, with the spirit of those who
reign and rule there.
It is to this kingdom. I. your devoted
friend. and a humble servant of the king
dom. would invite you. It is to the King
dom OF Music that / would call your
thought as you enter soon upon the life
OF fuller purpose, wider scope and broader
vision.
Here you will find friends and hold sweet
converse; here you will not only speak to.
but better still, be answered by the greatest
Of the great. You may enter as a child,
and you will instantly find that there are
nurses in this garden ready to take the
little children by the hand and teach them
how to know the language of this strange
and wondrously beautiful country. You
will see many grown up people who have
become children again in the atmosphere
OF perpetual youth which the gardens OF
this kingdom exhale and which the foun,
tains spray forth upon the breezes. Here
you will learn later, when you have grasped
the language, how to gain the development
of your real self. Your tutors will b.
princes and princesses Of the royal house.
hold and you will hear as you never heard
before. see visions which you had never
believed probable, and be conscious OF q
great power coming into your life which
you had not thought possible,
When the spelling and the grammar and
the writing OF this new language have beer
worked out, then you will read the writ
ings of the Wise Men and Women Of tho
Kingdom and your soul will be glad. Ant
then you will talk to the Mighty Ones and
they will answer you. Beethoven will com,
and visit with you, and Handel will invite
you TO be his guest. Haydn win tell yor
stories that will delight you. Kut the names
are so many that II would be a great tasl
to announce all those whom you will know
srd love.
BY the laws Of the kingdom no one car
be coerced or urged 10 enter in. but thos,
Nho hear the call and come are received
|, end made welcome
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And then we said something OF a grea
university, did we not7 Yes, and what
! university. Here ere the great teacher
Of those things which endure.k And eacl
teacher has worked out his own problem
| himself. No one has taught him the rea
> knowledge which he possesses, he has beer
assisted to teach himself. But the law
E by which he has worked are not laws whicl
; have been manufactured or devised o
r planned. they have been discovered. Yol
know. don't you, that no one has eve.
) really invented anything which has no
2 been the result OF a discovery. First cam,
the discovery, the find" and then IN duI
course came the invention.
Think of ne words OF the great com
poser-invento r-discoverer. Beethoven. II,
tells us whence come the discoveries wher
he says; II well know that God is nearer
to me In my art than others. 1 commun5
with Him without fear; evermore have
Acknowledged and understood Him
In this University one can learn Theology
What professor OF theology In any OF
our temporary universities here can say
with confidence. Il have understood GodT'
Beethoven has the chair OF Theology.
In this university you can learn about
Sociology. The same master occupies both
the chair Of ThsolosZ and the chain Of
Sociology