Albuquerque citizen., 1908-05-04
BACCAlAUREATE TALK
TO UNIVERSITY
CLASS
Rev. Fletcher Cook Gives Good
Advice 10 Graduates Who
Leave Institution.

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| sball be.'-John: 3:2; was the wei
chosen subject on which Rev. Fletch-
er Cook, rector of st. Johns Episcopal
church spoke to the graduating class
of the University yesterday afternoon
at Elks' theater, in preaching the
baccalaurate sermon.
The four students who will receive
diplomas from the University this
years are: Miss Fleda Smith of Gal
up, n. M; Ralph Tascher of Chicago,
AlleL f. Kelleher and w. ID. Self of
Albuquerque. Each has finished a
complete university course and grad
uetes with honors. Despite the in
c,emtncy of the weather a large num-
ner of people turned out 10 hear Rev.
Cook speak. Several musical num-
hers by the Etude quartet were great
lv appropriated. Rev. Cook said in
part:
Life is more than a dream, a play.
a picnic, jolly time, a high school
course, a university career Life is a
mighty thing, serious reality, stu
pendous fact, never ending destiny.
Life is facing a storm at times
whose lightnings burn holes through
the sky. 1t is struggling against wind
and wave sometimes to make the port
It is manfully holding to the lines
while the steeds of passion are plung-
ing. Yes and it is the sweetest joy,
the finest possession, that an Infinite
could bestow. Life is what il is made
The aim makes the life. There is a
best self which is not seen, it is the
ideal self the noble self the hidden
self. 1t will not let us rest, but calls
and calls and we must obey Inten-
ton and desire-they are not the
same as the ideal. You mean to be
successful and desire to be-but the
aim is the measure of yourself. Good
Intentions count for nothing in life's
contcst-the veriest wag that ever let
his body go unwashed, meant well.
But the aim which drives forward the
effect to do and to achieve counts.
they never become driftwood in the
currents of life. The meanest money
maker that ever kept his soul in his
purse, such a soul is sordid His face
is vulgarized, his hand is cramped his
soul is squeezed up into littleness. and
every noble impulse within him is
burned to ashes
means charitable judgment, it means
gentle behavior, honor, Integrity, stur-
diness, usefulness, manliness, every
where. The ideal in life is a neces-
sity, the ideal man is the only prac-
ucai man. It's the ideal that makes
the gold run out uf the heart of the
mountain, that knts the continents
with steel for the sake of peace, that
enlightens the world with liberty. It
IS the ideal that shapes the destinies
Of nations, and forms the character
Of men. 1t is the ideal that makes
the throne of the ruler, and the min
Stry of the ruled alike divine. 1t is
the ideal that makes the march of hu-
man history glorious, and the toll of
tally life everlastingly immortal. Live
your lives i'm the realm of the ideal,
and the text will only give you a
glimpse of tn" shadow of your tran
splendeut future. After having said
shese two things aoout life--itS aim
and ideal divide my address into
tour divisions: Hopefu,n"ss, Despair,
Compromise and Peace"
After defining all these, Rev. Cook
closed his address with the following
mcditative thoughts:
Money does not make-it unmakes
men. Lincoln's life was one of pow
erty, but had Lincoln had money
there would have been no Lincoln.
treat men of every age have counted
Got the cost. If you strike the line
Of honor in any age, you will be
marching with men VINO took no
,hought Of self in their actions, Every
son Of God wrought While in the fire,
crew under trial, developed i'm the
flood and was crowned at the cross.
These are they whose memory voices
pc the bells which cali to praise and
glory.
Il summon you To do your share in
making this peaceful world, sn that
all the bells shall ring Peace when
all humanity shall have peace. BE
fun of courage, of youth; stay not in
the gloom of despair; suffer not your
manhood to be weakened with com
promise; and remember to act well
your part, with no thought of reward
A. much as in you lieth, be at peace