The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-23

found that the place had grown so |
much that he hardly knew it or him.
self. He paid glowing tribute to
the Magic City of Hattiesburg.~
He said that this wonderful college
had sprung up in nearly day to bless
the world. He took for his subject:
"Aim and Power, the Two Factors
of Life"
He said that his subject, properly
adjusted, we're the two halves OF, life
There must be aim; there must be
purpose.
The aim must be in a certain d.
rection-the purpose. must BE "a good
one. DR.. Holmes had said at is not
where you are, it's where you are 60
ing" He referred to the bright and
pretty faces in the audience. But the
ugliest boy or girl in the country II
going in the right direction, would be-
come beautiful. Faces should be
turned toward truth, righteousness
and honor.
II young man started out to court
two girls at the same time, hts ain
was not definite. He cannot win An
ME Smith by counting Nellie Jones.
He paid high compliment to the
young ladies'. He said that 1t was a
sad condition that sixteen girls to
one boy were being educated. He stat
ed this as a fact. Turning to Prof
Thames he asked, How many grad
yates have you this session."
Five" replied Prof. Thames.
How many young men in the
class?"
"One," replied Prof Thames.
We'll, that is better than usual" re-
piled the speaker
The speaker said it was open secret
that girls sometimes thought of mar
riage. He expected some in the audi
ence thought of sweethearts some
times. These girls should have edu-
Gated men for husbands He believed
in the old-fashioned idea of the hus-
band being the'head of the house.
Have an aim-be sure you have an
aim, but don't aim too high. Every
body cannot be president or gov
ernor. Make the aim according to
your ability, but make it high enough
to require all your energy in accom-
plishment. Power can't be trans
formed, but it can be adjusted and
the adjustment must be between the
thing desired and thing that con be
achieved. Let your tins be such as
you can and will accomplish. Aim to
be. the best that God. has given you
the p66Ver "a be, souI>tinaes The nos,
/ not hig h enough The a18 lei n 4 =
beautiful word picture of a visffs %
Niagara Falls and how the power
was going to waste and told how it
was now used to pull trolley cars and
for other useful purposes. OF all the
purposes you are going to perform
there are two-getting and giving. He
spoke of the pleasure of giving. He
said some people would declare "thc
world owes me living and am going
to have it," The world did not owe
him anything-he owed the world tx
make of himself the best man posi-
BILE.
Prof. Hardy. heartily endorsed al
methods of forestry preservation; tha
it was a duty people owed to future
.posterity.
The greatest men of all are the
servants of all. Not the big pay roll
but he who is serving all. The Mas
ter, at the last supper, bathed his dis
ciples feet and this was to show then
trait He was the servant of all.
He spoke of many other importan
matters and said he hoped the da.
would soon dawn when every Twelfth
white man and woman could real
and write. He did believe in evolution
as held by some, He did not believ'
y that man evoluted from tadpoles. Coz
y never created man in this way, but h,
believed in eyoluting the best that wa
in us. The acorn evoluted to a gian
tree, the grain Of corn to the full
: grown stalk, the cotton seed to tn
n. cotton stalk; boys and girls to nobl
lie manhood and womanhood. Be the bes
10 and all for God.
l. Prof Hardy was greeted with
1t great deal of applause. 1t was a gre;
: speech that fell from the lips of
y great orator,