Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-10
uFrom Fridays pauO

facing and beginning life the life of the great world out from the shcl'cr. ing protection which their school days have given, eight young women and mes rsc"ivcl thcir diplomas at the an. 1u,l commencement exercises of the Prescott High school held last cvcn,ng 1t ta~ Elks' thratcr, and with the clos ing of ,hr week these same young folk win lraNc their school days behind tb~m, whiH each will fare forth. fgu. rstivciv speaking, Co gain a broader kns~lr.lgc of the world and life. tor vhirh during the last few wears they hs~ ls-cn fitting themselves.
 IT. occasion was an suspicious one esd ~hile realizing its importance to n certain extent it is doubtful if the Soasg men and women fully appreciat. -d Sow gr'at was tbc broad vista of ' Enosslgr lying before them and yet to b~ mastered. until last night. When sh"y had entered the high school. With a fooT war course of study outlined hefor~ them. the height of knowledge then Esyhap seemed Co lie within that duration of time. With each step gain. cd and with each days progression. thrir aims grew higher, until last night. wA-1 they had reached the completion of tA" High school course, each realized that there were yet greater heights of knoNhdgr Co be climbed and listen ing io Inc splendid address of Rev. Os Villc Goats of Phoenix. determined tn rnak. hi~ subject their aspiration. '' Shooting >tars.' in other words a- Interpreted by the speaker. aiming at Inc hSzyb"si and striving for the best.
 Tae evenings program was opened with TWO selections by the Smith .Eman. n-l orchestra. The invocation was giv. -n by Rev. Francis Walker and was foiloaed ly a vocal selection, Molly. ' bv Woolnrr, rendered by the Mountain 0ity pusriettc. Rev. Orvillc Coats. The speaker of the evening. followed next. ih spoke in part as follows:
 -'l may partially define my subject by saying that Shooting stars Is the on,iih~Sis of muck raking' Aim at fse stars though your spent bullet fall to oArth at last. Aim high Live for son-thing worth whilcl This Is tnc shourhi bring to you tonight. Tn . country where the caribou and the porily moose invite the hunter he would h" poor sportsman who would Snstc ammunition on chipmunks and SparDNs. Grizzly bear and mountain lion are worthy game Theodore Roo S"veli himself being witness but wac would think of throwing away his powder on g0phcrs and mountain rats WheI such wild beasts were in sightl Yet shis is just what multitudes are doing today. Life is too short to be wasted on insignificant objects. lis possibilities are too rich to bc neglect. ed through shor'Sgbtcdncss ar indo- t.nce. Low aim or nimlcssncss. incon. -equent ambition, fri,tercd lives, vast cd strength and talent, this is, in brief. ras life story of far too many who were capable of better things. There ss nothing morr pathetic than wasted fife We are living in the golden age ',f congratulated opportunity. I am not sorry that l am grandfather, for that fsxs ats gratifying oompensations, but ! nm glad that [ was not my grandfath sr sioing ont with rifle in one hani oadl an axe in the other 'a conquer the wilderness, building log house for ais Nrrng bride and carrying his grist 'tg's journey to the mill on horseback; hvug on coarse fare, dressed in homc> sspsn garments it was q hard and mar. r0s life. When I look around me and S.o6, rast the conditions in which we are k,vGg with those days 1t s,irs my pulses and makes every nerve ung.o.
 The popular ideals of success do aot appeal Co me and I trust will not tempt you. The saRc is money mad. Men and women are selling their souls ana their bodies for spot cash. What IS Sucecssf Certainly it is not the gilded bubble which No many are in. >aney pursuing. To cultivate my pow ~rs to the highest possible point; to make full and wise use of my oppor- tunities ;to stand for the right against Shc wrong; io keep myself pure in Thought word and deed; Co he a help and not hindranGc; to bring smiles rather than tears, hope rather than dcs. pair io other hearts: Co leave an nm. farnlsh"d record and lie down at last and W missed--this is success This ss sucr>'ss on a higher level than the p0pnlar ideal. lt takes indeed no ac. "onnt of ',chcs, of high position, of worldly and selfish pleasures. It de.