The sun., 1909-06-30
MCARREN TO THE BOYS.
Senator's Address 10 Graduates o tho
schoei He Attended when YounEstes.

Senat0rt Addrn1s 70 Graduates Of tho
School He Attended when YounEstes.
Senator P. H MoCarren OF Brooklyn
yesterday morning delivered tho address
to the boy graduates at Ins Uomrnon CO..
ment exercises In Public School ~. at
briggs avenue and North Fifth street, an
old landmark in the Fourteenth ward.
which he attended In his boyhood. and In
which he has always taken a warm in
terest. The boys gave the Senator q
rousing welcome and listened with keen
attention to his address. He said in part:
In all probability the great majority
Of you who graduate to-day from this old
school will have to depend upon suoh odu-
cation as 1t has given you to fight the
battle you will have TO engage In with the
world. A grammar school graduate 10
well equipped to take up his life work II
he receives no other scholastic training.
He can. II he will. build upon that founda-
ton knowledge that will leave him at NO
disadvantage with any one. but ho will
have to do the work himself. In other
words. he will have to educate hinssM.
sYou will have 10 hght hard for what
ever you attain. andit is better you should
know it now. The world with which you
will have to contend 10 eIantins. practical
and unsympathetio. 1t has no use for
dreamers except In 30 far 40 they afford
subjects OF ridiouls for the practical
Unless you accomplish something the
world commands you will be elbowed out
so to speak. Hyou lag you will be over
taken In any race in which you may COM
pete. IL you try TO account for your
failure the world has no ears for your
story; II only cares to listen to the victor.
Every successful man Ia the world has
followed the bent Of his nature, II you
spending your time at music. become q
musician II you must give all your stten-
ton to mechanism. become Z mechanic;
II you have an irresistible desire TO read
law books, become . lawyer; but what
ever you do try and And that which
you osn do best. Tho world 10 full Of
Sdoody na X. ard 9sa Is you oM older ., you
formanoe the human family u about
= per cent. ~ similar a. q brood Of
chickens there 10 very little difference
in our accomplishments. Itis only now and
then man does anything out Of the ordi
nary. and for the pan that succeeds In
doing consisting 6etter and Greater than
substantial reward ailurtne enough 70
cause him TO try and excel II you put .
squirrel and duck on The ground; ~ eoon
a. they see the light oe day the squirrvl
will climb the nearest tree and tho duck
win swim In the nearest pond. They
cannot help doing % nature oompeas
them.
The many college graduates that are
turned out every year with few exceptions
drop into the rut. A college diploma 10 no |
passport 10 distinction. 4 college cannot |
furnish man with brains. energy OF tact; |
these must be inherent You Will be told |
the world owes you living; you win |
you will get the sort Of living you
earn.
Wisely or unwisely nature has made
you physically and mentally superior to
the opposite sex; 1t is your duty at all |
times to protect woman under all ciroum-
stances.
Always bear in mind the fittest will
survive. Here In our city Snowman is
endeavoring to show the public how nearly
human a chimpanzee called Consul the
Great 10. The Snowman has presumably
selected the best chimpanxee he can hnd,
the law Of the survival Of the
Iittest; and he il not teaching the chin
panzee to initiate the lion or the dog, he II
bending every effort to make him initiate
nan, the greatest OF animals. II man h
he greatest animal, be OF the nttest Of the
race Of man and you will survive