Arizona republican., 1910-06-04


 capitulated in her uttermost retreats and richest strongholds. It was a work fitted only for the best and strongest. for those adventurous spir- Its whose hearts were attuned to the call of the wild: and they battled with it and conquered it-conquered it as only those could, who. single handed, flung challenge to the treach- erous Apache. the pitiless desert and the fatal touch of famine. Look back to the days when the pioneer strated west ito grow up with the country. As Robert G. Ingerson describes it. See the paths of the processionists covered with wagons. drawn by horses and oxen: of the men and boys and girls and of the fond moth CTS. and of the dogs following on. See the glimmer of the camp fires at night; see the travellers up with the sun leaving the perfume of coffee in the air. and sometimes leaving made grave for wife or child. Listen. and you will hear the cry of gold. See the many thousands crossing the great plains, climbing the mountains. pressing on to the shores of the great Pacific" And so they came. strong and clean in thought and purpose. For as they crossed the plains they dropped their prejudice on the way. Some people say that's what killed the grass.
 Before the commencement of work upon a great structure, there must always be a plan or model, the con ception of some master mind Char acter is always built upon model. as it is the greatest of all structures The nearer perfect the model. the more excellent the structure. The character of Arizona has it's model in the conception of God and Nature, and is revealed to us in the natural grandeur of our surroundings. The pioneer has started the foundations. laying them broad and deep, and well fitted to bear the noble edifice that shall hereafter rest securely upon them. But he is passing. He cannot finish the work; the most he can hope for is to see it we'll started. To those in life's prime, and to the younger generation. remains the task of rearing the fair superstructure of ArizOna's greatness as state That brings the responsibility home to these graduates; for in the great work of state building every resident of the state must share.
 The character of a state is the character of it's people Character, like a human being or plant. varies greatly with environment. Here all are most favorable for the high development of mental, moral and physical vigor. Here the same that promote physical we'll being also tend to improve one nor ally. That is. the pure, tonic air; the almost constant sunshine; the breadth. freedom and diversity of na- lures groundwork; the uplifting in- fluence of an existence where noun tains guard the nestling valleys and forests of tall pines breathe life-giv- ing balsam, invigorate mind. body and spirit Add to these the stimulus of rivalry, the desire to do and excel what others have done. together with the fact that the majority of our people have sprung from the best blood of the nation. and there is present every essential and every dlu NO ttit htNCAOfAhSAAN cA N whose people shall be of such char acter as will make them the eXem- plars of the whole American Union. Nothing is lacking save individual ef- fort and fidelity. Emerson says: "The land of freedom has failed to satisfy the reasonable expectations Of mankind" Emerson was too impa- tient The land of freedom had not then put it's best shoulder to the wheel. Westward the star of em- pire sets her course" Upon the vast stage where the mighty trial of free is being enacted, the leading character, whose name God grant. shall be Arizona. has not yet played her part. As the most i'm portant part of her preparation. she has reared these splendid institutions of learning that her sons and daugh- ters might be fitted to aid in the performance of her great work. And in these young men and women who have enjoyed the advantages of free she now repOses her i'm plicit faith. After years of trial and sacrifice and preparation, she awaits the word which bids her appear in the title role.
 You will not see her fail. Nay. you would not see her fall short jot or little of the mark of her high calling And if she should fall short. how in finiteIy less would you have the re- no matter how little. charged to you. Such plight as hers would then be recalls the quotation: 50 the struck eagle stretched upon the
 plain,
 No more the rolling clouds to soar
 again.
 Viewed his own feather in the fatal
 dart.
 Winging the shaft that quivered in his
 heart.
 Keen were his bangs. but keener far
 to feel
 He'd nursed the pinion that impelled
 the steel
 They do not fail her by failing in your own character. for as your char acter is good or bad. so is something added to or taken from the character
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