The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28

The Best Initial Day Oh Record
Strong Class Leaders This Year
The Address OF DR.. POteat, on the
Important Things in Life, Depicting
All Great Lives As Having Been
Purposefui Lives, With Aptitude
and Perseverance, Was Fine-Notes
Of the Conference.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Black Mountain, n. c., June 20
At the Southern Students Conference
the address of DR.. E. M. Poteat, presi-
dent of Furman University at Green
vile. S. c., was quite a feature. Tax
ing as the theme of his talk the sub
feet The Power OF Purpose he
very el~oquently and forcefully pointed
out to the crowd of student listeners,
the value and power and necessity OF
a purpose in life.
'The important thing in life" ne
said. lis to have a great aim, and the
the aptitude and perseverance to at
tain it. Decision is the vestlbule Of
and purpOSe fixes or sets it
self in determination. All great lives
have been purposeful lives, lives inl-
bued with some great aim toward
which they steadily progressed. A man
without a purpose is like a ship with
out a port It is not sailing but drift
ing. The difference is the same as
that between a bit Of d~riftWoo3,
tossed hithe1 and thither by the rest
less waves and at the mercy of each
passing breeze, and the great ocean
liner which. regardless OF the rnoul-
famous waves which roll about her
path. plows straight ahead on her
course until port is reached"
The Effect OF High Aims.
AS examples of some purpcseful
lives there Is Columbus who sailed on
and on and on. seeing nothing. hear
ing only the talk Of mutiny, but sail
ing each day westward on his course
till one day there lay discovered a
new continent And there was Cyrus
Field who purposed to connect this
continent with Europe by an ocean
cable. Time and time again he made
the attempt forty-nine times failing,
but the fiftieth time the cable was
fastened. and now Europe is just
across the street from US. Then there
is Edison. the Wright brothers. st.
Paul and scores upon scores of others,
who having had a definite purpose in
life, have lived useful lives and left
the world benefited.
But the supreme example Of a man
with a is Jesus of Nazareth,
whose whole existence was set forward
upon the basis Of the highest purpose.
<L2lu IL ID Il wiz C lAS n{pSt
attention and the closest following.
Seek First the Kingdom Of Heaven.
He summed up the who'll matter
when He said, Seek ye first the King
dom Of heaven and all these things
Will be added unto you"
The first working day Of the
eighteenth Southern Students Con-
ference found the four hundred dele
gates assigned to the various courses
ff obstruction, and hard at work.
HAT>~I- 80 ~ 5000
the conference and any {. the public
h may look upon lis gathering
of 7. M. c. A. men from the various
colleges Of the South as a summer
fro1ic has made a very great mistake.
Though much time each day is allotted
yet the serious. earnest work Of the
conference is the important thing and
the boys fully realize this.
Busy Daily Schedule of the Conference
The day starts at six In the morning
and there is something doing every
hour until the lights go out at ten in
the evening. Here is the daily
schedule:
GOO a. m.-Rising bell.
$50 to 700 a. m.-Morning
watch.
700 to 7:3o a. m.-Breakfast
so to S:5O-Bible classes.
900 to $50 a. m.-College con-
f~erences.
1000 to 1880 a, m.-Life work in
stitutes
400 to 1900 a.. m.-PIatform ad-
dresses.
100 to $50 p. m.-Dinner.
ZOO to $50 p. m.-Recreation.
600 to $50 p. m.-Supper.
TOO to 1850 p. m.-Life work ad-
dresses.
500 to 900 p. ND ission Study
classes.
9:45 p. m.-Warning bell.
1900 p. m.-Lights out.
Strong Glass Leaders This Year.
The leaders of the various classes
are this year particularly strong. the
cream of Southern ed having
been secured. DR.. E. NJ. Poteat presi-
dent of Furman University, has charge
of the ministerial institute. Mr.. S W.
McGin, State secretary Of the Y. M.