Arizona republican., 1911-06-02
16 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY JUNE

| ing tO do thing, that you mus start right in and do it. You don have to do things that way Ther, are times. for instance. when v1une men call on young women. and tt, quaking of their hearts tells them that they must sooner or later ask the great question. But they don't have
 to do it immediately. Not by any means. Love comes before marriage
 and education comes before the great achievements of life. Preparation
 that is the thing. l remember some
 years ago when I had the pleasure
 of serving as pastor of a college
 church where there were in the
 neighborhood of three hundred stu
 dents there was a young man in
 the college who planned to be a
 lawyer. It was his only ambition
 He studied law. he dreamed about if.
 He never lost an opportunity to pre-
 pare himself in debate and oratorv.
 and as a result at the end of his
 course he had increased his eff
 ciency eight points above that of his
 fellow students, many of whom were
 no less brilliant than himself. As d result, when he went to his life work.
 he was ready. He was prepared
 What is the goal? Will you enter life without a goal? Will you be a derelict on the great ocean of life? A derelict is a ship that sails without a captain on board. and without a crew to manage it. It comes from no port, and it sails toward no destina tion. There are more than one thou sand derelicts on the great ocean. I have no doubt there are one million derelicts on the great ocean of life. Will you be a derelict?
 As an example of a man who pressed on to the complete realization of his ambition I want to tell vou about Pullman, the man who made the present sleeping car possible. He was a boy of fifteen or thereabouts at the time of his fathers death. and he had his own way to make. But he had one absorbing ambition. He had an ambition to manufacture sleeping car. and he began The first car was rough. crude. uncomfortable coach, but he kept on. and he evolved another and another Finally the present magnificent cars were per fected, and they will endure as last ing monument to the perseverance of that one man
 50 I advise you to Get some where But in your choice of pro- fession. try to select something that you can work at with your whole, heart. something in which you can lose yourself, in which you can ab- sorb all your ambition. When one at tempts 10 climb q high mountain or to drive a boat mp stream against q swift current mighty power is re- quired. and the only man who sue cecds. the only man who accompIishes his ambition, is the man who pushes with all his heart and strength Itl makes no difference how great mans ability he rarely succeeds m- less he likes his employment Don't l enter law unless you feel you can't | stay out l am quoting when I say Ina {. and perhaps it may be consid- l cred extreme. but I mean that unless ! . man is willing to subserviate every i hing to his profession. to absorb his | every thought in it, and to work at ! [ with all his heart and mind. he had ! better not enter it at all"
 Rev Mir. Deere concluded his ad- iress by stating his confidence in The .apability of the graduates. and he | Irged them to use their powers Of intellect to climb into the high posi- | ions they were meant to fill. His i emarks were heartily applauded.
 After the address of the evening. Wilbur Fiske. a young musician of the chool played cornet solo. The lumber he selected was exceedingly difficult and was rendered in man. Ter which indicated the possession f unusual talent.
 The diplomas Were presented by pr. Z. D. Dameron, who made brief ak in which he indorsed the remarks fl Rev. Deere. and declared his be- ief in the future of the scholars < efore him. He said: |
 As I look at the graduating class |, efore me. l think I can see Arizona's lrst senator. At the rate at which ongress is going at present you will ,' ave plenty of time to reach the roper age. before the election takes lace. I can see one governor. sev- ral lawyers, two or three doctors nd several ministers. Also q district ttorneN or two. And I am sure the oung ladies will be worthy wives for II these famous men"
 Dr. Dameron concluded his remarks y reciting the famous lines from  So live that when thy summons
 comes j Q join the innumerable caravan
 hat moves to that Mysterious realm Where each shall take his chamber C the silent halls of death. . hou go not. like the quarry slave at
 night. to his dungeon. but sus-
 tained and soothed y an unfaltering trust. approach thy
 grave
 ike one who wraps the draner,. of!
 his couch
 bout him. and lies down to pleasant
 dreams"
 After the distribution of tba di- L Iomas the class sang d closing sons, ltitled "BarcarOlla.' bv Offenb,cb 1d the curtain fell on the most suc- -sslul closing exercises the Phoenix Iblic schools have ever had
 The following pupils made mn tba C ass roll. Ealph McLain Brown. Laura Marie g Lester DeMund. Bertha a lchenbroner. Aileeh Gang. Edna Gray [ imes Harold Glore. Lena Hogbe iI loNd Francis Jones. Lawrence I[i,,