Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-06-20
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lay aside envirpnmental prejudices
and see things from the standpoint of
others. The problems to be met are
world problems and we need to meet
them with open mind.
3. Another essential of adjustment
to the changing order is the cultured
mind. Perhaps you will not go to
college. That should not mean that
training ceases. Your preparation
should continue. There used to be
complaint that many Indians trained
in the government schools went back
to Indian dress and the old life. The
training which had cost so much was
unused. There are some who go out
from our schools and in a few years
give no evidence that they had such
preparation. The mind is to be cul-
tivated by hard thinking, by hard
work, by experience, in order that it
may perform that service to the
world for which it has already had
some preparation. Not so very long
ago in our country man though IL
literate, might win comparative sue
cess. | have known such individuals
But that time has passed. The state
is training its children because it is
well known that thereby their value
to the state is greatly increased. One
of the marks of these changing times
is the absolute necessity of adequate
mental training if one would fill a
worthy place in the life of the world
For continued success the athlete
must keep his body in training; it is
just as essential that the useful citi-
zen should continue to cultivate his
mind
A. Again, the adjustment to the
changing order is to be successfully
accomplished by a worthy ambition
There are splendid opportunities for
usefulness in these times in the great
world. In Elihu Burrit's famous story
of The Natural Bridge of Virginia
he shows a boy eager to write his
name as high as the name Of Wash
ington, that being the highest inscrip-
ton on the rock bridge. Having done
that he was not satisfied he wanted
to cut his name still higher and he
succeeded. though his enterprise
proved dangerous and almost disas-
trous There are many great names
of men and women who served their
generation well, whose record should
spur us on to write our names in
high places. A young man Of nine
teen years told me few weeks ago
that he had decided to become a for
eign missionary because he believed
that in such work his life would count
the most. When one seeks for the
place where his life will count the
most, we are sure he has worthy
ambition. In the great world there
are great places to fill, and it is not
presumption for you to desire such
places 1t is. in fact your duty to
yourself and to the world to endeavor
to fill as high place as possible.
g. Finally. the changing order needs
character there was never an age
that did not need that. and, until you
give character the first place in your
life, you can in no real sense adjust
yourselves to the changing order.
When the subjects of England on this
side of the Atlantic began to writhe
under the oppression of the mother
country and reluctantly turned their
faces to a new order, an independent
nation, their strongest asset was not
their might on sea and land. nor was
it the assistance of Britain's ancient
foe hut ~ Nvae the eter1iuo cha racter
of the leader raised UP for those
changing times. George Washington.
When the conscience of the nation