The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-01
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form. A perfect cube, symmetrical in
angles, curves, planes and eiges.
Now, by way of experiment, marx up.
on one or more of the planes OF that
fine cube with an indelible ink, and
rut il back into the brine. AS thc
matter grows, by another test You
win find that more and more of the
silt will evaporate. and that tiny
cube will grow big. 1t may become
a bexagon, measuring many inches
along the edges, and If you will look
cal efully, perchance you will see on
the inside the very marks you made
upon the planes Of the cube. The
little cube has grown big D7 acre
iton. It has grown up, but not one
whit more nearly perfect than 1t was
as tiny cube. That is growth. Now.
mark you the contrast. A seed fails
into fertile earth; It sends down n
tiny rootlet and sends upward a tiny
stem. Follow the miracle. The stem
becomes a trunk, the trunk puts forth
branches with twigs and leaves; and
all that time there is the rootlet push.
ing it's way into the earth. The root
divides and ramifies; the branches in
crease and multiply and in time
there stands the stately tree. True,
the seed has disappeared, but In
place of that one seed, there are now
thousands, each one a unity OF life,
each one Of them capable of produc-
ing another generation and perpetual
ing the glorious species. Even the
growth of the tree we regard as
wonderful. DO you know how that
was done, by what means those tiny
rootlets imbibes the juices OF the
earth, and the leaves drink in the
gases of the atmosphere? But when
that leaf carries with-it the power OF
perpetuation, the miracle becomes
even greater. The one was an III.
stance Of growth; the other, OF de-
yelopment. And development Is SUI
perior to growth, for 1t applies 10
living things, to organized entities.
Some men grow, and others develop.
Some men acquire bigness, and others
achieve greatness, then by their
field OF action. Choose you which
shall be your course.
Institutions that are founded for
good partake of the living nature and
develop. For mark you, goodness Is
greatness, and every good man Is
great in proportion to his devotion To
his unselfish altruism, to his desire
TO serve his fellows.
congratulate you, graduate friend'
upon the facilities that you have en-
joyed. You know in every age there
is manifest the influence of certain
predominating spirit, called the spirit
of the times, and the education that Ii
needed today Is that which is bes'
adapted to the times, that which II
imbued with the spirit of the times
II must be up to date, down to date -
practical am not one OF those wh'
decry the study of the classics, no
the investigation of the history Z
bye gone times. On the contrary,
believe it necessary to a liberal edu
cation. that a fair share of the tim
shall be given to the humanities. Bu
the knowledge of the past is no
enough. We are not living in ~
past, for the education of the past
not fitting to the needs of today An
we have reason to rejoice that Tn
educational institutions are organize
and permitted and founded to suit tn
needs of the times, to prepare us
meet the problems of the preser
day. Practical education, that is th
education of the twentieth centur!
The past is useful to US in that
teaches us the better how to live
the present, valuable because OF tn
lessons which it contains. Neverth
less the past is past.
There are great many reason
why you should be earnest and enc
getic as you go forward to engage
the practical affairs of life, reason
that could be grouped under the col
prehensive term gratitude" Do ye
know what others have done that W
and may enjoy the advantages
the present day? Do you recs
to mind all the sufferings that ha'
been endured? What sacrifices ha'
been made in preparing the faciliti
which now are in such plentitud
When a great architect conceives Il
idea of a splendid building, whit
perhaps, he has spiritually created