Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-15

Special 20 n.ib Nss,
Canyon. Tex. May a. The com
mencement address at the West Tex
as State Normal. delivered here
yesterday by Judge ". H. Kimbrough
Of Amarillo. was deep In thought. pol
ished in style. forceful in delivery
and made a profound and lasting inn
preston.
The subject Of Judge Kimbrough =
address was The Self In Success anu
Happiness" his utterances, Ia sub
stance. being as follows
Among the universal objects Of
human aim and ondeayor are sue
cess and happiness Every normal
nan strives for success. Every hu-
man heart yearns for happiness Ia
every vocation those who follow Il
seek. over and above It's immediate
p, wards. that inlefnablo and irri-
descent fascination called success
Similarly through all the varied a.
tNitics OF men there run. often UNI
recognized. but ever present the hope
and purpose of finding or achieving
sometime somehow. somewhere
aloue the line Of struggle that real
Happiness for Whict the soul OF maN
forever yearns.
Yet. Il Is a lamentable and startling
laci that disappointment far more
often than otherwise rewards the eff
forts Of the multitudes that strive
and struggle for success aud happin.
ness
Life is ful OF paradoAes Men
lal for lack of earnest purpose and
strong cndeayor That is common
and easily understood. Put they also
bring wreck and ruin upon thci.
iondcst hopes and most cherished ann
billions by The very intensity OF their
purpose by very excess OF CouCcn-
tati0u and eNcrtion. So. Shakes
Near' thc greatest poet moralist OF
90 time mindful OF the common eN-
N.rienDpl has put into the mout' of
Cardinal Wolsey who declares that
be- had trod The ways O. glory am
sounded AN the depths aud shoals OF
honor t.at striking and OF quoted
op.tomc of human life that runs as
fullovs
This s rhc state OF man today DE-
puts forth
The tcnder leaves OF hope. torlr-
row blossoms.
Md bears his blushing donors mick
urou him
iIu u,>t day comes frost MI.
.ug frost.
Nnd when be- thinks. ccod easy
man. fun surely.
Ills greatness is a ripening nips his
shoot.
Md ron he falls
brt too much NAV be- Inferred
from shakespeare famous passage
These words do not describe the fail
IRE of one who has lived uprightly.
pursuing faithfully the path Of duty
and Of honor They are the mouth
mes Of a man OF brilliant parts. OF
high position and of vast activities.
who sacrificed all truth, LOYALTY and
great career -uTon the altar OF an
unholy, selfish and oyerweening am
bitiou WClsey missed 10th success
and happiness through a CONSUMING.
sordid ana inordinate selfishness. His
story Is studded with the names OF
men who have done likewise. The
records OF the past surely sho,, that
the mark OF TIE beast is set upon
the forehead u undue and unright.
eous selfishness ne men and wo-
men whose names shine upon the
pages OF history are those who have
IN some large way laid aside per
sonal and selfish ends and served
their coGntry or their kind. In pub
lie life II Is not he who is able 10
push himself forward into high pos.
Tons OF trust and honor that Is en-
Titled 70 be called great II is net
In the power of place or title &c con
Ter trde honor or renown. Rather Il
Is he who Yields the power Of high
position or great talents to advance
the good Of his fellow-citizcns or his
'eilowmen tfat has his name written
large In the annals OF the ages. Be-
rond doubt. II history teaches any
hing II teaches that usefulness and