Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-14

/ the graduation class OF l'll-lE, let
me call your attention TO the Three
Gs. which ! hope you will never for.
get They are as follows: Grit. Get.
IGumption Without these, youny
men, you may become proficient,
agents Of the city. 10 press bricks Oh
the streets and warm the curhstones
with the lover extrmities Of your
coats. but YOU VIII never become dis.
tineulshed n you spend your time
/ holding curbstOn etlckets. Young Ia
dies. n you give more than one-half
OF your time % artificial show. you
/ VIII also miss the great realtes Of
'fe You must have first grit. that
means 20 assert yourselves Second
get. that means drive ahead Third.
lgumption TO choose between the ex-
pedient. the right and the wrong a.
every question To look out. not
IN look uD. not down. look forward.
not back and 70 lend a hand Grit
means determinatiCl Witness Ma.
poleon crying. There shall be no
Alps, and sDurred his legiCns across
Grit means conviction " illness Co.
lumbus crossing the Atlantic in a
leaky vessel discovering this beaut.
ful new world Grt means self as
sertion, not cheek or effrontory. D.
the gall that some OF our young men
possess u Is stron genoueh IN many
Instances 10 stand off q whole min.
strcl troupe and bring blrsh o.
shame 10 the check OF a life insur.
ance agent Some boys. none If you.
OF course, have brass enough 10 start
n bell foundry No. grit means cour
age and not effrontery II means 70
bosomebody II means 20 be a mani
man or a womanly woman DO not
allow another 10 rob YOU Of volr
laurels You want 10 know al an
times what YOU are. and What YOU
are about, and 10 level headed AZ
every turn OF the road
Get in the language % the street
means get-up-at d-get. There are
many kinds of get in the world: Get
aheda. 2et-along. get-among. pet-bo-
fore, Ret-below. get-awake. get-asleep.
get-back. eet-between. get-drunk. get
sober, get-causht. get-licked get-up
Set-down, get-married. and worst OF
all get-left. Get means TO push things
u means success "a success thai
means character You cannot reach
oven temporary success with a char.
acter as loose as M0ther-Hubbar5
dress. Third G Gumptlon an old
Anglo-SaXon word which means com
mon sense. Common sense Is nos
sibly She most uncommon thing IN
INC world Gumptiou is that mower
which enables us 20 steer between
/ lhppancy on the one hand and lone.
laced sobrioty on the other Yo1 win
neevr win n Won lonqthen ont vopr
race like q dinner hor nand look as
sober rs an owl N You 20 cacklio.
over q goose fable that will also rfrse
that YOU lack sumption YoupA \.
dies, Vt viii ever remain bea,yAtls
tribute TO womanhcod that the men
on the sinking Titanic Granted you
the privilege Of life. while they -.
iectcd death but II the cry for WON
ans rights shall be pressed 10 sue.
cessinl issue and the gentler sex en-
trenches herself rs the business
equal of her brother. this scene of
fchiyalry and bravery may never We
repeated in human history"
Getting through succession n
strong and telling points. replote
with sound advice and perfect adam
liability. Or Robinson led % his close
cmbodying the following expressions
Tn the periods which have been
most hliehtod drifts Of Conmonplace
'or blasted hy wastes OF weakness. or
marched by hated wickoinese one
great man appearirg. has been IN
siantly recognized by grateful mul.
itudes as a shadow a hiding
place from the winds ard a covert
from the tempests, as rivers OF water
In n dry place as the shadow OF
great rock In weary and Would
That az least one such great man
might rise from among YOU. whom
the Amarillo High SCHOOL sends
forth TODAY Would that tho great
God might anoint each one 81 Won
for some such high service. in your
time. The multitude waits for lead.
orship-they wait for one TO 70 be-
fore them, who in the secret places
Of the Most High has been touched
by unear,hly influences and who
walks thenceforth. with the strensth
of the life that is hi with Chm.
in God
i cannot trutfullv say To you tina,
sucn life is easy ] can say /, Is
safe. Before 1t goes the pillar of
cloud by day and the pillar OF fire
by night Angels encamp round
about IL. ! may say OF Il what one
said who perceived that II he did not
illustrate II in his own life. the beau
tiful Christian herosm when he drew
its picture full length IN the charac-
ter of Mordaunt. and over its fair
form broke forth in these rapturous
words: Whatever be It's creed. what
ever he its sect, from whatever seq
mont OF the globe It's prisons arise
virtue is Gods empire. and from his
throne OF thrones. h. win defend I,