Gunnison news-champion., 1912-05-31

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tkss ns. Ssesensoa threw dosa the
GssnsIst 70 the people whe sse cred
stsG With 6ghtlnE the eosssnusses
81 the Gsanison Normal. They sss
ss'd ~ he people whosr position
sLosld induce the opposite fssl,ae
II sentlneat.
Mr.. Stevenson said the Normal
school wss nssrer the people than
any other school Of higher edScst,oa.
The Grsdsssss ere chsresd With
great responsibilities. As teachers
they must inculcste respect for lsw
and osdes. for the better thiaHs of
lrse-s high sense Of leyslty and
pstriotis&.
Addssssing dirsctly the menbers
Of the clsss, Mr. Stevenson said:
Each one tsels he hes the whole
Of trsth, and that his wsy, If mot the
oaly ose, V the best say Putting
ssids the ego, understanding shst
the osAer fellows way is ~ good aad
perhaps better. ct lesst weighing
too OF half dozen ways impsrsislly,
choosing that which 10 good, select
ing, arranging, making aew combi-
nstions-if in middle life oil soes
we'll, and earlier II ell goes ill-we
pssch soesshsr . philosophy
I'VE rsmember reading that -
loaa - ve dssise ve ssfler; thst 70
avoid ssfssing We msst not desire.
In other words: What's the good Of
anything? NothingP That ! know
would not satisfy most Of YOU. You
desire everything and mean to have
it so. But a. philosophy is very
grown up word, and seems to take
all the ginger out of life, ! dismiss il
from my advise to the young; and
recommend it only as a consolation
for age
"When you are old and dissatis-
fed. You may feel the need Of
philosophy. But in the meantime,
as a substitute, ! recommend the
seLse Of humor. Perhaps, it is Use
less to recommend a thing that must
be inborn. Or perhaps, the faculty
of this Normal School have % i'm
pressed you with what q great God
given thing . sense a hamor 10, that
yoa don't need advice on that subject.
At any rate, the habit of not tax ing
ourselves too seriously is certainly
worth csltivating. A serious effort
to work and 10 attain name and fame
does not lsssen cheerful disposition.
Get ell the pleasures you can
from life. Do not miss any that
have not evil consequences. Don't
permit yourselves to grow old, and
find yourself complaining Of what
you might have been Life is like
swimming. The man who struggles
snxiously sinks as the result Of his
anxiety; while he who strikes out
buoyantly. confidently and hopefully,
glides ON the surface as safely as
truth in the heart of friend.
"You are about toexchange school
for a life of snsupervised effort.
Great duties are before you You
owe them not only to those who
have made your field Of labor a
pleasant one, but to those whom YOU
are to 60 out and help educate, and
also to those who will come after
you, that they may start where your
lives close and better the heritage
that YOU have transmitted to them
I Your life will not be all ease, har-
mony and steady progress II 1T is,
YOU will not succeed. 1t is on the
stepping stones of your dead selves
IL -. L.l~x 81