White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-09

in most cases not sufficient to SO
train the mind as to assure its
proper development. If you should
be so fortunate as to be able to go to
college, try to remember the value OF
acquiring the habit of mental work.
This however, should not be done
at the expense of your physical well
fare. A healthy body is very essen
tial to good mental work. Your
body is the machine through which
you work and you should be careful
to keep that machine in good repair.
Take the time therefore to give
your body the work which 1t needs
for its development, but remember
always that the body exists for the
mind and not the mind for the
body.
| am told that some of YOU will
not be able to go to college, but that
you intend keeping on with your
work here in the commercial de-
partment. That is good. 1t is not
as good as college. but it is yalu-
able. You will acquire much that
will be servieeable in the worlds
work, but above this it will increase
the chance that you will keep your
minds busy.
l wish to admonish all of you. and
particularly those of you for whom
tonight marks the end of school life,
TO ever bear in mind that education
does not end with the school. All
of life is a process of education.
You will have many hard lessons in
your lives and by no means all of
them from books. But do not
abandon your books. II you have
not acquired the habit of mental in
dustry in school try to acquire it
afterwards. To most really edueat-
ed men the school merely points the
way to the full development of the
mind. Try TO keep up some study.
Read some novels il you must. but
do not let them interfere with regu-
lar serious reading. l read some
where the other day the question:
What has become of the old dime
novel;" and the answer was: 1T
has gone up to a dollar and a half"
And this is not so very far from the
truth as TO a great many of the
modern novels. The occasional
reading of good novels is not to be
condemned; but the practice of
reading them is a waste of time and
a dissipation of the mind. which is
inclined to indispose it to reading
which requires mental effort.
As you go forth into the world,
you will find many pleasures. Take
the healthful pleasures as they come.
They are good. But do not
sacrifice your work to them.
You will also find much drudgery
and much that is unpleasant. No
matter what line of work you take
up you will not escape the drudgery.
But | hope that you will not attempt
to shirk the details and the druggery
because they are unpleasant, but that
you will take them up earnestly and
eheerfully. That way lies the road
to success. | remember hearing a
story told by a man who has won
great distinction in this life.
He said that among the United
States troops which encamp-
ed in Florida. awaiting orders to
move to Cuba, after the Spanish
American wal had been declared,
there were man y young men of
wealthy families who had patriot
cally volunteered. Most of them
had enlisted with the idea common
to many that the life of a soldier
consisted in fighting when he
was not on parade. and expected to
be Immediately turned loose on the
Spaniards. They were surprised TO
find much mental and disagree
able work in the camp life of a
soldier. A disease broke out among
the horses and many of them died.
To preserve the health of the camp,
they had to be buried and the soldiers
of course had TO bury them. One
of the young men made bold to go
! the colonel of his regiment and pro-
test. Said he: II enlisted in this
war to fight the Spaniards and / am
willing and anxious to do my share