The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-01

ton walls; for we'll he knows that
whatever shall be the work afterward
to come in the erection of the walls
and in the construction of the house
the rear towers, the cables, the fine
interior work, decorative embellish'
ment, all this shall be of naught If
the foundation be at fault. And when
the great Architect saw in His and
created therein this mighty common.
wealth in the desert of the West,
when He planned, among other things.
this institution, He looked for men
and women at that time fit for the
foundation work, those who could be
tvusted not to put one faulty block
in the walls, men who needed no
over-seers and men who were not
slaves. but master workmen of the
highest order, and men and women,
class, whose worth Is above rubies-
and He found them. 1t would seem,
indeed, that among the pioneers who
came hitherto, there was a dispropor-
tionate number of great men and
women, and perhaps that might Ue
explained by the fact that none by
the truly great and earnest and noble
attempted that supendous sacrifice.
Nothing can surpass the achievements
of those who went before us, and
those who builded what here we
have. They expect of you much, and
they have a right to expect it. for
they have planned and sacrificed,
and what they builded was builded
even better than they understood and
knew.
] realize the greatness OF this hour,
the deep meaning Of the occasion 10
you. 1t Is the time to which you
have been looking through the years,
the occasion for which you have been
striving. You are entitled to your
triumph. need not preach to you
the gospel of work, for your achieve
ments and present status show that
you have all been converted thereto,
and better still, perhaps, that you
have been schooled and trained In
the faith of that glorious gospel; for
the need of effort and industry is one
of the distinguishing features of this
present range. impelling spirit of the
times. There is nothing in the
world today for the lazy man. Lazi
ness has come to be looked upon AS
a disease, and contagious disease a,
that. 1t is wondrously catching.
would not be surprised that IL in the
development of our institutions of the
future, | shall not find an enactment
in the laws of the State requiring {
yellow placard to be attached to tn,
back of every lazy man, see me from
distance, and take heed and keel
away" II is worse than the lepros.
of the past, and the leper was mark
ed, and was required to cry out, "un
clean, unclean," as others approached
The lazy man is out of harmony will
the times. He is not at home. He Il
generally stunned.
The people of today are generall
hopeful, but there are some still VIII
are deploring the passing of the goo
old days. They are not up to date
they are acting contrary to the spiri
of the times. There have been OF
old days In the past, but never sine
the world was made has mankin
seen a better age or era than that I
which we are privileged to live; neve
was there a better time for student
to enter and pass through and gradl
ate from this school of mortal e!
istence. Spend not too much time /
deploring what has gone, nor spen
your time idly dreaming of the tins
that are to come. There is goo
] time coming, but there is a good tin
? here, and We are living In a mary, ,ol
: day Of development, day OF won
rous things, the most meager outliT
5 and description of which would ha,
= teen secuted as the dream of ma
a man had 1t been put forth few d
3 oades ago.
+ We hear much OF conservatism.
u the saving of that which has bee
u wasted, and OF the outstanding of Il
4 resources, of the proper administr
u ton of the forces that are all abo
e us another characteristic OF the spi
e II of the times, strict obedience
8 which shall make all men more al
? more valuable, more and more pr
Q cious, until in time he shall be ev,
n unto his fellows, more precious this
t. gold" And more and more OF