Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-09

llldt 5llltS the galaxy OF our pre-
oil identai sky never received ar
training beyond the meager advaT
tages offered by the rude log hi
Of the forest.
Every generation Of men has il
+ own problems arising from the cor
> iii rs and circumstances of tn
# time. These conditions and circm
u stances may be a consequence call
20 upon men BY themselves 0
n tnty may have their root IN ex
e traneOus causes. 1t matters moi
e Their solution for the creates
a good 10 The greatest number ha
= called into requisitiOn the wises
h and most staleSmanlike talent 0
Q the age. What would The Englisi
E people have done without the el
/ der Pitt, whose broad views o
/ great international questions pre-
q pared them for The epoch OF Tn,
French Revolution followed as il
was b. the rise 10 power and po-
liticai leadership Of Napoleon Bon
aparte. The little Corsiean saw
his star Of destiny rise higher ano
higher toward The zenith Of Euro
peau politics. Coalition and league
were formed 10 clip the wings OF
I his arrogant prelentlOns. These
hurled their armies against this
seemingly invulnerable giant only
10 see them utterly destroyed and
themselves helpless before his VIC
tori0us levys.
AZ last the English people were
M self defence compelled TO en-
ter the arena. Under the leader
ship Of Sir Arthur Wellesley, after
ward Duke Of Wellington, and
Lord Nelson, they fought the lion
Of France. bringing him TO bay at
Waterloo. Nelson and Wellington,
though they were the chief actors
IN the last drama, get The plot
was that Of The man who in an earl
Ter age saw the storm must come
and prepared his people TO meet
it, Their final victory was his
triumph. Each epoch of our own
history has needed the vision OF
It's greatest men.
The problems confronting the
age has exacted the utmost wis
dom and effort OF each player
The Revolutionary and Constitution
al periods brought the talents Of al
Washington. Monroe uttered thel
slogan Of perpetual freedom of
European politics. Abraham Lin
coin issued the Emancipation Proc
lamatiOn. Theodore Roosevelt has
preached the doctrine of the
Square Deal The cry Of our pres /
ent age is efficiency. The industfi-
al and mechanical arts demand ac-
celebrated skill and added dexter
lty 10 keep pace with the evolu-
ton Of mechanical process.
The testimony of superior tai
enl IN every phase of endeayOr
Is genius for hard, unremitting
toll. Many boy, aye and man
too, has been severely questioned
rs TO his fitness for the task in
hand, because his appearance did
not promise successes, yet who won
for the reason that he
possessed the talent for hard
work. Said James A. Garfield, ''if
Ihe ability to toll terribly is not
genius, then it is the next best
hing 10 t.
Idaho is not behind any State in
he Union in providing means for i,
he training of it's future citizen
hip. The call of her wonderful
'esOurces is upon her The State
las set for its task the care of
very child in its early training.
1he pioneers who first dreamed
II laying the foundation of empire
n the somber solitude of our il
irritable sage brush heard the
till voice of the future saying:
'ring me men 10 match my noun
tains.
iring me men TO match my plains,
len with empires in their purpose
md new eras in their brain.
Man has journeyed from his
radle in Asia always with his
ace TO the westward. His mind
as sought to solve the mystery of
he setting sun. The evening ray
as beckoned to his halting feet.
lbraham left his fathers house
nd iowneyed westward thOus-
nd miles mot knowing wither he
ient" 10 find God. The spirit of
rogrcss has always shod the feet
I The westward track. Those
eople who have turned aside have
ne and all been lost in the
Oughs of stagnalion and death
Why this is SO we do not know.
ut this we 10 know That II is a
nth hearing the seal of the Crea-
,r Now We stand upon the
loreS of the last west. The waves
T the Pacific thunder in deep dia-
ason notes This west is the
St " The first four acts already
assed the fifth shall close the
rama of the day Here we are
NV opening the fifth and last
avn Of the day. Shall the last
3 times noblest offsprmg2
Graduates of the High school u
MS prophecy is upon you. thou
ighteSl 20 forth and war good
arfare." Tonight by this service
MS school offers you its bene-
elton and bids YOU God speed in
the larger school Of life 10 which
M now matricIlate. These teach
S have lahored faithfully to lead
'ur minds and hearts along the
'oad highway Of truth; they have
lxiously sought to impress upon
"a the duty. no the necessity of
II deviating from the way Of
CHIT Their voices have ring
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