Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-06-20

morrow you and those like you
who are finishing high school or
college purse must take the places
of the men and women who are dor
ing the work of the world today.
The world is a great beehive of
industry and progress. In that hive
you are to be either a worker or a
drone. Duty demands that you be
workers. You cannot avoid your
responsibility without justly de-
serving the contempt Of your fell
lows. A great trust is placed in
your hands. Your responsibility is
that of trustees. That which has
been given to you in trust you are
to transmit unimpaired to the gen.
Grafton hat is to follow you. But
this is hot all. The generation
that is to follow you is entitled to
demand something more than that
which you received when you as
sumed to administer the affairs of
the world.
Great as has been the accomplish
ment of men and women in the past
the millennium is a long way in the
future. There are big problems
yet to be solved, bigger problems
perhaps than ever have been solved
We are just beginning to appreci-
ate that government itself is a
science which is only imperfectly
understood. The waste in the adj
ministration of governmental af-
fairs is tremendous. The resDon-
sibility is upon the schools, colleges
and women of the present and fu-
ture how to reduce that waste 10 q
minimum. There are great social
and racial problems yet to be soIv-
ed. Think of the fact that the ma
tional and state governments spend
annually more money in dealing
with the great crime problem than
in all the work of charity, educa-
ton and religion; a problem in
which environment and hereidity
play so large a part aud which we
have hardly made a beginning to
make a scientific study of.
There is the great social problem
yet TO be solved of the equitable
distribution of wealth. In every
department of science great as have
been the achievements thus far at
tanned, the beginning has but just
been made II may be within your
lives that science will have found
a method of separating gold from
ore which will be so simple and
cheap that gold now so precious
will no longer be suitable as the
basis of The money of the world and
another great financial problem
will require your brains to helm
solve.
1t has long been said that the
mar who made two blades OF grass
grow where only one grew before
was a bencfactor Of humanity.
Agriculture is now being reduced
to a science and that science i. not
only making two but a dozen
blades grow where only one grew
before.
The world was never before max
ing such Il call for service as it is
now Each Of you have a particular
niche to fill in this great world Of
yours. With whatever talents you
have been 10y the Almighty endow-
ed the call is for you to apply those
talents to the service of your fell
lows.
There is a great big work to be
done in the future by the young
men and mn Of today. It is
your duty to prepare yourselves by
obtaining the best education in
your power so that you may do
your full part when the time
comes for you 20 assume the burd-
n and responsibilities that Of nec-
essity must be shifted to your
shoulders. You must not be d~iscour-
aged if hardships and disappoint.
ments beset your path. It is the
triumph over difficulties that make
strong characters. If ever you are
inclined to be discouraged think Of
that young woman born blind and
deaf who today in spite of the de.
privation Of those faculties which
make life most dear is a power for
good in the world. Let your reso.