Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-24
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- @aM@ m@@a By Pres. Crane Of Minot Normal School I & ta

The opening Of school is an i'm
portant time for parents to consider
what their children shall DO, and for
them to determine whether they are
to take a college course, q CONNER.
cfal course, a scientific course, to
teach, or whatever It may be. In any
such cases q special preparation Is
necessary, and the earlier they begin
the better. A. G. Crane, president Of
the Minot Normal school, in his adj
dress before the graduating class In
this city last June gave some very
valuable suggestions, and inasmuch
as the address was SO highly interest.
ing. the Tribune produces It here.
with in full;
According to the SCIENCE of evolu.
ton, the organism in harmony with
its environment Is the one that sur.
wives. The fttest has been the In.
dividual best adjusted to its sur.
rOundings. We somtimes state the
matter In another way by saying that
we'll balanced people and machinery
wear longest, run the smoothest and
are most efficient! In fact, the posi-.
tions of responsibility paying the
highest salaries are positions held by
men and women whom we say are
we'll balanced and who are In har.
mOny with their work. Kipling gives
a poetic description of the wonderful
rO1nonn0 m hn icnos~ In $hn nh ~ -, ~ on1
movements of that marvel of modern
machinery, the marine engine:
The crank.throws give the double.
bass. the feed,pump sobs an
heayes.
An now the main eccentrics start
their quarrel on the sheaves;
Her time her, own appointed time, the
rocking link-head bides.
Till-hear that note-the rods return
VIKINGS glimmerin' through the
guides. a
They're all ava! True seat, full
power, the changing chorus goes.
Clear to the tunnel where they sit,
my, purrin' dyanmoes,
lnterdependence absolute, foreseen,
ordained, decreed,
To work, yell note, at any tilt an
every rate o. speed.
Fra sklight-lift to furnace.bars back.
ed, bolted, braced and stayed,
An singing like the Mornin' Stars
for JOY that they are made;
While. out o. touch Of vanity, the
sweatin' thrust-block says:
Not unto us the praise, or man-nOt
unto us the praise!'
Now, q together, hear them lift their
lessOn-theirs an mine:
Law, Order, Duty an Restraint, Obe-
dience, Dis cipline!"
Mill, forge and try.pit taught them
that when roarln' they arose, !,
An, whites 1 wonder II soul was
glen them with the blows.
Oh, for q man to weld in them, in
zone trip-hammer strain,
TAAAeyen first-class passengers could
tell the meannin' plain!
But mo me cares except mysel' that
serve and understand
My seven thousand horsepower here.
Eth, Lord!s They're grand-they're
grand"
All about us in this complex mod!
ern civilization we see convincing
examples Of the value Of true har:
mony, adjustment and balance. The
physical organism out Of adjustment
to its environment is unhappy, III
and inefficient. Health, happiness
and efficiency depend upon the har.
monious working of the entire or.
ganism. That man or woman who
has an absorbing interest in his work,
who lives in conformity with the
laws of health, is indeed a fortunate
individual. Love Of ones work, a
belief In its value and enthusiasm In
its execution is one Of the finest
things in the world to make one for.
get his troubles and place him In
harmony with the universe.
work thou for pleasure. paint or sing
or carve the thing thou lowest
tho the body starve.
lie who works for fame misses oft
the goal, he who works for gold
coins his very soul.
Work for works sake then and It
we'll maye be that these things
shall be added unto thee"
Nowhere is the need of harmony
and balance and rhythm more pro:
nounced than in muse. The musician
who is able to transmute musical
sounds into eternal ideas and raise
the nearer into inspired realms sof
peace and %h0pefulness is indeed one
of the triumphs of true harmony. To
correctly interpret, appreciate and.
enjoy the highest musical beauties
one must himself be in tune with
the selection. THAI music and that
musician is indeed fortunate that can
make people discover In themselves
responsive depths Of musical enjoy.
ment that they were not aware that:
thew possessed.
Maud Powell when told that she
made her hearers discover in them
selves unknown and unrealized depths
of appreciation and enjoyment said
that II wasra real compliment that
to lead people U such enjoyment and
appreciation was the mission of her
music.
A visit to the famous art galleries
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