The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-22

citation, one is reminded of those line.
Of Kipling:
o, it's Tommy this, an Tommy that
an Tommy go away;
But it's thank you, Mister Atkins,
when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the
hand begins to play,
o, it's thank you, Mister Atkins,
when the band begins to play
Tho Source Of Merit.
whatever strength this %universit,
may now possess. whatever standing
it may have in the world of science
and letters, whatever influence TO,
good it may have had upon the youne
men and ONE who have studied
within its walls, all have come from
the untiring efforts and concentrated
purposes of that body of noble men
and women We will not say of them
as the Persian poet sang:
With them the seed of Wisdom did ]
sow,
And with my own hand wrought to
make it grow:
And this was all the Harvest that l
reaped-
I came like Water, and like Wind
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Their influence is not bounded by
the confines of this campus. 1t has
zone out into the world through the
men and women who have been grad
uated from this university. Some day
the visions which they had for each
of their students, and which they tried
to impress upon their growing minds,
will be fulfilled in tasks that will
make the world better and happier.
Therefore, on this Charter day.
when we celebrate the eighteenth
birthday of this university, let us say,
with all earnestness: All praise, and
honor, and reverence be to the pres
idents and faculty of the University
OF Montana, for the visions that have
had and the tasks they have per-
formed in behalf of higher education
in the state of Montana.
Dream On.
1T hardly seems necessary for one to
VI , ne SobiIS PS"Fi' ~ Ills ~
versity, the undergraduate body. to
have visions. Your lives are full of
for and of the future. There
dreams of conquest and success;
dreams of wealth and happiness; Wis
ions of tasks performed and RESPONSE
met; visions of heroic deeds,
of chivalry and patriotism. All these
are yours now, in the days of
the freshness of your vigor and the
of your manhood and wom-
anhood.
But it is necessary for n to i'm
press you with the seriousness of life,
with the tremendous tasks that await
you in the battles of life.
There is a saying of n of the wise
of the Hebrew people:
"'Where there is no vision the peo-
pie perish
"The word perish, in this proverb,
means, to run wild, or to lose re-
We might paraphrase the
proverb in this manner: Where there
is no lofty and holy ideal in the lives
men they run to seed; they make
progress; they never perform tasks
that Tighten the burdens of humanity.
THE world moves so slowly towards
the goal of redemption; to redemption
from sin and all it's awful conse-
quences; the redemption from sorrow,
and poverty, and disappointments and
hopes; the redemption from
impurity and corruption, and selfish
ness, and dishonor.
you must play a part in that re-
either for or against it. The
manner in which you perform your
part depends upon the visions of your
youth and the moral and spiritual
strength you cultivate now.
What Dreams?
Are the visions you have now,
of self or for the race? Are
they visions of doing tasks that will
alleviate suffering, and distress and
injustice, or are they visions in which
you win for yourself the plaudits of
the world, and the wealth and luxur-
les that SO many men are striving to
"You will find when you enter real
life you can not choose your tasks.
Iney VIII come uIou you Wllloul Soui
consent and without warning, and.
unless you are prepared to meet them
in the right spirit, they may crush
you with their burdens. Several years
ago a young clergyman went from
New York to Cincinnati to become the
of a large downtown parish.
was a man Of no commonplace
stamp, but hat rarely gifted one on