The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

want W tdht yOu III as Iull partners
and so ] am going TO run over few
Of Berea's special principles, q few
Of the conditions of your race her,
in Berea-not all the most import
ant ones, but those, perhaps, tina,
are most important at the outset
There are other important things
that ! must omit altogether, but
here are seven principles which
every young man and young woman
ought to make account Of when they
frs; come to Berea.
Seven Principles
The first is, Man must live by
rule. That's what he has a mind
for. n he does not live by rule he
lives by chance or by impulse like
an animal. Now, we have to have
rules. Some are rules of morality,
and some are rules Of convenience.
Unless we live by rule, we can new
cr tell what the other fellow is GO
ing to do. If two men meet on the
road, il is not optional whether one
should turn to the right or left--he
must turn to the right; and if he
turns to the left and there is a col
lision, he is TO blame. In England
I had TO turn TO the left. II was just
as good to turn to the right, only we
must obey the rule whichever way
it isl And then, there is the neces-
sity Of rules for the sake Of under
| know a famous school
that once set out and advertised
that they had no rules. In the first
place it was a delusion. because they
had to have a particular date TO
start, q particulr time for meals.
particular time for classes, a sys.
tenn Of marks and grades. and did
have a mass Of regulations that were
said TO be three times as great as
in the colleges that did publish their
rules. But still, the students could
not find out what they could expect
" the teachers or what the teachers
expected of them, and so the stud
'nts got together and made some
Jules so that they could live an or
lerly life and know what to ex-
,ect. So 1t is necessary in the ma
ure OF things that man must live
~ rule.
Now, there is another thing: rules
with crowds and big I'M
ertakings. Now, feel a great deal
4 sympathy for those Of you who
ONE from your homes. You had
great many rules there, but you
ave gotten used to them, and you
ONE here and meet a good many
ew rules. | am sorry there have
0 be so many, but still, there are
good many rules, and we must all
@ goOd-natured about them. Let
5 understand that rules have TO in ,
rease with crowds and big under ;
lkinGs. If you are going to ride on ,
he railroad, you have to act differ
ntly than if you are going to ride
an OK cart. 1t don't make much ,
lderence when you start with an
< cart, but if you are going on a !
ain that's going to make speed, it's I
Ding to start on the minute, and if
Du want to have the benefit of that i
'eed, you have got to conform to
lie rules OF the railroad. S
And il is still more so with an 7
my. In the war OF 1870 the Ger -
an troops defeated the French q
oops because the German army {
I'd more rules. They had every
ing fixed and planned beforehand {
I'd they swept up to Paris. In The
ar between Japan and Russia, the q
panese were successful because n
cir army had rules; rules for A
'alth, rules for transportation, e
les for camping, rules for march C
g, and rules for fighting, all laid e
i and followed TO the dot, while II
e great unwieldy army OF Russia Il
rs helpless because there was no u
remember dear young lady b
pm the hills who went to Lexing- Il
n. She came to me with tears in n
r eyes and told me how angry and p
ended she was when she could 81
I pick flower in the cemetery, al
d said, "Can il be wicked TO pick C;
flowers" Yes, il can; it can be
ong even to pick a flower. And hi
len ] explained 10 her that there n
re 10000 people in Lexington, and II
each one should pick a flower 81
IRE would not be any flowers left, hi
began to smile. Where there hi
crowds and big undertakings, in
les must increase. Ga
third principle is that habit ID
kes work true and easy. All IN
'at men, successful men, have had Ii,
set OF well established habits. 70
bits make easy work and habits Ia
Ike beautiful work IN