The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-21
STARBUCk TALKS
At CONVOCAT|ON.
Hazlett Lecturer Spoke to Uni.
versity People on "The
Life Of the Teens"

The Life of the Teens was the
SUBJECT OF a splendid address given
at the regular weekly convication this
morning in the university gymnasium.
DR. Edwin Diller; starbuck. Hazlett
lecturer for Wesley college. being Inc
speaker. DR.. Starbuct said i'm open
to be at the university and to bear
greetings from the neighboring state
OF Iowa and the sister institution. He
said that the " universities have al
ways been on the best OF terms and he
believes that they will always con-
tinue SO.
People Should Be Patient.
That people should be patient and
let themselves be Instruments through
which great truths can be made
Known, was the belief Of the speaker.
People must realize tina there is ONE
thing bigger and greater than them
selves. and the sooner they come to
thts realization the sooner they are
able to do the most good. DIR. Star.
buck declared that every great per-
son must be thrice born before they
can reach the highest development
and give ou the real truths. One
must first be able to Sc a thing. then
he must be able to feel it's power dr1v-
ing him forward. and then he must
put his heart and soul into the solu-
ton of the problem, in order to do
the right thing.
Excellent Subject.
DR.. Starbuck said that he knew Of
no better subject tn talk about than
young manhood and womanhood, He
aid that people in their "tcens" are
just at the critical point in their lives.
They arc. during that period, UNDER
going Il great change and the mode of
living adopted is apt to stay with
them forever. DR.. Starbuck declared
that his subject was a very intimate
and interisentg one. and that he loved
to talk about 1t. He said that there
Is one point we should always bear
subject, and that is that there is q
birth of a new self in every young man
and woman at this stage Of life. They
seem to feel the sense Of a new self.
Nature Changes.
The speaker declared that this new
birth may show itself in many ways.
1t is a shifting nature in all respects,
1t Is natures way Of getting something
better. 1t is the feeling of a new and
higher sense of organization. This
new birth often comes very suddenly.
Some times 1t shows up prominently
in willfulness of the individual. Some
times a boy does not want to he DOM
ineered and he rebels. Something Is
happening in that boy, said the speak.
er land it is the new personality as
sorting itself. DIR. Starbuck said that
he believes that each person has three
personalities during his life. He said
that the real birth Of power to think
comes to Young men and women sud-
denly in the middle Of their tcrns.
They begin to realize that they have
responsibilities. When this realization
comes to a boy or girl then hat liz a
sure sign that a new personality is as
sorting Itself within the individual.
Violin Solo.
Another pleading feature of the
G. Tio1in SOLO R yg VI! ~ w! No % ! r ETn was
Rorke accompanied him on the piano.
Thanks Players.
President T.. l.. McNey also took the
opportunity to thank the members of
the basketball team for their excellent
work during the past season. Only
a few of the members Of the squad
were present and they were called up
to the platform and congratulated per-
sonally.