Arizona republican., 1914-06-08

as they appear today The lineaments
 of every human face, the familiar ob-
 jects that adorn the rooms and halls of this institution, the very angles of the buildings and the friendly foliage of the campus roundabout will be de-
 picted as of yore, but tempered and
 beautified by the soft tones of reverie and the semi -diaphanous vestiture of
 time
 Sadly enough there comes a day in
 the life of every man and woman, ex- cept those blessed few who, in gaining
 knowledge of the world. retain the
 simple hearts of children, when a dull
 regret is the constant tenant of the
 mind, and those experiences which, in
 former days were keenest joy, will
 awaken no motions more intense than
 a mild sort of satisfaction. There is apt to come a time when orchestral
 music will seem less sweet; when the
 song birds in the springtime will not thrill us as of old: when natures land scape will seem less enchanting than
 before; and lastly, when life itself will afflict us with a sense of Weariness But turning to the present, day. commencement day-is a brief pause of demarcation separating yesterday from tomorrow-the period of prepara tion from the life Of accomplishment. School or college courses are merely in the nature of preparation for lifelong duties.
 Picture. if you can, the portentous meaning that is latent in the yearly spectacle of these many thousands of graduates outpouring from our insti- tutions of higher learning into a world where business, sciences, the arts and the professions collectively constitute a vast forum wherein all personal am bitions, all human motives, whether all truistic or lf-centered, have their be- ginning and their end their fulfillment or their failure
 This great sphere, comprising as it does, all human activities and poten- | tialities, is an insatiate leviathan | steadily utilizing and devouring the energies of youth, the fires of enthusi- asm and all human aspirations mock l ing some and reWarding others. The | laws that govern it's operation are in- exorable and to a great extent, mer- ciless. Certain compliances with man made laws are exacted In this country where so many ideas of sportsmanship abount, we are accustomed to speak of many phases of activity as a game. We have the game of business. of politics, of teaching, of law, or other profes- sional endeavors, but regardless of
 ones shpehe, there is nothing haphazard
 about the rules of the game of which success is the ultimate goal
 l Whatever the game is, or-to aban- | don a slang expression for one more 1 ignified-whatever the branch of in- | dustry in which one is engaged, there
 are certain laws which must be obeyed,
 certain rules which must be followed.
 and the first requirement essential to 1 success is to know the rules, while the
 second is to follow the rules laid down. Do not think that any super
 ficial cleverness. any natural talent, or ! any subtle evasion of conditions will
 suffice to compensate for ignorance of
 the method and procedure by which a l human being, in maturity, may obtain l those things which went to construct
 the air-castles of his youthful fancy. 1 And yet, Q man or a woman may
 possess the logic of Spencer, the
 brilliancy of a Webster or the shrewd-
 ness of q Napoleon, and still be a pitt
 able failure unless he or she shall also
 be industrious and persevering. To
 put it differently, the drone is only
 slightly distinguishable from the dull lard So far as ultimate results are con-
 cerned. Of the two, the drone is guilty
 of the greater offense toward his fel-
 lowmen. for whereas the dullard. ow ing to an innate deficiency, merely en-
 cumbers the earth, the drone renders his presence obnoxious by wasting those treasures of the intellect which
 constitute his heritage from Provi-
 dence.
 Il The mental characteristics then, which make for success are a capacity for learning the laws of life, coupled with industry and application-to which we must necessarily add the physical factor of health. Given these QudllflcatlOnS, Jile 0u1ndn equation, or which success is the answer, should af- ford sure solution, barring the in tervention of, those untoward circum- stances over which man has no con- trol
 But having inherited or developed
 all the requisites for life of effective service, the young man or woman go- ing forth from college halls to wrest success from world, where millions before have failed, will at once con front the necessity of reaching a de- cision of momentous import, directly affecting for better or for worse al ] the years to come. He or she will find the need of mentally reviewing al the rewards of industry and effort which the world has to offer, and o1 placing a true valuation on each anc
 every one with a view to determining which are worthy of pursuit and which deserve to be discarded. It is not easy
 in such a situation, to dissever dross
 from gold, or to know how a man ol a woman may pursue an ambition without becoming it's abject slave The outcome of all such reasoning is ! or should be, definition of success You will find in course of time, if vol
 have not already done so, that ther,