Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-06-10

er light. Through the darkest clouds
/ looming above falling civilizations
there has always cleaned the rain
bow of hope; the promise that from
the ashes OF failure a nation would
| rise dedicated 10 the principle that
all men are created equal, endow
ed with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit OF happiness Prov
idence chose our fathers for this
great work and they huilded nobly
and well. Succeeding generations
have guarded and cherished that
government, and it stands today
The promise OF the past. the hope
OF the future, a witness to the ages
as they pass that a civilization,
founded on liberty and justice, will
endure till time shall be no more.
Young men and young women.
tonight we stand with you in the
present, that narrow isthmus twixt
two boundless seas. the past, the
future. two eternities.' Here we
meet to salute you in the passing
hour.
Soon your schooldays will be
over. Perhaps for some of you
they end tonight In a few yeas
at most, you will receive your last
certificates of merit. Your ship
will weigh anchor and glide out of
the harbor into the ocean of the
future. Standing on the bridge,
your own master, you will direct
| her course to the shores of your
hopes and dreams. You will carry
with you all of our treasures. In
to your charge we commit the
priceless heritage of free people.
All that we have, we give unto
you. Guard it well. As our ships
glide into the shadows and lie in
the harbors of safety along the
shores OF the ocean of the past, we
know there will come back to us
across the years, joyful messages
telling us that you have been true
to your trust and have kept with
faith unbroken the honor of your
1 souls.
May you have golden dawns and
radiant sunsets. May every seed of
promise ripen into fulhllment. May
your ambition OF today blossom in
the garden of tomorrow. May your
roses have few thorns. and be ever
fragrant with hearts desire. May
your ship OF hope bring heavy
cargo into the harbor of certainty.
May your souls he bold to work
in the realm of truth. goodness and
beauty May you have the physi-
cal and spiritual strength to ep-
proach your ideal. Fill your life
with JOY, truth and beauty. Leave
no room for error, vanity and woe.
Do not water the weeds of sorrow
Root them out of the garden of
memory Give the flowers of hope
chance to grow Go forward 10
happiness, and it will be yours.
Whether your school life ends
tonight or you go on through col
/ lege and university. remember that
you will never finish your educa-
ton. Education is the building Of
character and is never finished In
deed, when you finally leave school
it is only commenced. Ever be
( faithful TO the two greatest teach
ers, Love and Work; Love, the
sympathy and charity for all man
kind; Work, the unremitting toll.
the constancy OF purpose which
will carry you to your goal. Re
member that, Luck means rising
at six o'clock in the morning; liv-
ing on a dollar a day, if you earn
two; minding your own business,
and not meddling with other peo-
pies. Luck means the appoint
ments you have never failed to
keep, the trains you have never
failed to catch. Luck means trust
ing in God and your own resourc-
es.'
May the lights and shadows of
the past ages guide you in the
building and enduring of civiliza-
ton. May the failure of success.
as told in the story of half-for-
gotten peoples. warn you to keep
ever burning on your affairs the
fires of true manhood and woman
hood, as you go forward to a
grander day.
1T has been beautifully said that
Youth longs, manhood strives, but
old age remembers" sits by the
raked up ashes of the past, and
warns its thin hands above the
whitening embers.' And when, at
last, your day of striving is over,