The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-11

me audience applauded long and
loud. and the governor said in part:
Governors speech.
The frst milestone In the prepara.
tion for your life work mas been
reached. and nov the period Is upon
you when the success or failure OF the
view OF your horoscope h. cast
whether Il BE- narrow perverted
vision In which the life OF an ant-hiu
y mistaken for the world al large. or
the broad view OF life IN its stern
realities. This period OF life Is a most
important one. and admonlsh you TO
look upon the world and its people not
as they seem. but as they are.
In this republic OF ours at the pres.
ent time II found a period OF great
activity OF Industry and enterprise IN
various walks OF life II il a period
OF growing wealth and increasing pros
perity and a specious period in our
history. II is fun OF motives and ac-
compiishments for the vigorous prose
cutlon OF those inquirers which have
Tor their purpose the discovery and
practical application OF principles
looking toward the solution OF our so.
elal and economic problems.
rounoatton Laid.
The foundation Of our nations de-.
tiny has been laid: Il was woven Out
OF the best thought Of our patriotic
ancestors at a period OF time when. in
the language OF the Great Emancipa.
tor. the righteous were appealed 10 for
repentance. The posterity OF the foun-
ders OF this country of ours. of which
We are part and parcel. has gone for.
ward with that inspiration inherent
with the task OF Accomplishments in
the ideals OF a government based upon
republican principles. and with suffi.
Client principles OF a democracy 10 in.
sure the direction OF its DESTINY bv a
majority OF our people.
Basic Principles Complete.
50 TAR as the basic principles and
superstructure of our Government ar
concerned, they are complete. Now
Tor sober thoughts by our best SIN.
dents upon questions dealing with our
social and economic welfare. hiring.
ing these issues down to- EVERYDAY
home life In such a practical wav
This Is vital question throuRbont
almost every State In the Union 10.
day. Some advocates we find of Paul
and some OF Apollo. Let us as Amer.
leans be of no special cred or faction
upon this question. let us stand for
and work for a solution of this oues.
ton based upon patient toll by patri.
otto students, who are willing to make
sacrifices that questions OF this ma.
ture may be solved in an equitable
and practical way
There is nothing like being "prac.
teal men, and the only way TO al.
tain this place i'm life is TO receive
thought in a broad. open-hearted way.
ana investigate these subjects for
ourselves.
Search For Truth.
In the study OF any great question.
in the search for truth. We must de.
termine for ourselves how much work
has already been given to this sub.
ject II is often the case that the
quest OF knowledge upon the phase of
some important subject has been ex-
erted for a long. fruitless period, only
to find in the end that someone else
has spent weary years over the same
problems. where. IL the searcher had
been informed of the work that had
already been accomplished. possibly
through these accomplishments the
searcher would be elevated to a higher
plane in quest OF the facts he is seek
ing.
Work Has Just Begun.
Your work as students has just be-
gun. In IL there Is a whole life OF
care and devotion. beset witk many
obstacles and intricacies. There is
nothing. as an object of study. so in
teresting as the students life: aflame
with the desire for knowledge. Il IL
not. in some particulars. unlike the
lunatic with his fixed idea. the poet
with his fine frenzy. the lover with
his idolatry. Unless from the start the
limitations of our frail human facul-
ties are freely admitted. nothing but
disappointment awaits. We are some.
times amazed with what aptitude and
ease some students learn. as compared
with others. This is possibly account.
ed for by the development in the re-
spect for one subject. OF a number.
for that matter. because OF heredity OF
temperament. I'm some instances IL is
acquired by constant and persistent
application. with the determined inten.
ton TO master. But all OF our attain
ments. as we'll as their comparative
ness as TO perfection. can be directly
traced back. and the final answer is
the amount OF gray cortex one fortu.
nately posses. This America OF ours
is the greatest OF all nations
Evolution Of Truth.
The truth OF all things f. the prin-
ciple OF which the student Is In quest
I ~ IL not. as Charles Lamb remarks.
that some people do not know what TO
do with the truth when II Is offered
TO them. but the tragic fate r. to reach.
after years Of patient search. a condi-
tion Of mind-blindness in which the
truth ls not recognized. though %
staros you In the face This can never
happen TO a man who has followed.
step by step. the growth OF truth and
who knows the principle phases Of It's
evolution n Dr. one OF the greatest
tragedies Of life. thai any truth has 10
struggle to acceptance against some
who are honest and some who are
mind-blind and cannot comprehend o..
I regardless OF the Clearncsa with which
/ 30 may be presented Every great prIn.
ciple every great discovery and every
great fact has been practically the
same experience In this regard
LIES Work just Dawned
We have 900 become brothers. both
teachers and students. in a great
work upon which our nation must
I largely depend for iis growth and do
Z Nclopmcnt in greater and more sub.
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