The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

Power is very hateful to those who do
not have it, Those who are lacking in
power are always belittling those who
possess it. Men who have power and
use it will be 'double-crossed' by. the
FOSSILS of any community.
Gossip is envy and malice exploded.
Gossip is advertised defeat. Chatter
ing birds are harmless. The raven and
the crow are contemplate towards. A
gossip is a toothless cur. A gossip
never fights. fair. A strong person
never strikes in the dark. He never
uses the rusty blade of SANDER in his
struggle for place.
A STOPPING man is always easier
knocked over A life begun well usual
ly ends well. A flaw in your record will
indicate itself just at the most inoppor-
tune moment, You are always strong
est when you stand erect. Failure will
in the end, mark the man who builds
poorly. There are no reductions or cut
rates on the road of success.
A man with might and right as help
ers, will always have chance to stand
move without tramping on the corns of
social back-numbers. If you OBJ
serve, you will see that there are many
weaklings, half-wits, apes, sour-brains,
hot-heads and hypocrites in the field,
and you will not be able to make a
move without having one of the above
named protest. They are jokes but do
not know it. Wise people pity them,
but ignore their squeaking inane
squeaks.
In the game of life, strong men never
make compromises, build switches, nor
leave roads for retreat. They work to
their goal or die in the effort. They
see the obstacles before they start and
expect "checkmates. They do not
offer brides nor will they receive them.
They win or lose with clean hands.
Their wills are the most terrible forces
known. They strike with all their
might but they never whine nor pine.
They are Spartans. They are square of
jaw and fear no man. That is why the
world is admiring the German in this
world fight.
About themost abject specimen of
perverted manhood is the man who has
lived for forty years for crushing de-
feat, but believed he could by his clever
ness, keep out of the clutches of a mis-
spent life; and then one morning he
opens his eyes to the fact that he has
lost. He will buster, swear, threat,
throw fit, shout what he can do and
will do-he looks up, sees the bird of
disaster lowering over him, ready to
strike, then he commences to whine,
beg, blubber and cry-but the day of
wrath has come and he finds himself in
the lake of fire and his name not writ
ten in the book of hope, because he was
not an overcomer, and had lived wholly
a selfish life. A selfish man dies un-
wept, unhonored and unsung.
Nature never repeats itself. She does
not produce two things alike. Nature
is resourceful. She puts tang of in
dividuality in everything she produces.
All of the great thoughts, great deeds,
great opportunities have not passed.
Futurity winners are found in ali walks
of life. The greatest surprises of the
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world. The French poet, Wilton, was
a midnight stabber, but no poet of that
land has sung so sweetly; Shakespeare
was deer stealer but no man in the
English speaking world completes intel
lectually with him; Bunyon the tinker.
the jail bird, has made a name in liter
ature that viii forever live; Burns the
Scotch farmer, has sung songs so earn
estly that the world does him homage.
and Lincoln, the rail splitter, has never
been surpassed as a full, perfectly
rounded out man. Big duties and little
tasks well done by men, make men
great in any age.
A dreamer vision lies within his SOUL
He sees things beyond the mists of
time. The world has accoladed him
with its jeers, sneers and jibes. The
world is made up of little men who
cheer a grudge and grudge cheer.
The paths of progress have been made
wet with the sobs OF blood dropped
from broken hearts of dreamers. But
in this day we are beginning to recog-
nize the dreamer. The dreamer is ais
ways seeking after the priceless fleece.
He sees the human need and then tries
TO transform the dream into reality.
For two long years DIR. Lewis dreamed
that the Hays college should have a
new baptism of usefulness. He saw
the needy boys and girls of the plains
calling for help; he saw the poor equip
ment of our present school; he felt that
need must be met; ne dreamed and
dreamed, got his ideas into the archi-
tect's head, got his dream into the
minds Of our legislators, got it on the
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