Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-06-16
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Lena M. Nelson,
District 81.

bnown by people In all ranks, from
the poor laborer to the great states
man. Such a watchword will help us
progress in life. In life we often
hear people saying, II can't" Do you
think such people will gain success
In their pursuits? No, they will not.
We must determine to accomplish
the work set before us. Every time
hard task is presented to us, let us
not say, Il can't" be the watchword
of the hour not the motto of II can't"
but the nobler. "Ill try" then with
the determination to master the diff
Guilty in spite of all difficulties we
shall gain success.
| II can," is an admirable motto for
school life. Then, tasks are daily
set before us which may for a mo-
ment seem impossible for us to do.
But il we have courage to do them,
IL we resolve to master them, our
very resolution will cause the diff
Guilty to take on less frightful pro-
portions. But, it is not only in school
life that II can" is good motto AT.
ter school is finished there lies be-
fore us our life, which, tho it be long
or short, must be lived worthily. 1t
is then we face more real difficulties
than those which we found in school
LIE, and which will need more cour-
age to ov ercome. Let US then remem.
Der the motto, II can," which will
certainly. quicken us to greater en-.
deavor to accomplish tasks which
may possibly not be done without it.
| How Rave the great men of all times
attain ed greatness and success in
life? Was it by thinking that the
work set before them was impossible
to do? think not. 1t was by deter.
mining to do their tasks that they dis
armed all difficulties, that they rose
higher and higher, and at last be-
came great and honored.
Think of Abraham Lincoln, perhaps
the greatest Of American statesmen.
He rose from poor boy in the wild.
erness, to an honored president
whose death caused a whole nation
to mourn. He rose because he over
came obstacles, which to others, in his
situation, would have seemed insur-
mountable. If other people before US
have accomplished great things by
determining to do them, why cannot
we, who have better opportunities, do
abe same. Keep your standards
high, attempt great things, expect
great things, and you will accomplish
! great things"
But we must first of all accomplish
the tasks which lie nearest us. We
must not think of the great things
that we will do when we grow older,
because true worth, is in being, not
seeming, in doing, each day that goes
by, some good, not in dreaming of
great things to do by and by. We
may often, when we grow older, with
little regret, think of the opportun-
tiles offered us in our youth, which
were not used because we fancied the
tasks which followed them too diff
! cult for us to perform,
Somebody said that it couldn't be
DONE But he, with a chuckle re.
piled,
Maybe it couldn't, but he would be
one who wouldn't say till he'd
tried.
So he buckled right in, with the trace
of grin on his face,
If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing, that couldn't be done
And he did it.
Somebody scoffed, o you'll never do
that
At least no one has ever done it,
But he took off his coat, and he took
of his hat;
And the first thing we knew, he'd
done it.
With the lift of his chin, and a bit
of grin,
Without any doubling or quiddit
He started to sing, as he tackled the
i thing,
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it
cannot be done
There are thousands to prophecy fail
! ure,
1ucTc are LuOuSduuS 10 pOlII out TO
:, you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in, with bit of a
grin
Then take off your coat and go to it;
Just start in to sing, as you tackle
the thing
That cannot be done-and you'll do
| it,
To you, sir, the superintendent of
our schools, in behalf of the class of
1915, l extend our hearty thanks for
your work in the schools, for your
genuine sympathy with all Of our in
terests, and for the wisdom and con-
sideration with which you have met
the needs of our schools. I congrat-
ulate you on the growth and increas-
ing influence of the schools of Kandi-
yohi county, to which you have so
earnestly devoted your energies.
Parents and members of the School
Boards: We thank you for your care
and for the interest that you have
} taken in our welfare. Believe that
we will ever cherish in our hearts