The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-03-31

or Iame, rlcneS ana service /
would issue word of warning,
caution or encouragement.
Look out for your investments.
So many of us older people have
made investments that bring US
no dividends. We have bought
land in Canada or in the brush
in the Northern part Of this
state with the result that we de-
rive no revenue; such holdings
are a constant drain upon our
resources and bring no satisfac-
ton. But the poorest invest
ment you can make is the for
nation of some useless, foolish
habit. Life has enough burdens
and handicaps at best without
taking those of our own making
to annoy, harrass and hamper
us. Form habits that are as
sets, not liabilities-that you
can capitalize and be made to
serve you.
| like to think of an educa-
ton as being the right kind Of
an investment. You are doing
more than studying algebra, the
languages and science here. The
end of education is not educa-
ton. The end of education is to
fit and prepare those who are
instructed for the practical du-
ties of life.
| like to think of this build
ing as the place and you teach
ers and students as being en-
gagged in the process of building
structures that will endure the
ravages of time and which will
live on through the eternal years
In the last analysis your work
will be a success as the finished
educational product harmonizes
with the plan Of the Master Ar
chitect. | believe that the great
Designer has plan useful and
sublime for every life, which if
realized, would. make this world
a paradise.
An education is rightly con-
sidered as equipment as a train
ing of the mind to perceive, the
eye to see, the hand to do and
the tongue to express. What bet
ter asset is there for a young
man or a young woman than a
we'll rounded education.
If you wish to succeed it is
important that you make the
right investment of your time.
You young people came into this
world all the way from Is to
20 years ago. Time does not stop
for you a single minute. 1t Of
fers opportunities for improves
ment and self culture and you
are perfectly free to make use of
them or not as you choose. |
presume that Supt. Brainard or
Prof. Jordan could make me a
Elists1of the students and check
! off those of you who are going
! to make a success of life with
almost unerring accuracy based
largely on the estimate you make
of the value Of time. If you lack
the resolution, the purpose to
hold your self steadily to the
task no school, no teacher can
do much for you; your destiny
is forordained and you will pass
your days in the valley of OBJ
security.
| could tell whether you are
going to succeed if | knew what
you are thinking, about especial
ly when you are alone. "As q
man thinketh in his heart so is
he."' Some one has said you can
rightly judge a man when you
come to know his estimate of
God. Let a young man feel an
), immediate personal responsible
ty to that Power which is above
all things, behind all things and
j he moves in an atmosphere that
will give poise and stability to
character so that when the
storms of temptation beat
against him or when the waves
of passion threaten to submerge
him, firm as a rock he will stand
in the strength and nobility OF
a splendid manhood. In conclu-
sion; if you are to succeed, sur
mount obstacles, win the respect
! of your associates, rise to a posi-
ton Of commanding influence
you must possess certain ele-
ments of character, certain quail
ifcations which | shall enumer-
| ate in the order of their impor-
(tanca. Tntepritv. intelligence, in