The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-06-13

connecting link between mountain
and plain-winds and twists as II
bears its message of life and vigor
to the field below.
How changed the view from that
of the valley! The world IS before
them. below them. heaven and earth
are closer. The mountains that ap.
pcared on the skyline as they toiled
inward have now faded into insig.
nifcance Mere excrescencles on the
slope or lost I'm the vastness of the
mass. The mountains are no long.
e- walled boundaries OF broad val.
leys. They are the center of inter
cst. the dominant note. They are
the real expression Of nature-the
valleys are insignificant gashes in
the landscape.
The climber returns, but the VI
sion remains fixed and indelible. En-.
yironment has to him, taken on new
PROPORTIONS and broader relations. So
also will his vision of life change
and broaden as he climbs from lower
to higher levels.
For life may be likened to a road
on which all are travelling. The
Young men and women leaving the
college halls of America today are
starting togethey on broad high
way which leads on and on, forkinS
here and there, branching and sub.
dividing until 1t comes in intimate
contact with every avenue of life.
From this road pathways turn to.
ward the mountains, some leading
straight to the nearest peak in the
skyline, others winding through can
yons to higher but more distant ele.
vations. others turning down into the
low and fertile valleys of content
ment, and on to the swamp and NOR
Ass of corruption.
There will be college men in all
OF these paths. Those with the vi
SIGN will obey the call Of the noun
tain. Those who have received in.
spiration will at least travel the
broad road. Those who love ease
and pleasure will look to the valley.
turn that way. They will work only
for self and will forget the call. II
they are honest and conscientious
they will at least stay in the valley
Of contentment. A few OF the mer
cenary and avaricious may 20 on to
the slough of corruption and become
a drag on the wheels Of progress. On
them a college education was worse
than wasted. It only sharpened
their wits for evil.
The path OF life with its freedom
o: choice is the final test OF the
value OF the college education, as
we'll as Of the fibre OF the individual
Il is the struggle O. life. natures
sorting ground. The upward paths
are steep and uninviting at the out
set. 1t takes patience. courage, and
perseverance to make the climb.
There win be- privation and suffer.
ing, ridicnleg and misunderstanding
from many, here and there CLEAN
Of sympathy and the hand OF fellow
ship Hesw who climbs far must climb
for theomost part alone. Many with
the inspiration and a glimpse of the
vision will undertake this task. Only
those with the courage OF their con
victions will carry 1t through .., tua
1.-THE broad road is for the many
To them opportunity In Just ahead.
They will care little which way If 1T
leads! The fact that 1t Is ppportln.
ity7is enough. Some of ethese paths
will ultimately lead upward .ay SoIae
will turn downward. a. few travel
ers will d6nscioualyi choose the low
er road, q others will turn that way
mconsciously4cl OF those who turn
ed downward some will have seen
the vision and rejected 1T. al To 9th
''S tit Nlsith wall ne -OVsCuFHu NI ny
opportunity and ambition. a7.u-,r,
Statistics show that a large per
"ert Of, college students are fnanci.
ally in debt when they graduate,
The honest student gives this obi.
cation his first consideration AND
pays It asusoon as possible ...,sJ
There is. however. debt OF still
greater moment which rests very
heavily on each and every graduate.
This is moral obligation which It
will take, him. a, life TINA TO pay.
This debt he owes not to the institu.
ton from which he graduated, not
even to the state which may have
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