Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
STUDENTS OF HIGH
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A HELPFUL TALK
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"a few months ago l with some
companions stood among the western
mountains, deep down in a canyon.
Directly we heard the rumble of
train far over our heads and soon a
heavy passenger plunged over
mammoth bridge at the top of the
canyon. | inquired about the origin
of the bridge and was told the story
Of its beginning.
"A young man came to the COM
munity near the great canyon. He
did little to earn money. He was con-
sidered lazy, but he was a thinker
Before long he began to go out on
the mountains and fly kite. Every
day he was at it, flying his kite from
morning to night. Day after day he
would let his winged production out
over the mountain side and constant
ly he would sit at the end of the
string and dream. By and by one
day he went out on the mountain
near the canyon and sent his kite up
into the air. He was watched by sew
eral citizens of the village, who COM
mented on the utter useless life the
man was living. The kite mounted
high into the air. The man added
more string and it went still higher.
Soon the string apparently broke and
the huge, kite went tumbling to, the
ground on the opposite side of the.
deep canyon and far out of reach of
the owner. The man became excited
and raced along the path. Soon a
man appeared on the other side of
the canyon and near the kite. Soon
began to pull. Across the canyon
xxyax,< The c<r,nrv and onnp fha nplooG-
ers noticed larger cord was attach
ed to the string. When it was across
still larger one was drawn over,
next a rope and finally a cable. Then
many men appeared and blasting be-
gan. A huge basket began to make
trips across the cable and steel bars
were raised. Finally massive bridge
was builded where the mans kite had
spanned the breach in the earth. Hun
dreds of trains now thunder across
the bridge and thousands Of people
are benefited just because a man set
out to do some definite thing and did
the best there was in him every day.
1t was world echo.
81 remember few years ago of
reading about little old hotel in
Europe. A certain room in that hotel
was occupied by the duke of that par
ticular country. And on the wall
where the duke could see it each
morning when he awoke was the lit
tie framed inscription, "More is in
me-" This brings me to an answer
for the question you all ask of me,
How can / be what / want to be 2 1t
is this, More is in me- There is just
one way to be yourself, "Just Do It.
II noticed, few days ago, a party
of men working in the bitches at Chi
cago. There were graduates from
Yale, Harvard, Princeton and other
great institutions. Why. were they
there? Because they had false con-
ception of their opportunities in life.
They had not learned and adopted the
adage of the duke, More is in me-"
can do more than / do. 1t is pos
sible for me. to be what / want to be.
"You have all heard of the dread
ed Huns" What fearful and de-
jected people they became, all be-
cause of false conception of their
possibilities. SO it is with most Of
us. We do not realize. But we
learn of another nation that was des-
tined to conquer the Huns. They were
directed in their leadership by a
bloody sword, so the story goes. A
man found a sword sticking in the
ground. 1t was bloody, and by fol-
lowing the bloody trail which led to
the sword he found wounded calf.
The sages then said the sword had
fallen from the great planet Mars,
the God of War. They said il was
an omen for them to destroy the
Huns, and the deed was accomplished.
All because the men set their hearts
and minds to a purpose"
| Vardaman closed his remarks to
the school by asserting that every boy
and girl could do big things in life IL
| they only will to do them and hold
fast to the one big thought, more Is
in me-" Six