The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-05-14
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY ARCHDtAC0N
 JENKINS

fI0N J. h. J0uhlIlS WdS CHOS0H lO
 deliver the baccalaureate address to
 the graduating class of the Clifton
 High School That their choice was a
 happy one was conceded by all who
 were so fortunate as to be present and
 listen to a talk fraught with more
 than the usual earnestness of man
 whose life is dedicated to the service
 of his fellow man.
 Rev Jenkins chose for his text
 Isaiah 55-4: Behold, have given Him for a leader and commander to the
 people, He spoke in part of the need of leadership, untinged with selfish
 motives, and that the young men and
 women of today who are ambitions
 for leadership will find it necessary to equip themselves with all the ad-
 vantages our schools afford.
 ] He spoke of the self-made man of ! an earlier period, Franklin and Lin
 coin. who pursued knowledge under | the greatest handicaps, yet who at tained to high places and leadership.
 But that time is now practically gone.
 Not that it is impossible for one to
 reach the heights under such handi-
 cap today, but that the way is much
 more difficult for the one so placed T owing to the generalness of education
 made possible throughout our won :. derful educational system, and the
 competition arising thereby.
 The world needs great leaders as never before in history and it is to those now going out from our High .. Schools and Colleges all over the land
 to whom we must look for this leader ship. The ambition that takes a } young man or woman through these halls of learning is the first requisite ..ecessary for any degree of attain. ment. The next requisite is the un- selfish desire for success as great servant To be first great leader one must learn the lesson of service. The great Napoleon on the lonely island : of exile was vouchsafed the vision o1 what might have been if he had lead the French people as servant of the 3 people. Washington, heading an i'm 3 mortal list of leaders in American his + tory, attained immortality through the submerging of self into tffe sublime 8 attribute of self-immolition.
 '- Vast fields are open waiting fol l. leaders of men. The law, we neeC e great iurists; medicine, we need deep Il CT investigation along the line O r healing; our schools and colleges
 
 t is in its infancy, and the church need 7, men as never before. Our army needs
 the great and far-seeing, the nav! n shows an open sesame to the am y- bilious youth-in fact all fields sr' 2. full at the bottom with much space a I, the top.
 y In an article of these limitations VI Is can only touch on the prominent point IT in MT. Jenkins sermon, but he close' B. with a word on that leader of men n Jesus, the Christ. who after brie e ministry of three years so impresse' B. his followers that his teachings hay
 place in the hearts of vast multitude g of earth today, and that his greates e teaching was the doctrine of service s. mode of conduct based on the Colo n en Rule Mankind is like the flock h on the hill side, ready to be led int le paths of peace or astray into the des t. ert places. The opportunity knock h. at every heart calling us out into tn fit fields of service as leaders into plea: O. ant places, and it is on those who hee It. this call that the future depends. Tn A. cultivation of personality, persona r. morality, integrity, and vision was tn VI quotation from a great college pres i'd dent when asked to give the require s. ments of leadership. That all may a of quire these qualities in greater ( n. less degree. and thus be fitted for tn s- call when it comes is not dream bl ic a vision of such wonderful import thf ti- the dreamer of today is the doer, tn te builder of tomroroW.