Tombstone epitaph., 1921-05-22

sciences. they indicated latent val usbl deposits and their discorcern
 ments materia'ized in great contribu- tions to tne wealth of the state and
 nation and made possible the phen- ominal development of the section.
 AnG 50 in music and in art there is
 no meaning or inspiration for the wholly untraired or unlearned. On
 an audience of South Sea Islanders or
 Of Eskimos the Moonlight Sonata or d Beethoven symphony would fall flat. While company of students were
 wrapped in admiration before that
 frasmentary statue said to have been
 unearthed by Napoleon in an Italian i villa and transported by him to Paris , and finally found its place as the chief | treasure in the Tribunal of the Cfiizi I Galleries in Florence among the best that is left tO us of the art of the past. a man doing the galleries in a lprefuBctory way and whose apprecia- ition of the beautiful had never been lawakened, detected a seam where the statue had been restored and flaw ' in the marble exposed. turned away Iunimpressed and disappointed from the Venus de Medici the most beauti- | ful figure ever chisteled from marble and which the wealth of New York l could not buy.
 1 May diGress from the theme for moment. 10 anticipate something of
 the ambitions and aspiration which have been awakened in the hearts and minds Of these young men and women as they are about to enter upon their careers.
 Naturally enough the requirement Of wealth with all the power and in iluence that comes with it's possession will appeal to many. and the circum- stances of modern life make its pur-
 suit almost imperative. and yet the history of the past. and even more so
 of the present. and the experiences of mankind have shown that the quest | for riches without other aim. is more often disappointing and demoralizing and ends as chase of the will-of-the- wisp.
 | Tn" desire for fame burns high in
 the human breast For the most part
 real and enduring fame comes un-
 sought and only after sacrifice. self denial and struggle. ana often too late
 for personal qualification. One of the
 most celebrated of the standard op-
 eras sung annually around the world
 because of it's appeal tO universial hu-
 man emotions, attained no popularity
 until altar it's composer mad been dead
 ior . number oi years.
 ! Fame is not all satisfying Alex lander as you know. grieved because there were not other worlds to con lquer sheridan, the idol of his day. lhad for his last words "I am utterly lundone Sir Walter Scott. who in verse and in story has glOrified the lchieftains. the hills and lakes of his native land as no other has done. and
 who under the burden of expressing Indebtedness would leave a conviyial company 10 return by q secret pass
 age tO his library to ply his pen to
 absolve his obligations. sighed Take me back tu my rooms. there is ID
 rest but the grave" Charles Lamb
 said "I walk up and down thinking I
 am happy but feeling that am not" :"
 while Edmund Burk said he would not
 give q peck oi refuse for all of the fame in the world
 l l have alluded 10 the importance of
 choices and the awakening of the fac lulties Of appreciation of the good and
 beautiful as prime objects oi educa-
 ton. There is one other 10 which I
 may well refer in the few moments Iremaining to ne-one that is rightly Iuppermost in your minds that of the
 preparation for citizenship. its duties
 and responsibilities as well as its ben lefactions.
 I There is TO greater mystery in all the universe than :ha: c. :he time. Iplace and circumstances of our birth Comparing this very day and houd and here in our glorious Republic with all periods of the past and with all other lands of earth. there never has been
 such an opportunity for living full. lbroad, and useful lives of service than here and now. Without minimizing the yalue or dignity Of the citizenship l Of any other nation on earth, you
 know and l know that no such citi- zenship in all the history of the world | has ever been enjoyed comparable to | that typified by OUT own glorious Stars and Stripes. The acme Of citi-
 zenship. of liberty under law and or
 der has been attained in America. You in your years have witnessed ! the summoning Of al lthe energies, lresources and power of this great ma tlon 10 repel (he titanic onslaught
 that threatened the undoinG of civiliz- ation and our present free institutions and 10 snuff out the torches of civili-
 zation which have long been burning brightly and Illuminating the world.
 You have seen your own America Iemerge from that struggle in the lead
 of the nations of The world in power.
 in influence, in wealth and in right
 eousness. The founders of our Repub-
 lie built well and their successors have
 maintained the structure of the na-
 tion. Daniel Webster once said that
 our American institutions are ours but
 in trust for transmit uniEpaired tb
 those who come after us.
 l The duties of citizenship were ney-
 CT more exacting than now As citi-
 zens of the Republic, as electors of
 state and nation now both men and
 women, demands will be made on your
 faculties of judgment and discern
 ment for which your education will
 stand you in good stead It is now of
 the highest importance that men and
 women alike should fully familiarize
 Themselves with their public institu-
 tions and with the machinery hy
 which public affairs are administered.
 Remember that in a government like
 ours the people get only such govern
 ment as they deserve and insist on
 having Apathy on The part of the people has permitted more maladmin-