Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-05-16
3DIMENSIONS
OF LIFE Was
CLASS THEME
Dr. Day Deliver Baccalaure-
ate Address To
Cradu'te

And the city liesh fours-
square and thu length 10 as
large as the breadth: and he
measured the city with the reed,
twelve thousand furloughs.
The length and breadth and
height of IL are equal. Rev.
n. l6 ".
These words and the idea OF the
Symmetry Of Life formed the theme
of the Rev. +. p. Days Baccalaure-
ate address to the high School Senior
class yesterday. "The life that Is
worth while is the properly balanced
life" said Mr.. Day. "The first dim
ension of a properly balance lif'
should be length. The person start
ing out in life should set definite
object to obtain, for If he Is to &c
anywhere he must concentrate his
efforts on one thing. To attain this
object the individual must be self
reliant, positive and determined"
Mr.. Day then explained the second
dimension, that of breadth. He said
that the narrow life was useless,
and that one who thought money and
power were the most desired things
would never realize the full JOY OF
living. One of the first laws OF life
In that the worth while life is un-
selfish. And to attain breadth one
must reach out and give all one Is
able to the world.
The third dimension, he said, wa
height. This is a fundamental prin-
eiple. BY failing to conform to the
third dimension one is guilty OF tna'
great sin of selling the better things
Of life for the cheaper things. The
great thing is to have sound princi.
piles and to live up to them and y
necessary die for them
The principles of a man do more
to make his personality than any
other thing.
sTt is highly important that we
understand that the life, the chart
or. we construct one in which we
are to live. into which we are to IN
vite our friends, and in which Goo
requests an abode. A discriminate Sc
lection of material is imperative. we
must also jealously guard the better
elements and avoid the great mistake
of cashing in our better parts Tor
the low. the base, the sensual sin oil
sacrificing principle for the things
of Lesser value. What pity. wnen
young people mortgage their III
lures and eclipse their success foi
the passing pleasure of today.
al would not presume TO add tt
the admirable virtues. named by tn
Master in the Beatitudes, but mign
venture to name some things We
would do well to avoid. In her little
book. "What Is Worth While, Anna
Robertson Brown says.-'We ma.
let 90 all things which we cannot car
nv into eternal life. Surley, it Is
mistake to build life which has nc
claim upon eternity. Surely, 1t
follv to spend our time and our en-
ergy and waste our possibilities loi
a few years of paltry pleasure, whef
we might build that which will yielc
us immeasurable JOY now and con
tinue through the eternal ages. S'
my friends you may well avoid =
pretense and worry, sin and seifisn
ness, distrust and hatred, envy and
jealousy. These things no tonly mar
the beauty of character, they DIM
inish the dimensions of your hfe'
they spoil its symetry; they weaken
the structure, and will ultimately
consign the whole life to the scrap
heap Of failure
aThere are many things OF great
or value than life. Down through
the ages men and women have been
willirg to part with. life for princi-
pies fundamental to the attainment
of the higher ideals Of civilization