, 1921-06-19

ueAL lnly years VIII 0CbcA I'LL
This was the declaration
leader of American women il
tional suffrage and now head
ers, in the baccalaureate addr
the graduating class OF the Univer-
sity Of Wyoming here last Saturday.
Mrs. a was made n doctor Of laws.
enjoying the distinction OF being the
first to receive an honorary degree
from the university.
The speaker called upon the mem
hers OF the graduating class 20 go into
the world with n determination to be-
come men and women OF vision.
Vision" she said. lis not n wild
dream which comes in the night from
indigestion; nor Is II the idle fantasy
OF a d~iscordant mind. although these
charges ave both been made. Vision
Is first OF all a conviction based upon
reliable knowledge OF past and pres
ent in respect 10 m cause. Next it
is knowledge Of what will be consist
enf evolutionary lines of development,
and no vision is trustworthy unless
Il is thoroughly intelligent. so I beg
you to learn to think things through.
Think hen out in all directions. dis
card no data know all there is to be
known about h cause you study. Do
allow your mental processes to
shirk the task. Learn TO make tina big
things look big. and h small things.
look small. And when your convic-
ton comes. vision will come with 1t.
The vision which viii reveal wrongs
TO be corrected. n rights to be es-
tsblished concerning that particular
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stand You have found your cause
10 serve. Do not stammer n drop
the eyes while defendtns II.
Wyoming Example.
You the sons and daughters of
Wyoming. have the immortal example
OF your state to follow. When Wyo-
ming. fifty-two years ago. gave wom-
en- h vote. she stood alone alone
in all the world. Her influence was
then small. In 1869 I was a young
child studying geography and / re-
member that great yellow splotch on
the map which included wyoming,
and was called the Great American
desert" The great world held in
slight regard anything which could
come out of that desert, and It was
rot 20 great a thing for wyoming TO
give tho vote as it was to stand for
1t afterwards and never falter. In
fiuencc came and the w..,i Lrgar %
5eer at Wyoming. but Wyoming stood
fast, and by and by other statcs
caught her vision and followed her
example until at a $ after nifty years
tho whole nation became a uait n
acknowledged that wyomin. had
been right
Known in India.
Not only the nation caught her
vision. but other nations as well, until
now b list of nations which have
conferred the vote upon women num-.
bers rs. and is longer than those
which have not. Soon there will 20.
the last being India. which has lust
been granted legislative councils with
authority which includes the right TO
extend suffrage to Three
states have already done 1t, and the
others are scheduled to follow. SO
Wyoming. the great TRAN blazer, i'm.
mortalized herself by the act of 1865.
Well do 1 remember a talk with an
Indian philosopher in Calcutta. bare
footed and shirtless, and wearing the
usual Indian garment, a single strip
of cloth. sitting cross-legged upon a
table; he quoted Emerson to me and
then asked about Wyoming. 1t is un-
usual TO find any n in foreign lands
who knows the names of many OF our
s~tates,s but millions of people have
learned the name of wyoming
through that great act of progressive
justice.
Follow your state and stand fast
for h cause that is right. The
world may howl at you. stone you,
mob you. but It will eventually sur
render to you There is such a thing
as a law of evolution leading upward
and onward. But without the aid of
those who see visions and have been
willing to live and to die for them,
the rate OF that evolution would at
any time have been exceedingly glow.
Be an Evolver.
I beg you to be an evolver, and
help evolution to move onward. You
be called at the head of the
column to .beckon humanity upward;
you may be called to serve in the
pushing and prodding humanity
cnward-or you may merely march
intehe midst OF the column, but even
there o set the pace and make
all your nation march the faster.
"To be an evolver Is not to add a
burden 1t is to possess yourself of
. great gift, for ~evolvers arc men and
women OF vision. and vision is a buoy
ant and e~xhilarating daily support
the ipexhaustible source of
and courage Evolvers help the world
TO move forward. and my idea of the
good citizen OF today is one of whom
II can be said-he has compelled his
to move forward.
Every good citizen ought to post
upon his wall two things, one was
by Victor Hugo: Abuses existed,
/ combated them; tyrannes existed, I
destroyed them; rights end principles
existed. I proclaimed and confessed
them The other was said by Alex
ander Hamilton long years age, of
our cwn country, but It is far more
significant today than then. Said he:
We are the state. n laws fail to pro-
tect. It Is we who fail. II injustice
dwells in this land It IS VIC who should
hang cur heads IN shame Let these
be your guides.
r"Iou. who from the very nature. of