, 1921-06-09

lum OF marriage laws. come The
words, Love. honor and obey" OF
these words we have one. on which
the existence of the other two de
pend. hat one is "honor." Voluntary
obedience. hat which exists in the
happy union OF man II woman,
springs only from respect and es-
teen for one another; only from
these regards Is true Owe born. On
this word hinges the success of mar
ried life, and that success being in
terpreted means an ideal home.
wherein are fostered those instincts.
those principles and those virtues.
on which relatively speaking. are
founded the nations of the world |
Unborn in avery normal child. is an
instructive admiration, awe. and re-
spect. for father and mother. Not
until that child heart has received
the disappointing and lamentable
revelation that that respect Is I'M
merited. does its instructive paren-
tai admiration cease to exist. Love
lace never uttered anything more
true, than when he said, Il could not
love thee. dear, so much. loved I not
honor more"
So closely allied with the home in
the development Of all child instincts,
Is the school. A~ssociating hourly
with his companions at work or at
play, uncOnsciously, that internal
voice keeps speaking. On the play
ground. in the games OF skill and
strength, amid the admiring words
and glances OF his schOOlmates, II is
his honor.-his child's honor that
tells him and that prompts him to
play square. In the school room.
there are certain tasks to be done.
That's easy enough! A fellow can
slide through! But, when the ex-
animation time comes and that fell
low doesn't know the to the
questions.-oh. II he could only
take a peek at the book. while the
teacher isn't looking! 1t would be
ference! What keeps him from do
ing it? Honor. He knows that he
would Re ashamed to tell what he
had done. that he had broken his
word OF honor; SO rather than be
lowered in the esteem Of his com
panions. he would rather keep his
honor clean. not only in their eyes,
but in his own mind.
Honor and adherence to its prin-
; ciples. face the High School pupil
as he takes his position in the affairs
OF the world. Regardless OF the po-
sition he chooses, whatever the chan
mel in which the affairs OF his life
are directed. honor Is necessary for
the gaining OF respect of his fellow,
e The need OF honor exists
everywhere and the lack OF 1t is in
evitably exposed to the world. Al
the same time, though justice may
seem to work slowly. the honorable
man alone Is successful. You may
v question the term successfully
must be admitted that success Is g
relative term, but true success mean.
e satisfaction; success means the con
e formity with the laws imposed upol
man by his Creator. What form
e the basis of the law of God? Homo
It to God and honor in our association
It'd with our %fellOwmen. To have led
e successful life then M must. hav
l. led an honorable One. AS God mad
Is laws for His creatures, nan Is in
ss stinctively cogniZant OF these requis
st ties and standards OF Justice. N
s. matter how low a man may fall, no
t. degraded he may become. neverthe
e less there was at n time, born !
l. him, however latent Or dormant.
% may have become. the fundamenta
and undeniable laws Of honOl
n "Honor among thieves" may seem
= paradoxical epigram, yet It is a,
s. existing truth. The members Of
gang Of marauders have set stand
ards and laws in regard to their be
haviOur toward one another whicl
each member Is required to follow
Is these laws are nothing more or less
than a weak, but nevertheless tru
IS responsibility placed on each man
J. | To N-tp1ntn hit, frItrf rnnnup To ion
D pardize ones safety with the rest o
Is the gang.
nj Glance through the z of his
'ei tory, our own y. s.. History: bcgil
le with our colonial forefathers an,
v read the story Of the building of III
d nation OF which We are so proud to
n day. There, like the red blood tina
Is flows through a living body we Sc
3 the noble red blood that stirred tn,
life Of our coun1ry-thc noble idea
d cherished. held so dear. for whicl
IS lives were offered and lost to uphold
our nations honor. What nature
could prompt men to suffer for sucl
an ideal? "A tree may be known b,
the fruit it bears What characte
OF men was needed to build our ma
ton? II is because of heir deeds
prompted only by their ideals tina
We revere the memory Of these nObl'
men. We read their lives and w
strive to mold our own thereby
What man, woman. or child does no
know the story of George Washing
ton n the cherry tree? Who doe!
not respect and honor the character
OF the father of our country? Ir
S every mans life. there is a CHERRY
= tree" perhaps not presented by the
Y J same symbol. but in some way OF
r shape. it is always there to be met in
some way. While 1t is hard sometimes
e to, tell the truth perhaps, yet to yield
to a temptation not to tell the truth
Is sometimes to sacrifice that which
should he the dearest thing In the
l wor1d-our honor. The name