The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-23
DEDICATE HIGH
SCHOOL FRIDAY
HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS VISIT
AND INSPECT FINE NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING
OBLIGATORY PROGRAM WELL ATTENDED
Magnificent New Structure Is Good
Illustration Of Growth and
Progress Of City

Progress of City
Walter E. Bell, Edna NJ. Duff and
Rosella Gunderson of Brookings, were
members of the 1922 graduating class
OF the secondary school Of agriculture
at State college which received their
diplomas at the commencement eXer-
cises Tuesday morning at the college
auditorium. The class, numbering 35
young men and women, was one of
the largest ever graduated from this
course. The class was presented by
DIR. j. A.. Williams, principal Of the
school Of agriculture, who also deliv-
cred the charge. DR.. Willis f. John
son, president Of the college, received
the class and presented the diplomas.
Your Work was the subject of
the commencement address delivered
by f. c. WOODBURY., president Of the
Spearfish State normal school.
mo more important decision eel
faces young people about to leave
school than the choice of a work in
life. Too often this is left entirely to
chance. The speaker does not remem-
Der that anyone, parent or teacher
ever seriously cOunseled with him on
the subject until the chance offer Of
a country school made a pedagog out
of MIN. The real purpose of this talk
is to consider for a little while some
of the fundamental principles under
lying the choice of a work in the
world.
Every person should subject his
work to three fundamental tests. He
must first ask himself, is it worth
while?' The work of the world
groups itself into three rough classes.
The first is that work which is posi-
lively harmful to the world. The
work of the thief, the swindler, the
gambler, the bootlegger are OF this
type. No self respecting person will
les aslder this. The second is that
work which, while lawful and often
respectable, produces nothing Of value
in the world. The promoter, the
broker who does little but levy toll,
many agents and statesmen are of this
class. The third is that work which
brings something into existence or
brings something to pass which adds
to the sum total of human happiness.
The MAJ who breaches a good SER
mon, the man who teaches a good les
son, the man who raises a good pig,
the man who digs a good ditch and the
man who p%ersuades a balky Ford to
run, all belong to this group.
The second test a man should APP
ply to his work is to ask the question,
Am | doing my work the best | CAM
Ebert Hubbard had in his employ an
old plainly clad, b~ewhiskered crafts
man called Ali Baba. This man
worked in oak and mahogany and
every piece of furniture he turned out
was as good as human skill could
make it. He had a real pride in his
work and Ebert Hubbard was proud
to call him friend. A few years ago
| spoke to an unkempt old man in a
restaurant in Rapid City. He was ex-
aiming a book Of trout flies and |
asked him in a casual way if he was a
fisherman. His eyes cleaned with
honest pride as he answered, I'm the
best trout fisherman in the hills No
man need be ashamed of his work IL
IL is a useful work and is done as well
as he can do it. That is a very true
saying commonly nscribed to Emerson,
If a man can write a better book,
preach a better sermon, or build a
better mousetrap than his neighbor,
though he build his house in the
woods, the world will make a beaten
path to his door
THE third test to which ones work
must be subjected is an inquiry into
it's power to bring happiness. A Har'
ward professor when asked the amount
Of his salary is said to have replied,
] am very fortunate. Harvard pays
me four thousand dollars for the work
| do, but if she would not and | could
afford it, | should be very glad to pay
Harvard four thousand dollars for the
privilege of teaching my boys"
"A young man who has just entered
the movies is said to have been as
signed a part in which his chief work
was to make love to a beautiful gil.
AS he gathered her to his arms and
kissed her, he was heard to murmur,
Just think, they pay me a salary for
doing this"