Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-12


Through wisdom il an house build
ed: and by understanding it 10 estab-
ished.'
Quoting those wonderful lines:
* x Z PLANT lilies and lilies will
bloom" the speaker continued:
Life, civilization, organized society.
it's a complex thing: and yet how
easily its perplexities would resolve
themselves IL we but exemplihed, in
our daily conduct. the wonderful
story of the seed; and. II into the
mystical web of our lives, We wove
the fadeless and faultless hber Of
the Golden Rule!
But Oh! this human nature OF
ours!
We follow the will o. the wisp of
pleasure! We acknowledge blind
leaders. and Him, Lord God Of Hosts.
we do forget. we do forget!
Fortunately for US, His love has
blazed a home path. His law Is 4
lamp unto our feet. and Justice and
Mercy find habitation within HIS
throne.
And if We need Gods law, we
need, also. mans law. the crystal
lized sentiment Of society, the guild
ing and restraining power of the
State.
That law. also. must be respected,
and it's saving grace must be made
manifest
Peace. order. public safety. tho
protection of our families and the
preservation of our homes, demand II.
To discuss that proposition were to
discount your intelligence.
That Is not our mission.
We come to lay foundation; to
stimulate hope: to nourish aspiIa-
ton: to show you that we are inter-
ested in your welfare, and because
We believe that. not by force, for that
is useless, but by teaching the dig
nifty and safety of labor, by ineulcat-
ing the homely virtues of the simple
life. by instilling in your hearts the
principles of truth without cant and
liberty without license, We can assist
you along the road to abiding,
self-respecting citizenship.
We propose to make this indeed
school for citizenship.
We think much less of what has
been. and much more of what is to
be; much less, much less, of the
iron bar. and more, much more of
the helping hand.
Our aim is not to see what we can
do to you, but what we can do for
You.
We want to help you as we, too,
! need help. to love light and hate
darkness: to love good and hate
evil; to love man and fear God.
To this end 1 promise the activity
OF every resource at our command.
This is "Our job" and God helping
us oil we shall not fail.
And saying "all," mean all.
Out into the new time, or back into
the DID,
Out into the sunlight, or back. into
the gloom;-
UP onto the mountain-top, or down
into the depths;-
Up, on the way to Heaven, or down
on the road to HE'LL
We all go together!
| Rules We must have, and discipline,
physical 1hd intellectual, must be
| maintained.
Anything else means failure.
An organization without rules is
hopeless.
An army without discipline is use
| legs.
But rules will be made for mutual
benefit: and discipline will be such
| as wisdom and experience and sanity
and good judgment indicate to be the
best for the Institution and best for
you.
1t will be the discipline which
spells success: it will be reformatory,
and not dcformatory: it will be con-
structive and not destructive.
Two hundred men living together
present some problems, I know: but
they are not problems that cannot be
solved by the reasonable and season
able application of common sense.
We shall contribute. towards their
solution. all the heart and all the
conscience with which we are en-
! dowed. We shalh consider them
sympathetically and, I hope, under
standingly.
We shall treat men as creatures
with souls,
The door OF development will
swing wide open. and the gateway to
Let us take up our burdens with
courage and with faith.
Let us remember that We all react
upon one another: that no man liveth
unto himself alone: that We are all
members of n great human Brother
hood in which the good or ill OF one
ID tho good or i'll of all; the rights
and privileges of one, the rights and
privileges Of all.
Together let us demonstrate that
"stone walls do not prison make.
Nor iron bars 2 cage.
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and of truth. are as never-failing here
as they are in the world outside.
anu ne.o' . anu a"u eters~heIe'
ahes orIhs 'hoh 'eM@u- anu the OPP