The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-06-13
Address Given By Rev. M'Crah At
Commencement Exercises At Convent
lcontinued From Yesterdayl

AuC Wtldt yVUE 8uSWcE WVu1u ~
Father Dougherty. have no fear
have no misgivings'. You will never
have reason to be ought but proud
Of u.s. We will stay good. You
have taught us. We have learned
your lesson. We have seen your
example. We win remain faith
full to our religion and our God
Pray to him for us, for yon are
with Him now, that His divine
grave be not lacking when tempta-
| tons cross our path
A For Ambition
"And you will show your graft
tude, dear girls, and give prac-
tical proof of your religion IL you
! make the letter of graduate
lstand for another salient quality
of Mary immaculate Convent
graduates, ambition, by which ]
mean a strong desire and potent
wish to rise above the ordinary
and the commonplace; to soar to
dizzy heights and not grovel along
the beaten path of mediocrity and
routine.
"Wolsey, it is true, remarked,
Cromwell, l charge thee fling
away ambition. But that was an
ambition that is self-centered and
false; and ambition that tramples
under foot, in paltry disdain, the
rights of others whether of God or
of our fellowman.
"But ambition in the right
sense; ambition in the sense of
using your talents to best adj
vantage, or, in other words, to do
your top-level best, is praise
worthy and laudible indeed! Was
not Christ Himself ambitious for
| the glory of His heavenly Father?
Did He not say The zeal of Thy
house hath eaten me up? Was
there ever more ambitious mis-
sionary than st. Francis Xavier?
Did not his cry to heaven Give me
soulsl Give me souls!' Show he
had ambition for the salvation Of
souls to the Nth degree?
Gladstone used to say when
you run, run as fast as you can,
when y0n jump, jump as high as
you can-words that said, in q
graphic way, be ambitious; do
your best
I'm other words, dear graduates,
aim high and let excelsior. excel
sior-higher and higher still-be
your motto and your watchword,
D. For Dissemination
yet, your ambition will not
carry you to sublime heights Of
success unless you. make the
fourth letter Of the word grad.
uate' stand for determination BY
| which ], mean logged resolve
level every obstacle that stand in
your way.
Napoleon is quoted as say
ing: Most men are victims of cir
cumstances, but make cir
cumstances.' He had that fourth
letter; he had determination. He
had will of iron that swept OBJ.
stacles aside.
Il see stretched on penants
above my head and ct my feel
your class motto, Written in your
class colors, 'constantia vicimus.
by constaney we conquer. Con-
staDtia' by constancy, by dogged
determination!
Eyes, the ID in graduate
stands for determination, dogged
determination. OF course it might
also stand for disbursement t.
which we are all prone for we arr
! all human. But make a doggee
determination that discourage
ment' is not in your. EvoeSbulasV
that is no such thing; that Z
means determination and dogget
| determination at that.
"If. perchance you are tempted
to let d stand for announcement
then recall the little poem tI heart
il forty years ago in the Sister,
school, as read from the fourtl
readerl about
Bruce And The Spider
King Bruce of Scotland flung
himself down
In lonely mood to think;
True, he was q monarch and wore
crown,
But his heart was beginning Il
sink.
For he was trying to do q good
deed
I To make his people glad
He had tried and tried. but could
not succeed
/ And 50 he became quite sad.
He flung himself down in Low
despair
/ A grieved Is man could be:
And after . while he pondeFet
there
IN give il up" cried be.
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