The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-06-13

hiuS bruce c0ulu not 0tVl4e.
It soon began to cling and crawl
Straight up with strong en-
deavor;
But down it came with slipping
sprawl,
As near to the ground as ever.
/ Up. up it ran, not a second did
stay,
To make the least complaint.
Till il. fell still lower; and there
it lay
A little dizzy and faint.
It's head grew steady; again it
went,
And travelled half yard higher,
Twas a delicate thread it had to.
tread,
And a road where its feet would
tire.
Again it fell, and swung below;
But up it quickly mounted,
Till up and down, now fast, now
slow,
Six brace attempts were
counted.
"Sure," said the king, ''That
foolish thing
Will strive no more to climb,
When it tolls so hard to reach and
cling
And tumbles every time
But up the insect went once more !:
All me! It's an anxious minute;
He's only a foot from his cobweb
door;
Oh, say, will he lose or win it,?
Steadily, steadily, inch by INCH.
Higher and higher he got.
And bold little run at the very
last pinch
Put him into the wiahed-for
spot.
Bravo! Brayow The king cried
I out;
"All honor to those who. try; IT
The spider up there defied des-
pair
He conquered, and why should
not II"
And Bruce Of Scotland braced his
/. mind
And gossips tell the tale,
That he tried once more, as he
tried before
And that time he did not fail.
THAT spider certainly had de-
termination! He did not let dis
enlargement enter into his life.
So don't forget, girls. D, in the
word graduate stands for de-
termination.
i U For Usefulness
But determination to do what?
To carry that quality Of 9 true
Mary Immaculate Convent grad
uate indicated by the fifth letter
of the word-'usefulness': of be-
ing useful citizens in whatever
/, walk of life yon choose.
while it is true that u can also
stand for 'uselessaess'. The u of
graduate never does. 'Uselessl'
/, useless to themselves, useless 10
others and q drag on society, q
, regular milestone around It's neckl
No. for the U of graduate stands
for usefulness.
! And the field il limitlesa in
extent-medicine, law, dentistry,
! nursing, science, sisterh0od. But
] II is not necessary to go the pre-
LESSONS or 10 the sisterhoodst 10 be
I useful. The business world in its
many branches, is crying aloud
/ for useful wOmen--women that
are honest. wosaen who are an. in
spiration, women who make bnsi-
ness better for having crossed its
threshold.
/ Now look beyond the portals
Of the home. There first, last
and all the time do we find the
imperative demand for useful
women. Useful wives and usefnl
i mothers who change q dwelling
plare to an honest-to-God Nome
whence 60 forth the builders of q
nation.
"cruel though my words may
sound at first. let me emphasize
tonight, dear girls. that q diploma,
even from this grand old institu-
ton. does not, in itself, make .
] graduate q useful citizen. That
diploma, hard-earned though Il be.
merely states that she has finished
her course and finished with salts
faction. To. be . useful citizen
you must make right and proper
use Of the knowledge and eAuea-
| tioa Of which your diploma 4 =
guarantee. Pardon my blnntness.
yon must make yourselves nssful
citizens. A diploma can never Do
L. The matter i sqnnrely up 10
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