Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-25
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BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Diplomas Presented to Stu
dents; Address Given by
DR.. w. K. Greene

rouisburg, May 25-The 135th COM
mencement of Louisburg College was
brought to a close today with the pre-
sentation of diplomas and certificates
to nearly a hundred liberal arts, bus
mess and high school students at ten
thirty at the Methodist church here.
The address to the graduating class
was delivered by DR.. w. K. Greene,
Dean of Undergraduate instruction
Of Duke University and member of
the Board of Trustees of the College.
DR.. D. E. Earnhardt president of the
college. introduced the speaker and
aided in the presentation of the dip
lonlas and certificates to members of
the graduating class.
Using as his subject, "The Three
Great Powers" DR.. Greene counselled
the graduates for their future and
said that the use of these three pow
ers would aid them greatly in living
successful lives. These three powers
he named are the power to purpose in
heart, the power to see the invisible,
and the power to overcome difficulties
The power to purpose in the heart"
the speaker said "is the spinal column
manhood and WomanhOod. It is the
rock foundation in the pyramid of per-
sonal greatness.
Every great deed" he added, is the
result of some great motive behind it.
This motion is the invisible point of
a needle, the kneen, slender edge of a
razor that opens the way for the bulk
that follows"
With reference to the second point.
the power to see the invisible, the
speaker pointed out that the greatest
things of this world are not the
things we see with the physical eye
but are invisible, intangible things
such as love, patriotism and religion.
After all he said, sit is not what
we see, but what we see in things
that give them meaning. The differ
ence in men and women is very large
L. at the difference in what they see.
The great work of all the great artists
is only the visible expression of an in
visible idea
With regard to the third point-the
power to overcome difficulty-the
speaker pointed out that it may seem
strange to most of us but men seldom
grow rich by accident; lawyers sell
dom win cases by accident, doctors
seldom operate successfully by acct
dent and it is no accident that thou
sands of people go in and out of the
City of Rochester, Mimi, every year
IF we want knowledge" he said,
I'VE must work for it; if food, we must
work for it; if pleasure, we must work
for it. Work is law"
The history of our human world
is replete with illustrations of men
and women who have achieved dis
tinctive success by overwhelming ire
mendous difficulties" the speaker
continued.
DR.. Greene discusses the function OF
difficulty and adversely in life, de-
claring that "adversity is the prosper
ity of the great. No kites could fly so
high without a string to hold it down."
Many Students" he declared, "are
pampered and weakened by luxurious
living who would grow strong and
triumphing over their hardships and
difficult living"
Dr. Gre%1e called attention to an
inspiring illustration, under his own
observation, of a young man who has
achieved a marked degree of success
by the sheer will to overcome what
seemed to be insuperable in his path.