The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-07-07

held at Columbia 0OlieBS last WSSh
for the graduating class, and ht
marked the Goth class that has grad
uated from the college.
In addressing the class, president
S. M. Funk spoke on Vision and
Restraint, and said in part:
You have reached another mile
stone in your educational develop
ment. You have been preparing to
meet the responsibilities that you
must assume in this great mission of
living. Soon you are TO leave the
parental care you have enjoyed
throughout your childhood and your
school days, TO assume more of life's
responsibilities as you acquire liter
airy, scientific, legal or medical train
ing in the higher educational and
professional realms, or as you launch
out in the business field of your
choicc-the field in which you are
now prepared to render superior
service.
Now that you realize that your
childhood joys have passed, that par
entail care and advice are soon to be
fond memories, and that you must
now conduct yourselves as grown
ups, be serious minded and set
goal | charge you now to keep ever
in mind that beautiful thought of
LCngfellows Life is earnest, life
is real and the grave is not its-goal".
Your adult life is just beginning
and to meet its challenge you must
be fair-minded and industrious as
you live for others and with others.
Do not indulge in dreamy fancies,
but have a purpose and solve the
real problems Of life Perhaps a
goal which you set when younger
led you here Was your coming
here for the dollar, so that later you
could crafty your desire to bask
in the pleasures of life? or did you
come here to prepare yourself to
live an abundant and useful life?
1t is worthy ambition to
develop earning power for the pur-
pose of giving full value for value
received, whether it be to employ
ers or to the community you serve in
conducting business enterprise. But
you should set your goal bit higher
and strive to reach it, The most
laudable goal one can set is to serve
God, to serve Country, to serve fell |
lowmen, and to build a home and
protect it from all evil influences
and to give parental love and care to
those who may be entrusted to you
through the great purpose of Di-
vine home building. To reach a
worthy goal you must have true
vision, pure motives, and must in
corporate the philosophy of the Mas
ter into your life. Where there is
lack of vision there is no restraint.
The popular tendency is to think
reference is considered an attack
on the personal rights and liberties
of man The present day trend of
thought is that our desires and APP
petites were given us to be satisfied
and that any restraint for the pro-
lection of the weak is considered
"old fogyism. If we as a people fall
for this false theory we shall perish. |
You must awaken from your blind
concepts of life and assume your full
responsibilities as you release your
childhood past and take up your
work of making life worthwhile for
the unborn generations that must
follow you. Heed your responsibility
to you parents as they approach |
their declining years, and defend
the infants as they cry out for pro-
lection You are face to face with |
big tasks, grave responsibilities, and
crafty culnningness that is hard to
discern from vital principles of cor
rect philosophy Pleasure seeking
and Indulgence have never
brought happiness, built a nation
strong, nor given its citizenship pro-
lection from the injustices of life.
In the confusion of our changing
civilization, it is difficult for young
people to realize the Importance of
vision and the need of restraint We
hope that our morning talks have
proven helpful for better under
standing. Vision and restraint gen.
crate the power that lifts men out
of the whirlpools of sin into the chan
nels of the good life. And it is vision
and restraint that produce the pow
er which raises other men to posi-
tons of constructive leadership.
Your success will be measured by the
breadth of vision you develop, and