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KIOI' SC COL Olir BU/ 7 JCN, MIIT',STONT\. j
In c f -’nys mother class .vf KiJ
School ys and pirls will _r at
the t c_; ^ nin of ■; tv.w rhrse f
life, ^ longer will ti "j hav to |
worry ah ut bcJn,_ Ir.te to scb.o-1
or will -aminatl on questions caus
br'-Avn t wrinkle, and those close
and usu;: ly friendly. as3ocirti "he
will no1 be on eary to c ntinue asj
they h‘v in east years at schor1 i
To us, *. ; older uoneration, the
days v. rent in schc.ol are the
real ha y ones, but jrabo wo too
didnt t’ ‘nk so then and in scae •
cases w.re just ?n anxious to e et !
out an1 f’ind ut what life offers j
cutsid;. churl r o ms and par'-ntialj
car .
Thera . r many things that we mi^h
tell you that would heir, yous north
you path, fr m our exfierences, bu
usual;; it is host that you learn b|
doint, th . thin, s that will enable |
ycu to t at Ilfcs problems.
Howev r we feel that Mark Twain
certainly spoke wisely, when he sc!
that" mast of the things that he
feared,n.vcr happened'
Fear is 'nc of the most useles and!
wasteful of all human weakness ss ’j
and usu ly the thin0 that we fear j
can be vercome, or it d>sent
happen.
Sometimes the habits of life and
the phil sophy that accompanies
it, that oUr parents have are very
puzzlein._, to us, perhaps our best
teachers hove different ideas and
the two cause confusicn in cur
minds, • litics, r'H0e-on, end all
of tbos.. sub j ect s, usualy so very
ccnfusinw to the yiunb mind and so
you and you alone will have to
decide what you wish to believe
Only fr e and indecendant minds
have th ability to fullfill the
purpose for which the mind function
In c1evel-'pinc5 and enjoying the
pleasure of nn Independent mind, we
must not become vorbearinp and try
to impose our ideas on others who
do not n ree with us, On ; of the
best, indications of r well civilized
man is the practlc . of tolerance in
c ntact with other people, but in
C' ntrast with this type is the other
extreme, thrt is the person who has
no mind of l is own, who must be told
what to do and believe. Sometimes
this typ trios to wic^.le through
lifes difficulties by icnorin^ the
facts f life and usein^ apponsIn,_
tactics t ■ 0uard himself from the
more acres sivo and selfish persons
v;ho would harm him. We believe that
the study of the history of the cart)
for the last twenty years will show
how .futile this ususly is.
In modern times the difficulty of
Ccttin0 infcrmation and lrarnin0
about the best rules for action"in
-'life arc net so b •' p ■ ■ to secure as
in f-rmer times, when education was
not freely offered, Nowdrys wo have
b.^ks, pictures and l ctures that
challenge the human min'3 to strive
for m re km wlod^e than any people
v;er ever able to secure any time
bef r, in the hist ry cf mankind.
Great teachers like the Apostle Paul
can <_ive us <reat ujm cf truth that
will be worthwhile, one ,f then was
his statement "rrv. all things and
holdfast to that which Is .cod"
Then if we wish to Ive into the
realms of simple philosophy, as we
the «_;reat but
dljr.Tm.eipson. -
cos tW>ft dWtVe
h uneducated
.Then if one is interested in learn
dn_ hov/ to work with lame ^r. ups
•yef people who comprise o notion, it
would undoubtably be worthwhile to
study Democracy as advocated by the
. , author of our national c .ns tut ion
xVtomas Jefferson.
should we mi^ht stu3:
simple life of the kin
Pip
' mo
rent
are
oal
on self c
masterpi
evon to t
One tiling that the writer believes
is that the ideal life cm only be
obtained when we d velop the mind,
body and soul t gather. ..e cr.n never
approach tho ideul ns lonj os we
hnve n higher record f.r the machine
that provides the better things of
life physicnly, yhan wo do the trai"
in0 of the mind to have broad and
tolerant views in rj0nrd to the
welfare of others not so-fortunate.
The basis of all true r -lino ns can
best be stated, by re-matin the text
of the "GOLDEN RULE”‘when we do unto
others cs we would have then do unto
us, then we are npp ror.chin, r lon0
and very desireable _onl that has
been envisonod by sc nnny sincore
people who have strived t o attain
t,his much desired state of brin_.