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('OrflS, it wt•nld CC'rtainly inc-lndc rcfet·cnce t0 the arch- c~mnplc-thc Liter;tt·y Society. But we hnl'e no time for catalogne5; C•lll' iurct·est is cngn•sscd i11 the canso which dampens <•m· :3)lirit and which is respn11siblc for all Olll' umnH·th;· ucgli~cllC'C to our sehor•l. its branches, and our- seln's. To put the blame on one thing is at the same time diillcult and hnzardous, yet ''c dar(' to say that it i::; lack o£ scriousJlCSS of purpose. \\'c looked at the things which han~
sneccedcd, and we looked at the things which ha,·c faikd;
the diffcrenee gn,·e ns this thought: Why was the dance so
successful~ B c e a u s c i t w a s t a k e n s e 1 · i o n s l y ; t h a t i s ,
c:nncstly. \Ylty did the basket-hall league, for instance,
fail? For exactl.'· the oppf•sitc reason-it was not taken
scriousl:'. (f yon had go11c iuto the dance in the same spirit
that yon went into a Laskct-hall game the dance would haYe
failed too, and failed "·ithont the ltclp of an epidemic of mC'aslcs.
If ~·on intend to make a farce of a serious thing it is sure to fail, hnt if ~·on take a tlting scriuuslv and carncsth· it is bo11nd to 1c successful. .Apply this to yonr schoollif;_;·mt will he happier. Tt is mot·e pleasant to succeed than to fail.
Cast a"·ay this lack of scriommess of purpose. This is no time nor place for frin.]ity. :Form ~·onrseh·cs into a bod\· \\'t·on~ht with r(';tl esprit de corps, and thereby ill\·i!!ot·ate
yonr sc·hool and yonr orgnnizations with a ne'~ spiri~ and
lifc. Then, and only tltcn. "·ill its futme !!·li;;tcn and
n>n!!nify in the hri!!htne~sof pence to come cYcn ;sthe <•leam
of its bcginnin~ has f'-hone in the darkne;;s of war.
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