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.-*1? YOU WANT ANYTHING POHB WEIL. DO IT YOURSELF."
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An ?yre are now leaving-the haven ofj our school'a protection, embark--
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ing upon life'B voyage with all its broader and deeper responsibilities, where mistakes will be viBited with thejsevere-consequence of inexorable laws.1, ?in which one ill-considered or unthoughted action may eternally
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mar. our earthly success and happiness,. .Vehoovefl. to pause and consider
'"and-adopi mi o h,maxJnja ? ioi- rul^0 to ?gov4?>us^ that at' tho ?5nd we may 'Say
under whatever stress of circumstances w$.: have weathered adversity, we
have run a good raoe, and may in our heart.1 s satisfaction find the. only
true happiness?the knowledge of good deeds well perfprrned. fifty not
recognize and faoe the faot that our youtjh and previous immunity from
harsh experience make us view the wo rid.through the eyes of ove^-atimulated
distorted optimism, seeing nothing to thwart the complete and easy
acoomplishmeiyb of our vaulting ambition? Why do we have eyes and Bee
not, ears and hear not, believing ourselves immune from the trials, that
i ; have beset through life the paths Of countless thousands before ua? .Do
-notknqw Jjfoat; there is no royal road1 to success, and that all who ^ attain it mast tread the stony way of B^lf-denial to its accomplishment?
*? 1 Beginning our voyage?the one and only.pne vouchsafed us throughout all
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the existenoe of this sphere?let ub reqogniza its perils, let us take our bearings, and steer that oourse thalj'reason tells us will best-fulfill the obligation that is handed ub with the right to breathe?the obligation
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to conduct ourselves with credit and advantage, with usefulness and profit to oar8elves and the world, and to so live as to oonduoe to the happiness and welfare of ourselves and those about ub.
r know of no one rule of conduct, the following of which would more and Bucoesa	embodied	in	the subject
title of this discussion, iThat of importance can be left tafely to the
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performance of others? While it is not said in a spirit of criticism.
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since in large operations the oontrollinjg mind must of neoessity leave
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much to those under itB^ardera ajid,<Uraotions, history abounds with colossal failures beoause^4?r was not, or eould not be adhered to in each instance. A notable example is the cataatrophy at Gettysburg, ^nd if this be true when the factor to whom the: performance iB delegated is affected with a duty and interest correctly to effect it, howjloubly tnjVit is when <.that factor has/not at stake the interest and^asponsibility.