The Gavelyte, December 1908

- ---·--- What a gnind time. it. i~ for ::;nmp onP to takt-> up this matter. one of us ha,e yet, real'herl the agt>, when ouL of re8µect for t,he i11firm in years, one would be inclrnerl to 1,ut 011 the soft pedal and U'-1P the gl,,verl hand. 11 ov– era\.\ ing genius has :1et arisen from among our number to ,ilence the ordi– nary critic, or to rnakP us timid about spf:'aking our mind Wf> are one !'arn– ily, prar:tically ,,ne generation; altho the ·'spinning process" may have been .::arried a trifle farther with some th:rn with others, Therefore it seemR to me a Rplendit! timP to "nose around" in a very cold-blooded, persistent way, anil see if we do not find a little narrnwnes' and selfishnes,, a little ingrati– lude p1°rhaps. at lea 'ta little carelessnes' among u with reference to t:'he institution to which we all owe o much . H,,wever, do not uppo. e that I havP the pre~umption to undertake such a task. I am only hoping that 'ome older mf>mber will take the hint and prepare an "inferndl mi.3sile" or two and hurl them into a futurf> issue of the GAVELYTE. It strikes me that ..it this time when hearts are being lifted to Almigh-. ty God, thnnking Him in a spt>cial way for the blessings that ha.vf> come from His h,1nd. among the many thing\ every alumuu~ shculd remember with deepest gratitude Cecl~.rville Collt>ge; and in a special way her F'aculty. Some of you nrn)' indulge in a cynical mi IP; I doubt if you have the right to. You will 11ave the right, if you can hvnestly ay "I maile the very best of t>very npp•,rtunity he afforded me, and found Her wanting'. You may haq., the right wlwn you have realizecl to the fulle t, every lofty ideal that wa::, inspired in you by your as, ociations there; or every ideal that can be ~raced to your associations there; or ideal that may have been th1-- c.:hild of that; if from when" YOTT , tanrl you can measure the influence of j 1 our Alma– Mater, if you can hounil it on orth, East, outh and We t· if you can take your pen and compute the whole, adding to pos ibility, opportunity and to opportiini ty, unsPI fish n f' , s and to that, se If-sacrifice, to that, patience, to that, love, to that, life, halanre tlw111 all up, writP "clone", r11ll it up as a scroll an,! plar.e it in thf> hand~ of tht-> Rec.:ording Angel - a complete record. If you can do that from wlwre YO .stanrl, theri ,,f c.:ourse ordin..iry mortal. will submit to y.,u the ri~ht, tll 111clulge in cynici'tn. But if like the rest of u, , you an.. jll.st ht>ginning to i:ealize thP µo.ssibilitiP, that werP opened up to you though t,he pfforts of tl1e F'aculty of Cedarville 'ollege, if you realize, · as does the writer. that your difricnlty haR not bee11 lack of opportunity, b11t JimitPd capacity; not lack of fielil, bt,t lack of apµlicatinn. lack ,,f vi::.ion; if