1933 Cedrus Yearbook

CHAPTER FIVE Character DISCOBOLUS "Discobolus" is a work of the Greek sculptor, Myron, who lived in the fifth century B. C. There are several copies of the statue which are found at the Vatican, the Massimi Villa at Rome, the Capitoline Museum at Rome, and the British Museum. "Discobolus" is wonderfully effective, and we feel as if we must see the throw made, and the dense muscles relaxed, before we can leave it. It is an example of the highest Greek art in the representation of the physical frame and difficult action." HARACTER has been defined as a perfectly educated will. It is moral excel- lence, power, and influence. Every one should hold the possession of a good character as one of the highest aims of life. Young people, as they start in life, should regard character as capital, much surer to yield full returns than any other form of capital, unaffected by panics and fail- ures, fruitful when all other investments lie dormant. Character is not achieved over night, created at will, "caught," or "bought." It is a product of sanity and right living. It is founded and maintained by constant perform- ance. Character of the real sort is quite like health and happiness. It should need, and receive very little direct attention, but appear like the fragrance of a flower in the process of normal and vigorous living. Character is formed by a course of actions. Each one of us is building character every day; and every act of life should be a step nearer the goal. If day by day we are careful to build our lives with pure, noble, and upright deeds, at the end we shall be the possessors of a fair temple, honored by God and man. The myriad forces within us are in- cessantly developing. A great structure is going up, story by story, although we are not conscious of the process. It is character—a building that must stand; so we must be per- fectly sure that there is a secure foundation that will endure the storms and turmoil of life. But as one leak will sink a ship, and one flaw break a chain, so one dishonorable, Page Thirty-nine