ling waters of the Oregon roll their splashing music as they dash their way
‘ sound the base of skypiercing peaks; from where the wheat fields hold _
aloft their yellow grain, whose golden blades are fanned by western zephyrs
· into mimic waves of a mighty sea; from where the smokestack wreathing
its brow with blackened smoke and the click of machinery points to the
busy hum of man’s industry and progress, there isa land of ~faith and pa-
` triotism, a land of thought and religion, a land of ballots.
New developments, new work, new growth. new responsibilities. The
t ¤ lightening has wired light into the palace, it remains to burst the monop-
olized discoveries of genius and make bright the hearts and homes of the i
people. The world has been conquered by the sword, and before the Saxon
a glorious opportunity, and in his hands a Christian civilization, mighty to
. — teach and uplift. New conditions, new duties, an evolution that sweeps
. into a grander gay. » l
‘ ECONOMY. *
l Happy the man so well educated that his finances add wings to his sueecss. .
_ Genius without ability to live within means actually possessed or respensib- l
ly expected, is synonymous with misery. The true blessedness of life-  
_ whatever sphere of activity a student enters-depends largely upon his i
ability to keop out-go less than income. Many an ordinary mind has un-
ceasingly advanced to influence, as well as has constantly held happiness,
simply because it knew how to manage its money account. Of two students
equally bright going out into the world from graduation day, one capable in
W money affairs and the other incapable, the chances-—no the certainties-of a
` successful career are with the former rather than the latter. `
I A studeut’s use of the money that comes into his control is therefore of
most signilicent importance. His sense of its worth, his appreciation of the
· source from which he received it, his metheds of expenditure, his power to `
_ obtain the best and largest results from it are elements of his character that
, he cannot afford to underestimate. Even if it comes to him freely as a lev-
ish gift of wealthy parents, all the more should he be on guard lest misuse ·
_ of it unfit him for the thoughtfulness that, sooner or later, his own personal
` _ Z responsibilities will demand. Here is where the poor boy, struggling to
obtain an education, and necessarily counting every cent he himself ean_earn
` or can secure from self-denying friends, is at an advantage; he must practise
t . . self control, denying himself luxuries, remembering the sacriiiee of his pa
i ’ rents, and striving to make his resources as far-reaching as possible.
But rieh or poor as the student may be, each alike needs the soientiic ·
method of using money. Truth applies to money as much as to electricity , l
· _ (lsrslessness-not to say recklessness-in the use of money is a handicap. Q,
Avoidable debts hurts the moral and mental conception of the man, and  
prejudices the world against him. The teacher, minister or engineer who   g
cannot manage his own iinanoes wisely is an unsafe man with whom to in-   ,
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