Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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0TAPS5 Enoch ' Walter Sikes, Th.T . LL.T). PRESIDENT J ENUINE education aims to enlighten one in making choices. Choice determines the destiny of men and nations. From Abraham to Jesus Holy Writ recurs time and again to the choice that is placed before man. The power of selection is the fate that charts the course. Great men have virtues and vices. Some men are great in spite of their vices. The little man chooses to imitate the vices but is unable to attain the virtues. One may choose his vocation too early but he can not choose too early his purpose in life or the kind of man he will strive to become. In college your best teacher is the one who makes you want to learn, your best associate the one who stimulates to higher living, your best guide the one who shows the road of noblest idealism. Four years in college determine the fate of many. Unwittingly one is making the path of destiny. Years later reflections reveal the hour and the occasion. Four years of harboring low ideals can not suddenly be transformed. The unreliable senior is not a dependable graduate the day after graduation. Tennyson wrote that the right per- formance of this hour ' s duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. Easy street has more dangerous pitfalls than the difficult road. The narrow gate and the straightened way has more room than the wide gate and the broad way which leadeth to destruction. Hatred and strife leave no room for others on the broad. To live, let live, .ind help others to live makes room for all. Page 22