Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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But I presume Ability is the outstanding quality essen- tial to gaining a high place in the competition of life. And Ability is Knowledge with understanding resting upon the basic qualities of Health, Character, Personality. What is the Understanding which gives us Knowledge? It is to know that everything one can manage to learn is closely related to everything one may ever want to do; this is the beginning of Wisdom. Do not be discouraged if as Seniors, you are barely catching a glimpse of this truth. The oppor- tunity for genuine education is boundless for those who keep their eyes open, observe what goes on about them and exer- cise the process of original thinking. Now, does Ability or Knowledge plus Health, Personality, and Character always succeed? By no means. There is a fi- nal sine qua non: Industry backed by determination. Every soul shaped for success must develop the indomitable Will to Win — and how. First eliminate the Laziness that is in you. Be unwil- ling to excuse yourself from work. Forget the clock drive yourself to Industry until it becomes your habit. This, then is the Chart of success: Health, Character, Personality, Knowledge, Industry; all yours for the demand- ing. But, remember, always, the greatest of these is Health.

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C, E. MITCHELL 55 Wall Street New York Health, Character, Personality, Knowledge, In- dustry, these are the essential qualities for success. The fundamental one is Health. You may pos- sess all the gifts and graces known to man, but if they must manifest through a deficient body, the handicap is hard to overcome. Most of us start with a modicum of health. How, then, to keep and better it? Pood, sleep, exercise: these three and the key words for all of them are Moderation and Regu- larity, The next basic quality is Character and to build Charac- ter a man must exact from himself that unflinching Honesty which makes him scrupulous not alone in his dealings with others, but above all with himself. You may at times be able to put something over ' ' on other people, but never be such a fool as to fool yourself. Personality is assuredly an attribute of success. Some claim it is God-given and beyond man ' s utmost striving, but I believe one may cultivate it greatly. Ease of manner, gra- ciousness, consideration for others, friendliness, democ- racy; care in speech, language, presence, carriage — all these qualities go to make up personality and all will grow with tending. Twenty-Two

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out it. IKt THE VA.i-1-EY HYDA.U, GEORGLA. A man should standardize himself early in life with what he considers the essential vir- tues of a man, and he should practice them until they become habits of conduct. If he chooses honor, energy and courage, all the others will be added unto him. In my own experience I have learned never to take a dare from life, but to face what- ever comes. It is better to be defeated in the effort to achieve than to retreat without making it. To speak the truth is a sublime privilege which fools and cravens never enjoy. It is ignoble and unprofitable to practice vengeance, but it is despisable to court one ' s enemies and produces the perfectly correct impression that one is treacherous or knows himself to be inferior and incapable of the decent in- difference which buries enemies. The man who believes in God, and so acts, dignifies him- self. Such faith is a form of spiritual culture and ele- gance which the meanly bred who deny Him never have. As the shadows of the years lengthen behind him this is what every man knows: — It is more exalting to have earned his own self-respect than to have many worldly honors with- C t c( f oc Jx Twenty-Fon