St Thomas Military Academy - Kaydet Yearbook (Mendota Heights, MN)

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To the day student it means little hut to the boarder. Ireland Hall, as a temporary home, offers a happy retirement from the routine of classes and drill. r in

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 Father Burke s Message to the Corps NOTH HR year has passed, another Kaydet is about to make its .appearance, another graduating class is about to make its final bow and to disappear from the stage of academic activities. Another year has passed. A trite phrase this, a true commonplace. Like all commonplaces, it slips easily from the tongue, or flows readily from the pen: it penetrates only the outer fringes of the mind: it reaches only the threshold of consciousness. It seldom quickens thought or stirs profound emotion. The wise man, however, takes careful note of the passing time. To teach us the intrinsic value of time. God. the Almoner of time, doles it out to us in tiny measure, even as a miser doles out Ins pennies. And time, thus doled out in small measure, reaches into Eternity, which is time without measure. The wise use of time. This is the point which I. acting as spokesman for the Faculty, would like to stress in my Message to the Corps. Success in life depends on the proper use of time. So docs eternal happiness. A moment squandered is an opportunity missed. A moment viciously spent leaves a wound which heals but slowly. The scar always remains. As long as we are human we shall squander time, we shall let opportunity pass unnoticed. This is folly hut it is understandable. But to use time to our own injury', to our own undoing—this is folly which surpassed! human understanding. We have often heard it said, “1 am doing my best. But no one ever does his best: wc are seldom more than fifty percent efficient. Under the stress of powerful incentive we rise to the pinnacle of physical and mental power. Striving for the realiza- tion of a lofty ideal we reach the mountain top of spiritual endeavor. To the members of the graduating class we extend our felicitations. They leave behind them an honorable record of achievement. Their uniformly high grades in the college aptitude tests, and the high standard of military excellence achieved by the Cadet Corps, bear witness to this. To those who remain as members of the Corps we offer, tor inspiration and imitation, the high standard of conduct and achievement attained by the class of 19.'3. To all we offer our sincerest good wishes and express the hope that every mem- ber of the Corps may enjoy the happiness and success that are the rewards of the wise use of time. [19]