Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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HUMANITY. The Acorn—Page 4 The simplest words the voice can raise, May cut with deepest pain; ’Tis the hearty “Yeas” and the honest “Nays'5 Give strength to friendship’s charm ’Tisn’t wholly the word-painted bookish boquets That bring to the speaker renown; ’Tis the sincere ring in each homely phrase That gives him the victor’s crown. The sweetest flowers that scent the breeze Are not from hothouse lair; The man whose trousers are worn at the knees, May not utter the deepest prayer; It isn’t the furniture’s costly hue, That endears to the heart the home: It isn't the depths of the ocean blue That betoken the frothing foam. The man at the head of the Sunday School Perhaps would be best in jail: It isn’t always the greatest fool Whose tests at the college fail. We cannot judge from the doleful moan Whose grief is the greatest here? For the saddest tears may be shed alone Where no one is listening near. Don’t scoff or point with the hand of scorn At the man with the lagged coat: The billionaire isn't an angel born. Nor such does his dress denote: Don’t laugh at the girl who is “out of style,’’ Though her dress be threadbare and old; Perhaps there’s a jewel beneath that gown That in the billionaire’s wealth can't be told.

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The .leoni—Tage.? Gloucester is also an example of this: for although death was staring him in the face he could not he truly happy until he had given shelter to his friend. Even though his eyes were afterwards torn out for it, he could still retain that inward satisfaction of knowing that he had done his duty. We owe such acts of kindness also to one another, and there are daily opportunities for us to perform them. Who can value the price of a soul? Yet you may be the means of saving at least one if you will. This may be done by a word of encouragement, a hearty hand shake, or a comforting word or act in the hour of trouble. Then let us speak a kind and encouraging word when we can: let us open the shutters of our souls, pour out the sunlight of brotherly love and kindness: for we know not the good we might do, or the time when we shall need comfort in return. This is one of the great princi- ples which King Lear realized when he exclaimed, while in the hour of affliction: “Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, ■ •» ’ IIow shall vour houseless heads and unfed sides; Your loop’d and widow’d ragged ness, defend you Prom seasons such as these? 1 have ta’en Too little care of this!” These acts will develop, or will at least aid in developing in you purity and nobility of soul that quality which will draw from the souls of others love and respect that the stern command fails to bring; that quality which will stand forever honored and beloved by all: that quality which is so strong- ly exemplified in the life of our Savior, and which placed him on the right hand of God. TRIBUTE FROM STUDENTS TO WEBER STARE ACADEMY. •Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears. Our faith triumphant o’er our fears, Are all with thee, -are all with thee!” —Longfellow

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The Acorn- Page $ The golden rule is for one and all Who dwell upon God’s green earth; And when you have answered Deaths’ loud call You’ll 1)« judged for your honest worth. Each kindly deed has its recompense, We are placed here to make or mar; And e’re we take our departure lienee, Lets all he what we are. Nobility is the sum of all the goodness of the world; it constitutes every- thing that is honorable and virt uous Tennyson says: “Better not he at all, than not he noble.” A person that is not- noble in some degree, is a great injury to the world; for if he can not do anything to help the world, he must injure it: a person cannot lie in- different; every living being has an influence of some kind upon his associates. There are few people, however, upon the earth who do not possess nobil- ity in some degree, fn the meanest, lowest character some spark of honor or nobility is almost certain to show itself. Shakespeare says. “As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit. Nature has framed the human mind so that it seeks after the higher things of the world, unless marred by deep sin and crime. The natural in clination of the mind is to become better. Environment has a great influence and therefore. “It is meet that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so linn that cannot be seducedV” Noble people should seek the com- pany of noble people, so that they may be elevated, and become more noble, and at the same time assist to raise the character of their associates. Walter Emmett. NOBILITY. % Resell a Fcrrin. '07. 1 know no disease of the soul but ignorance.” “A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.”