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inark time and that time is an element that cannot be wasted 

 too much. As young men in the fitting schools of the state, 

 you are spending your time in the school room and you are 

 spending it in the ac'tivities of the school which to my mind are 

 important to any young man; for life in its beginning or at 

 any period of time is not '.made up entirely of work and at the 

 same time you must use it to fit yourself so that you may do 

 things of real value in the world. You know when we are 

 young we are always dreaming of the big things we are going 

 to do; and the young man or young woman who fits himself 

 or herself to do the big things, can and will do them. 



Earl Smith, this is not the first time you have won a prize. 

 You began by exhibiting corn, and by invariably taking away 

 a prize, usually a first one ; you followed that by taking the 

 first prize at a judging contest. I't is with very great pleasure 

 that I present to you this token, not as a reward for what you 

 have done here, but as a stimulus to do better. All of you 

 ought to remember that the better fitted you are to do life's 

 work the better you will be able to do it. 



j\Ir. Seekins. I have not had the pleasure of knowing you 

 very long. I know you have come from a school where they 

 are just beginning to teach agriculture, and the fact that you 

 have the ambition and the will and the power to present a 

 paper that is worth this gift, ought to make you feel proud of 

 this token that is now presented to you. I hope it will be a 

 stimulus to the other boys coming from Somerset. Somerset 

 county is my home and I am delighted to know that a boy 

 from Somerset has iwon this prize. 



Now, Earl Clement, this is just a little dififerent sort of a 

 prize, but I do not think it is .worth less because with it you 

 may write another essay another year that will win the first 

 prize. I hope you wil'l do it. I hope you will just let this 

 serve as a token of what you can do if you fit yourself rightly 

 for it. 



