SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION l6l 



The man who looks the world squarely in the face, who is 

 afraid of no man, and of whom no man is afraid, views the 

 world from the mountain tops, as did the gods on Mount 

 Olympus. 



Perhaps some of my younger brethren, who, like myself, 

 took their postgraduate course in the College of Hard Knocks, 

 have often asked themselves the question, "Is it worth while 

 to make a Uving ?" 



No, most emphatically, no! It is not worth while to make 

 a living ; but I tell you, it is worth while to make a life. Why, 

 making a hving is the lowest ambition that ever entered the 

 breast of man. Everything that lives and breathes, from the 

 mountainous elephant to the coral insect, makes a living ! 



Cassie Chad wick made a living, but Frances Willard made 

 a life! 



The courageous man, and the resourceful man is one who 

 builds a temple of success on a foundation made of his failures ! 

 Do you say that I have pictured an ideal life, and one that could 

 be lived only in Utopia? Perhaps so; but don't you know, 

 my brethren, that we are all traveling toward the beautiful City 

 of our Ideals, and while we know perfectly well that we shall 

 never reach it, yet dwelling in the suburbs is very delightful. 



To my youngest brethren, who will receive the right hand of 

 fellowship and be taken into full communion on the morrow, I 

 want to extend my congratulations, and my condolence : Con- 

 gratulations, on your having received such a splendid training 

 at the hands of this great commonwealth of Michigan, my 

 Michigan, on which it has set its great seal, in joyous approval; 

 condolence, at your handicap in entering the race of life ; for any 

 young man living four years under the fostering care of his 

 chosen college develops certain false notions of Ufe, one of which 

 is that the world must certainly recognize and cater to — a col- 

 lege degree ! 



I recall, very distinctly, my incHnation to carry a club and 



