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~~ffi~ien~ ds a word that ha ~ been cv~r used, indeed abused in reGent years, but our language'9 ~enlth of synonyms offers no actual substitute for thio word of great signif'ico.nce. Those of us who are ~looe t·) the educat1o;1a.l system of o'ar tima know how ver~, inadequate it is in trainirg students to maet the later responsibilities of life. ~e know that the lessons of concentration, of systematic endeavor, o~ real mastery of a subject, o~ ability to divide onars time wisely between multiple duties and at the same t .1me oonserve the necessary asset of health, have to ba learned la~gely in the preasure of after-school days. Eaah of our members faces ~he year's ro,.:.:tine wnrk with the ambition to get the utmost p~ssible out of it. Row can that idP.al ue rer.l ized? In onl~r one wa~r, by pers e>nal effic:Lenoy ~n the part of the girl herself. Then what . is personal effiaienoy? Let us see what Emersan has to say upon the ~ubject. '~erson~l efficiency in the ability to find and take the best, ea9iest ,and quickest r.ay to the desirs.ble things of li.fe." This snme authority analyzes persnnal efficiency intn thirteen elements or prinoi~les, six of which are ethical, or inspirational, and seven of which are nholly practical. Briefly summarized the ·principle~ are, -. ideal3 an to what are ·~he Cie'J irc.ble thing'3, the U'3e of comm:.m sense, oompete·.: t counsel, disci ·pline, fu ir dP.~l, e.nc1 ro~r-~ r<1 fnr effort in w0rkinc ont ideals. Under the. hec.c} of pr~ctinal thines caine the keepincr af rec:')rd s r,f nark, the planning, schcc1ul in{), e.nc1 d i : l_)a:~ chin ,g of duties, the stnndard izinc of condi tiona, as '.Tell v.s of methods of W·1rk, and the f a r mulntine of u ritten instructions to ;:;u.ide one' 3 efforts.. JJet U'J nppl:r these princi:ple r-l t o our daily school r·~~ utinc.
AnalyzinG y our ambition to ;;ot the r,1 os·~ ant of t he school Jrear, ue fi:ncl these ide :~ l'3 of t!1e 7{ef:~ r to l>e, a record of 3at i s f nctory •cholarship, unim:;aire<l heal·th, k!lOVTleclge u:r helpfn.l service as E! member of the school, a oonsc iousness ·.>f a wide r , moro 3yinJ.in ·~n etic vievrp·:dnt, a memory of many hali)Y times an<l mnch pleascnt recreati o-n. Cor:iillc·n s.onse y ou must excercise C(ms 1.;untly_, s o th~.t no one id P.al ':-:ill :bres:;_·HlS S Jn the claims o:f others, s ·)mo s ocial pleasu res :.:.~us t yielcl to t he demands of heHl th, a .high mark in oomt~t course must be rf1linquishcd to give t i me :for a real grasp of -~he mco.ninr; of the subject ins·i:ieua of crc.mming t .-, pao:J a technical exumina t ion. Competent counsel sh:)l-;. ld be aha.i! dcntly 1)resent in f 2 cul t ~r ant1 fello-u students' experience. Make uae of thia eener:)usly. Discipline y ou must apply yourself to, anCl here is VThere the student ia so a)t to f~il. If you &xpect to en~er any v ocation, y ou kn ~w that you must be at y~)ur desk at schednlec1 h ours, must o.cc om"t1lish certain things ~ithin oertein defini t e dates, muAt work rcgulu rl7 , n ot by fits and starts, b1lt do you realize that to out n clnso as often as you dare, only to study or cram, which is not studying, before a:n "exam'', is not cul tivating the effioiency you will have to have to h ·.>ld a n y position, o~ t o ~~ke a real home? The fnir deal involves giving yourself time to think, te rest, t .o play, as vrell as p,er111i tting yonr reoruna te to have s an e h :~ nrs free fr om yonr interference with your plans. The efficiency revro.rd will be the · success that you c~n write next JunP. aaainst the ambiti on of this Pall~ Only to-e often the student has no plan f or her Clay exce·c> t snch as t h e scheclnle of reci tctions :forced n:pon her f or f onr or fi ve h ours a day . Tlie flesirnble things. y . .-: ur idefl.ls. are n ot t J be attqinec1 in t r. e b eg t ·.rw.y
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oal7, but . in tho ·quickest and easiest war, 11' you are to be ~e.rsonall7, ·~ ·· e:l:i'ioient, \1h1db · 7ou cannot be with the dri:Ct inS, work-undor-~reseure :· babits , so .GommoJ1 among studonts. · .· Firat.· JOU '· Jm:tat plan what is to go ill to eaoh week's tim£, -ot \Thich · J01l baTe an etitlll euppl7 with eYcJ7 individual 1n the uorld. '!'hie demands :refeNDOe to 1'800Z'dlf', rcoorie aa to ho\v man7 hours your oourso ot atud7 4eman4e, rettOJ"Cla ~f .tho bours aleetp ;you noe4 caeh night to k~ep !tt, . · . Hool"da ot tbe aacna't. 'fJf time 70V sohool 8D4 elub aot1T1t1ee :roqu1re, ft(tON o'f wbat tiaft 1011 meam to lu11Po tor re~roat1on, rest e.nd ploasur~. To 'illustrate·. · Let us 1'ppose. that eohool wf':rk demands 42 ·hoUrs · work a we-ek, -16 m ree1tat1ou ~tl 27 1n preparn.tloA-that 1a 7. hours a ctar, 1:t rou ce1'& 8una.a·1 •, and OTen if 7011 baTe no ethical scruples on this g7oun4, the wh~le bueinass world proTos the wiSdom of onA day a ~eok fl•ee from the business routillo. 1-:ight hours o! sleep ~ach night is an · averace, 70tt m&J n&e4 more, or, ~f :t'ortu.nat9, less .. lio·als ana personal · toilet should have at least 4 hours a da7. Thus wo havg provide~ for 19 out of 24 hours. The rem ihing 5 hours m\l.St be g1ve:m ~.'!a p.a.r·t to ou·~-of'-doo: reo~oation, to rest and mere fun, tho amount for each do,ending U?On the , tndivirtual'e tastes and her health noeds. Now nth a record · of the hours needr-:d before you, oareft•.lly 11lan . h~ to d1Y1de enoh de:v ·among its multiplo, interests e.ne. mr..lto a BoheCtulo of tbe time to be 9et aside fol' each interest. ~e schedt'tlo, neocl. not bo, indeed should net b&, the ee.mo fo.r e·e oh da7 of the r:eek. Make a schedulo thon for eaob aa7. !lrito : out oach ~tohet!ttle and keep it rthera rou can soe it anr momoat. Y01t neeC! not buruen your mind vtith roue ~be ril'G this acho-d'Ul4 o:r anythin$ elao that a · rooord oan as troll remember for you. Do not tr;r to sohodula eve:rJ hour o'£ tbe 24. LoaT·o some time for the uneX]?ectcd t111n(S: that are auro· to happen &D4 to 4omand att~ion. If thCl-re is no suol:. spo.ro time a•tlab.l a, then 70u a~o underinkinS too much and must out out eomothin1 !Iavin(; b7 :rooo:rde and pla ma4o your schedule,. try to dispatch yo::r interests b7 a achedulo. Here use comm~n sense and chang& and re-chango JOUr sobe~ulo, o:r reYiee you:r recorda and plans, until the sohedulo beoomoc ~raotioall~ possibl~ to follow. Then d1eo1pltne yourself to follott it end seo hovt :rree from worry are the clays, how mergy is oonsorved, and timo gninet. A carefully planned a·o heclule, oonsoientiously dia~1atched with oommon aeuse, is tl» easiest and beat nay to attain '1esired enc1s. It oan ba the qu1okeet 'IRlll, also, when oombined w1t.h stfmdard1sod .,on41t1one B.ll-d
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"W~4-. 8!WIIl·r ..pt ~bfr.'l.a lo 7011 think, if tba:r fl&an5 .arolmd witl ae m!m7 4iltoe>Ja1Goted· t~inga aa ~ womon d"? And tba' wo~ rat of ou:r case 1s that we n:re :ratherJ.neliae~ to point with pr!ae to wbat 1e reall1' onfl of th1 most Yioioua babita of oU eex. We haTe all see·n tbo swelling pride VT'!fth wbieh tbo etmel.,- · 19~ i'ol\oolma'a&, oomplilnmted upol'l a 'rettr !0\'7n, annou · <M'le, "I male it mrs~~f· ·• ·· .11e bare a.ll heard the OhClr\18 of a4mi%1Jlg approbation, follow1Dg ~he ·. &JUlO'UlOemeDt. joined 1n 1t perhaps • am ttVen asked f~ tt. pattem, ·· ht ·'rei\111, viewed in tbe 11sl\t of reaeon. What. is thero about the feat upoa ·'lthtdh . ehe should eo pl\Uile herself? S~ppoee that a man
ehould point to ::h11·· D~b;Ol" prJDe.DtS • All4 aa1 prou41~, .,J;.o, 1 .ae the so trouecn." ·bave ·not · t~ :.montal pioturtt of ouen t .h e moet eoonomioal of his fellow clerks, o1" · ~t.l~oarriers, or o.l erc:mon, or school-teaohers crowding &1"ound t~ a'~JD1re .and oey, "'\1hat a splen41a vtar 1n rrhio-h to sj?ond your time out of bustne'as ·hours.'' · '.An~ it. looks just like a teilor-maclo." ; ~his last 1e 3ust ·aa ·truly a lie· whon we tall it to our follow women as 1t woul! bo tor· me11 to tell ·11;, to mm." 11 A great man's path is ' etre~m with th·e thillgs. ho hne leal"nftd to do Without."
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Fratnr.nit~ mcana the as~oel~tion of men toscther into a soc1atJ or orcanizat1on baving for its :ul·ii5.ma·te ~bjectt and pu:-!""~"'080 the (}OJDmOn good of themsel·v"es and o:r ht11DBlli·ty, t:'.'!e· p:-:'o.:n""l:'.c;at.ion of ·the dootrine of the universal b:~rotherhood o:r m~:l, a jo:t.:-1:i.:ne; of fo.cee:=t to exemplif:r the Golden Rula, to SG&k to build up higher :i.rlcals, ·to ox..<l.J.t true manhood, to strivo to mako lifo me! tha wo:trlcl b-etteJ: ~ !:ap:>ia:r. and bri 0hter. This divine idea of fraternit;r was gi~en to the mn:l:l by the lian o:r Glllileo·, and sinoo that aate haa joinald btmds wit.h religj.ou~ ~aohi;.~.gs: :l:.n tb'3 :pro;:rwtion of human bapJ?ine-ss and progress. Tho oonooptio~ of the Broth"""hood of Uan and tho Pathorhood of' God bas be-en t'!le beaoon liBht that l'las le·d advanoing civilisation 1n nll its pbas-es. To thas-e two it~cns we owo c:1ll of moral good and true hap!)il'less that man has ret::.e'ived. For ·tha ?UTpose of advtf.nGing and · · propagating this C~isti.an idcn o! tho Fa.th£n'hood of GfJd, 7arious religious fra.terni'tios, ":r ~burch Gr~L;a·t.iona, WCJ:t:e' from time to ttmo form3d, and thereby tho fandameutal ideas of Chri~tianity be~ extended ana tha gonerel17 acoopted guide of ra propar 11f'o. ~tmo damo.astrated that the OhristlAn idea •f fraternity eould boat be taught anal advanced by tho organizati~n of th~se who lov&d the idea and roal1.zea its benefits. This caused tho1 organization of these s-oe·iotie·s knovm as fraternal o-rga,·11zat.iOEs. .\t first bh-ese ergtJnisat1ons were fe\7 in num.bor t.nd small in membership. lr.tt na the 11' hcmef1ts: 'bbclmne known they extended ns the ohuzc.h es have dono. 'Jh.ile· these socio-tio·s d1:f:f'er tl their ~thods o~ ~rgan1zat1on, and while their forms of initiation teaab fratern.1_ty to their members' in dif:fcran t ':dl ct by diffcreDt. lectures· -~~ objr:ot lessons, still t)le: !~<lameiJ.tal idea on which they &rff created and for whieb they have a plaeo\~ b-\~t fra.te.r.&1al society is the best -that is, stands the highest k the personnel of i·ts mem~rership, 1n the 1:nfluenae that :t t e:"!t:erts, in the esteem in whioh tho outsida world holds it -that most .. foratbly imJ:)reSS'eS 1 ts mcmbe rs w'!lth ·ihe doatr1ne of fra tern1 ty, and causo:t . tbem to praotiae it ln their every-day life. · Frstarnity, as .t hus taught~ s·oeks to imJ.Jress upon the membership of those organizations thut they o'.-:-e:.a duty, not only· to themselves, but to their fellow men as woll~ that tn · ~rder to liYo. a hal'l'Y lifo they should co temperate: 1n all things, shouJd obey tbo zooral law in all its precepts, should ~bsorva all the ob.l1g:.-bions o'f 11.fa, wh~.® includes tho obliae.tions t-o ' the fraternity and! its membe:.::·u hip 1. tho obliga·fi:Lo~s to sooiety~ tho tbl1gati~na as a child, a 1xusband and a parent, the obligations to tbe law and t~ their oountry, snc1 tho i:r obligutio:ns tg thG Su-pror.z:.s Being abovo. That they should regard their follow mgn as t~eir brother. ann exemplify to-wa'l'cls him the lesson ~f thtf Golden Rule; -that they should. treat him honastl~ 1n nll businegs dealings; shoUld ·not ir. . jure his good z:a.me: should o~&eavor, as fa~ as possible, to &id . him iri ~ia laudable undertaktnss; and hel.p hil!l in avery. way po·s sible to bo· a bat.tcr, hap:piar, ancl more worthy oiti.zm:.. This is the ideal fraternity, and i:[ .thase lessons be·come· the gene-rally a~oe.ptec! and 1~·.--ed-up-to rn.lo o:f o-onduot ~ who. t a different uorld this would be! It is no·b olnlll.ed that the mD.lions of men, w'ho, in this oom::.:try clone~ arG O'l":DI1:90.te·d \?itb. the·se frate:.rnal or~aniza.tions, live strictl~ up to the teaGhings n:f theoe Orc1or8, ";)ut ~.-t n:n.s t be;- ac1mi ttad that they ~e all boen bErne.fited bcoe.·;J.Se of the ta.aohingS' they ha-vo rcooived in the:· lodge room. and are better a:rii more mora;:L mon,. with higher ideals •:r lif"a, rox1 that the go·ne:•J ral nvorn.gC'f of o1ti~. enship r...as b·een )lais·ed by t'hei11 ~onna,otion thei·cwl t:.b. · It is hard for thoscr not conno·cted uiti1 suGh societies to roslizo VThat an edu<te.tio:nal !o.atul!e they arc to young men. The learning of tho r1tua11st1~ lectures, the fWLilia.rity with perlialnentary luVf1_ the participation in busine-ss discuS's ion,. have sple:"Jdiclly daveloped, and s-tarted on the road of solf-eduoation; many deprived of other ~ducational opportun_ ........,r....o...n_s
16. rhere is. absolutalf JL~thing e~nne~tod with these org&n~t1ons tbat is mmoral. dmoralising, or degrad~.:ng, bu.t on ·the emrtrar~. all their toaohings and influence tend to ele?ata c.nd t(:) inrp.:re-va, to i-:.!.StU h1sher ~md nobler ideals of life, to bt~:llu Uj_) truer Tll.f.l.&ibood, to 1.noulcate a bieber rospeot 'for virt"ll~· and moraJ.itl, By the ll' M)mpa!lionship· tJith ono 61'lotbar t~ mec'be7s l.eam tG resper:t the, ·~"houghts and feelings of othors,
to Ge&ee *hoae habits or that oon~uat that ofienas, and to ktndl7 porsuaae their bJ"Othere 1n tbo lodge to do , tho sntto.• ror the JoabS man juet entering the bettle of life, espeotall7 ~or ~DO who baa 4aparte4 from home enriro~t, those crganizat1ons have dono JnUOh to keep him from tompta t1on and to hold h11!1 to :proper f)Onduoi; &M • morel tnfluono~ • . Close tics of friendship are formed that add ~uch to tho nnehino of lUo. In tho charitable work that is a part. o~ the taaohtnga of all these orsanisa:tiona, sal:f'ishneas is ourbed and tha heart •ofteD0~6 war.me4 toward those in ~ffliotion, trouble or distress. From Spoeoh del1Yered before the Religions Dduoa.tion Afls-oc:tn tion by Charles Barnas. Suprema OhanceU o,-, Knights of Pythias •
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Our fricl~cls nro ~sen :tor ua b7 eomo h144<m aai Dot bJ •ur oonsoious wills." B01&Z'DO. D I£Z't01JS •
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I eotm.t tba t :trieD4ah1p 11t tlo woi'th llh10h haa x-ot many th1!lp unto-14., . Gnat longings tbat no wcrde oan holl.
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Aloq th·e slender wires of apoe4 · Somo moal!S&ge fro& the llGart is seitt : h t who oon tell tb&· wholo that·•e meQt? 01Zr clearest thVQghts are OU\ •f reaek. ' . .
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I hsYe J!l.Ot soon. thea, tboagh min~ e-~ IIoJ.d ~w the image of thy to.oe : , bt "Vain, through fo:rm, I striva to traM !he s.ul I .loTo,that 4eopei lies.
A thousand aooidents oontrol Our mo~t1ng here • Clasp ham 1n ban4 And near to moot me in that land Wbe%'& soul holds conTersc soul to soul.
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"!.(woke; th1s morning wttb ·4eTwt thanksg1Ti.ng :ro.r friends, the old and 'tbo DeWt Shall I not oall God the, Bcautifu.l. Viho da:lly showetb himself ao to !11* 1n his gifts? rrho he.ars mo. understands me·, becomes mine,· a possession fo~ all ttme. Nor is nature so poor but she givos me this joy s:evu.ral timoa. and thus we weave sootal thre.nds oi our own, a net/ ~-: eb o:r re-lations; and, as many thoughts in succ·ess:ion substantiate thon.sel voa, wo shall by and b~ stand in a ncn world og our argation, a;;.1d no longer stransers. High thanks I owe to you, oxaollont loTera, who carry out tho world for ~Del to new ana noble depths, and tmlarge· the moanin6 of all my
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