EDWIN H. FITLER, _Mayor_. JAMES R. GATES, _President Select Council_. WILLIAM M. SMITH, _President Common Council_. * * * * * F. CARROLL BREWSTER, _Solicitor_. FRANK M. HIGHLEY, _Secretary_. JOHN S. BOYD, M.D., _Supt. Admission and Indentures_. [Illustration: _B. B. Comegys._] HOW TO WIN SUCCESS. May 27, 1888. I wish to speak to you to-day about some of the plainest duties of life――of what you must be, of what you must do, if you would be good men and succeed. It would be strange if one who has lived as long as I have should not have learned something worth knowing and worth telling to those who are younger and less experienced. I have had much to do with young people here and elsewhere, and I have seen many failures, much disappointment, many wrecks of character, and have learned many things; and I speak to you to-day in the hope that I may say such things as will help some boy, at least one, to determine, while he is here this morning, to do the best he can, each for himself, as well as for others. My remarks are particularly appropriate to those just about to leave the college. It is convenient for me to consider the whole subject―― 1. As to health. 2. As to improvement of the mind. 3. As to business or work of any kind. 4. As to your duties to other people. 5. As to your duty to God. As to health. You cannot be happy without good health, and you cannot expect to have good health unless you observe certain conditions. You must keep your person cleanly by bathing, when that is within reach, or by other simple methods (such as a common brush) which are always within your reach. Be as much in the open air as possible. This is, of course, to those whose work is within doors and sedentary, such as that of a clerk in any shop or office. Pure, fresh air is Nature’s own provision for the well-being of all her creatures, and is the best of all tonics. Be careful of your diet; for it is not good to eat food that is too highly seasoned or too rich. Don’t be afraid of fruit in season and when it is ripe. But don’t eat much late at night. Late hot suppers are apt to do great harm. The plain, wholesome food provided here, accounts for the extraordinarily good health which almost all of you enjoy. Have nothing whatever to do with intoxicating drinks. And the only way to be absolutely safe is not to drink even a little, or once in a while. Don’t drink at all.