HIGH SCHOOL FINISH'S) FOR FOURTEEN
con1 t
Truly commencement is the beginn
ing—Opportunities do exist and
will develop and unfold—-opport
unities can and should bo made--.
You have a good start,’a fine be
ginning—but what about staying •
power? Have you the qualities,
the power to see life thru? In
no roalxi, arc starting power and
staying: power the sane thing.
I rejoice in the qualities
of faith and character that enable
a man. to see life through. There
arc nc short cuts to Utopia,
Success that cones easily is with
out foundation, is short lived and
shallow., All of us have visions
of happy r.nd' successful lives but
depend on it, there is no short
cut to that achievement, '7c all
have to make our foundations
strong and dependable. «c all
have to make sacrifices. ec will
have to conquer impulses and
discipline tendencies to make far
the achievement of our hearts and
minds, 'You have made a fine be
ginning, but 1 want to see you
have a glorious end. Develop
the qualities and master that
power to see it through.
DANGER LIGHTS GOV'T
lod0c at graduation tine, new
landscapes, deep, unexplored can
yons, 'sunlit slopes, majestic
peaks, cone into view to stimulate
our imagination and challenge our
will to conquer.
Education tod.ay is tremendou
sly popular, for everyone has the
opportunity at his door. ^t is
one of America's five billion
dollar enterprises, and the re is
no apparent reason to believe that
there will bo a check to this ben
eficial ministry.
Danger lights are timely warn
ings. They teach us to proceed
with caution, "Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom," warns the
prophet. This is the first in the
chain of danger lights. This
timely warning is in place* Let
not the wise man glory in Mr. wis ■
don, because the best of human
knowledge, oven when appli od and
nadc useful, is inperfect.
"Neither lot' the mighty nan
glory in his might." sone seek
wisdom for wisdom’s sake bob the
common anion known to all of you’
is "Knowledge is power." Leaders,
judges, rulers of non and of nat
ions arc educated poo lc. You
nay hear of'blind Senators and
Congrossnen, but not qf _iv nornnt
or illiterate ones. ilic very sun
ronacy of the white race is duo
in a large measure to higher
standards of education* There
1 ies danger, thb temptation to
debase education and cult a - into
a moans to a selfish end, to per
sonal honor, to lordh ip over the
poor and less fortunate.
"Lot 'not the rich v.v.u glory
in his riches." Ho.o is the third
clavmcr light of education, -d-’
ucati. n costs money, it is true,
but it is a sound invest, mt. It
opons nany doors of opportunity
to the individual. It is the key
to undreamt of storehous .'S of
wealth. But just for a vent
consider the plight of tl ' U. S.
todoy, the best educated, country
in the world; There is no lack of
food.' money, clothing an.’ com
forts, bur there is the bion
of faulty distribution. If grad
uates of today have only 1 ad ap
petities whetted and heart3 set
to become rich, the situation
will bee one much worse.
IiCt us not debase c: ’cation
into the sordid moans of making
money and nothing more. -*-t is not
all eold that glitters. ..ifo is
too short to spend it trying to
outshine others and comp-tition
is far too keen.
AND PART"'.US
IN ICR POO
5,000
Fred hi Her, and s ..von part
ners won v95,’000 on their guess
on the.break-up of the ico in the
Tanana River at Nonana. The ticket
was marked for tho enact minute,
hour and day, 1:50 A. n. Llay 3.
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