The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-05-22
superintendent Sweency's
Address to the Graduating
Glass OF the Hunting
burg High school.

OuTs AAiSn oShoOAs
II affords me pleasure 10 address you
as the pioneer graduating class Of this
county. You have completed your
course In the High school. For three
wears In this department you have been
ardently treading the road that leads to
1.-The heights Of Parnassus. You have
Itoiled much. You have been fighting .
good fight, and trust that the sweets Of
your victory are the more appreciated
on account Of the effort exerted In the
pursuit. The more we pay for anything,
Iproyided it have the intrinsic value, the
greater we prize 1t. During these three
years, besides what you have learned In
II technical sense, you have learned how
Ito work how TO labor with the concen-
ltrated mental action. This Is great
Those who in early life
IhaYe acquired love for work, honest,
honorable work, are possessed Of a for
tune Of more real worth, than those who
have left 70 them q fortune in gold and
silver.
This world in which welive and move
gives Us the strongest evidences that call
must work" The sun works, the stars
work, and they tell US Enthusiastically that
every living creature must work. But
liz ia in the noble exertions and achiev-
lments Of man that We can fully see and
appreciate the worth of work. The tree
that waves its giant branches to the
winds that sway the forest, is worth q
few dollars. apply human labor to 1t,
let man cut il down and make logs Of
liz, Its value increases; when sawed into
lnr Lnt cff .
into furniture its value Is again enhanced,
and II the carver apply to II his art. the
value of that tree Is multiplied hundred
fold. The magic wand Of human skill
land industry have added value to every
thing they have touched. All the ground
Jon which Huntingburg Eow stands, some
years ago could be bought for perhaps
lwha: you would now Rave 10 pay for
one block. Its value has increased be-
cause human improvement and work
have increased the value of this ground
Manhattan Island was once bought for
1874 but il would be difficult to purchase
III for that now. II Is the same with your
minds. Labor makes them more vaiu.
able. A few years since you could write
,.bat your names. and that perhaps very
but this evening the labor:
.lof The past show that you have made
s1reditable progress in al the eight com.
mon school branches and ia addition 10
them ia algebra. geometry, end latin,
This required work. but Of me profits
that your work has brought you, no man
,lcan rob you. You have thus, In your
efforts, learned TO know that this is q
working world; that work Ia here a
blessed necessity and l hope you will
never forget that too much rest means
,too much rust-decay, death. When
III see . young man hanging around
,lthe streets supporting the corner Of
Ia house, or . lamp-post with his
shoulder, whiting pine sticks, dreaming
away an existence, and burning away
slprecious daylight, he has my pity, but
tlnone Of my sympathy. feel sorry fol
him, because be has failed to recognize
the nobility CT labor.
n After you leave this school. would
phlve you to be careful lest you be lod
lastrGv by the erroneous idea that your
-education j. now complete. Your cdu'
tication ia never complete till life Is ended
y have often been amused AZ young per.
sons fresh from college, referring TO tbt
ftimc when they FINISHED THErR EDucA.
slTIoN. There Is no such thing As COM
SPLITTING .our education. You arc now
,ready TO enter another class larger than
the class in the school room, the large
tclass OF men and women In tic school oil
IA busy world; and II will be well for you
nlif your teachers have tsnght you tho
,lgreat principles Of how TO live, rather
sIthan the mere contents OF oftcxt-books.
n In pursuing the busy avocations ol
life, base all your actions upon principle
: Tor man without principle Is improper
fly called man. In business lite, cxer
! else the cardinal virtues OF honesty, in
uldustry, prudence, and tcoromy. The
flinlncnce yen will WELD in the world
: Twill be commensurate with the intrinsic
elvaluc OF your manhood or your woman
hood, Tor you stamp your own vslue
upon yourselves. DO not prove base
vsignoblc counterfeits, for we have to,
clmany such now.
Y The fiinty quarrics Of the world
plwiil test the metal OF which you az,
olmadc. No enemy can permanently
. linjure you, nothing but your own act
, can essentially do you harm. The worlt
Twill be to you what You bring Into il, !
d.wiil bc the reflection Of your lives throw
i|back 10 yon as from mirror. A frowl
dlbegets frown, smile begets smile
eif you act hard with the world, the har,
hand Of the worlds law will tread yos
roughly.
You will soon begin to perceive tha
clmen aud women are but children OF
larger growth therefore be very observ
/, ant Of your fellow-man. and You ma.
.-Ieain much information.
,l gclf cnnfidancc when NOT AWARDING