The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-30

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I those systems of government whore the
/ Sovereignty does not exist Ia
I The people and where grape
. shot and caduistCr is the most
controlling force. how important is b.
I that a government. where the absolute
/ power is Ia the people, and where no
standing armies threaten freedom or
] overawe scditiOn, that the people be cdu-
] Gated 10 know the true from the false, the
right from the wrong.
] IGNORANCE DANGEROUS TO THE REPUBLIC
/ The great danger that menaces the
/ free institutions Of America to-day is the
/ ignorance of her people The ignorant
are alwas suspicious Lost to reason. they
are obstinate Easily misled by
sounding phrases and appeals to
| prejudice. quickly Influenced by at
tributing their very wretchedness
to causes other than 10 their own idle
| ness, thriftlessness or ignorance, they
seek q remedy for real and imaginary
| evils in the destruction through blood and
ashes of the whole social fabric The
safety of the republic is the supreme law
of the state. If parents fail to educate,
the state, TO save itself, must do so.
Mai. Meldrim devoted considerable time
to the discussion of the co-educatiOn of
the sexes. He favors the higher educa-
ton of woman as well as man and
his logical reasoning was sufficient to
!. convince the most skeptical or pre-
JUDGED The idea of female educa-
ton, he said, is not of modern origin
He referred TO the fact that in ancient
Athens Plato was the ablest advocate of
the education Of woman, and that 500
years ago Hypatia, the nOblest woman in
Greek history, filled the chair of philOsO-
ply in Alexandria. The results of coed
ucation OF the sexes, Mai. Meldrim said,
have been satisfactory and woman has
demonstrated by competitive examinations
that she is able to successfully compete
with her brothers fot academic hOnOrS.
ADVICE TO THE GRADUATES.
ITO you who graduate" said Mai. Mel
drim, Il have a word TO say. Remember
that yoa are only standing on the thresh
mold of knowledge Your education is
valuable in proportion to the degree that
you have been made to realize how little
you know; how much you have to learn
That method of public instruction is best
which enable you the more easily to pros
ecute your studies for yourselves or to
pursue with the greatest advan tage the
advanced cause of the university.
Your future is in your hands. Georgia
needs all the brain and culture which you
can give to her, and if you desire to show
your gratitude to parents, teachers and
country for the advantages you have here
enjoyed, let each one of you, by your
walk aud conduct, demonstrate the propo-
sitiOn that the best investment which a
country can make is in the higher educa-
tion of its youth. The fight for higher
education is on, the battle is waging. You
strong boys and you frail, beautiful
girls are needed in the fight and !
should follow the leadership of higher
education with that spirit of devotion
which marked the soldiers of the Confed-
eracy who followed Robert E. Lee"
CHARACTER ABOVE EVERYTHING.
Col Mercer made a brief address to
the graduates Introductory to presenting
the diplomas He took for his theme
the subject of one of the young ladies'
essays Decision of Character" and ur-
ged them to so mold their future lives as
to always have it said they had good
character. Money, Col. Mercer said
gives certain power and influence, but
character above everything is essential to |
success. Without it a person can never
gain the confidence of the people,
or succeed in life. At the conclu-
sion Of his remarks Col. Mercer present
ed the graduates with their diplomas and
the class of 1913 closed its school career
here with the singing of a farewell gradu-
alton song.
The graduates and their essays are as
follows:
Perla S. Abrahams: 81 Told You So;"
EllzaOeJh l.. Am prose: "A0llty and OPP
portunity;" Florida E. Banks: Excess
i've Novel Reading" Percival c. Baker
"Salutatory;" Rosalie G. Beckett: The
Temptations of Poverty" Sarah L. Caba-
Miss: Decision of Character" Matte b.
Charlton: "a Mothers Influence" Dan
iel J. Charlton; Duties to Schoolmates;
Hattie NJ. Clarke: "Home :" Samuel l..
Clay: America" Robert M Coburn:
"Record" Martin J. Cooley cart of
Pleasing;" Georgia E. Cope: "Candor;'
Marie E. H. Edwards: ct Might Have
Been" Elizabeth F. FAIR:
Twilight Musing;" Jessie r.
Freeman Power of Music;"
Marie NJ F'urrer, Valedictorian; Fred
erick G. Hubbell, "Co-education of the
Sexes; :" Agness j. Hutton. ''Trials of a
Scholar" Herbert L. Kayton, Vale
dictorian; Susie V. Kent, Happiness
More in Pursuit Than in Possession"
Cornelius A Mccarthy, 'Perils of
Politics. Janet Meinhard, Tears"
Katie r. Meyler, ''Excesor;"
Alice T. Miscally: Life; Elton S
Osborne; Civilization; Lottie S. Peck:
Girls" Ada G. Roberts: Cruelty to
Animals; Hugh A Roberts: Friend
ship; Edwin c. Ryals: Heroes of the
Confederacy"; Sadie M. Traub: 'Little
Things; Isabel A. Van Deveer: 1.-The