The record-union., 1897-07-17

hard to get, or if in the beginning they
found the remuneration small they
should not despond, for the greatest
things in life were attained by stay
ing with them.
The speaker told the class that honor
and integrity of character We're worth
more than everything else, and should
be the foundation stone on which every
education ought. to rest. They had,
he said, been educated at the expense
of the city and the State, and that
the community expected some return
from the outlay.
There are two views, the Professor
told the class, for men to take. The
first was a shallow one, filled with pre-
Judices and subterfuge, the second
founded on truth and truth alone. His
advice was to prove everything and
stand fast to that which was true.
Much that is heard in every day life,
he stated, is false, and the best rule
is to apply the test of common sense
and truth as sober second thoughts Of
ten bring a different conclusion from
that first formed
In conclusion the speaker asserted
that the most precious jewels the State
possesses are its educated young men
and women
Upon the conclusion of Professor
Clapp's address, Professor Pond, in his
usual happy manner spoke for a brief
space upon the question of realism and
idealism, and touched upon the advant-
ages of the educational system of the
United States, which, he called one of
its glOries. But its chief glory, he
cOntended, lies in the fact that all of it's
young people get an amount of syste-
matical education. Naturally and easily
Professor Pond turned to the question
of new High School building in this
city. He had been told he Said by
those who spoke as though they had
authority, that the present building,
from sanitary point, can only accom-
modate 210 pupils, while during the
past term 324 pupils We're enrolled. The
responsibility, he submitted, is great
and rests entirely upon the parents of
the pupils. 1t is their duty to take
the matter in hand and create such a
sentiment that in a year the present
inadequate building will be. a thing Of
the past. If each and every citizen will
constitute himself into committee of
he prophesied, succeed. The Board of
Education realizes the necessity of a
new building, and the Board of Trus-
tees will, he said, do the will of the
people, but the new building will never
be erected unless there is concerted ac-
ton.
He had decided, he explained, to per-
sonally give to each of the pupils the
educational diplomas they had earned,
instead Of as has been done in the past
years, delegating another to do it, He
spoke feelingly to the members of the
class and at the end presented each
with the diploma bearing his or her
name. The list of pupils who received
diplomas are as follows:
Maude Boyne, Minnie Bannon, Grace
W. Brockbank, Ruby H. Brown, Naomi
Cannon, Geraldine Delano, Edna G.
Ford, Della Harris, Adele Henley, An
ME Jennings, Rita Johnson, Jessie Judd,
Elizabeth Ledgett Margaret Mathews,
Edna Mckee, Lita NJ. Ross, Blanche
Rippon, Nettie Scott, Blance Van Heu-
sen, Mamie Wahlander, Gertrude
Wiseman, Melinda I. Wise, Alice Wein-
stock; Roy Brooke, Drury D. Butler. j.
w. S. Butler, Louis E. Delano. c.. r.
Dickens, Edward A. Dickson, George
n. DidiOn, Ingwald Flaa, Frank H.
Westlake, Roy Greive, John E. Gustaf-
son, Howard Hoyt, Herman Jones,
Harry j. Litzberg, Wilton Shuhaw,
Robert A. Waring, P. A. Webber.