The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-25
THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.
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In order TO 90 It's pest, eaCn GLASS
should adopt some model as its guide,
aud we recommend that you can do
no better in this respect than 10 pat
tern after the class Of 1900. We hope
you will follow our example in at
least one respect, namely, that you
have better department each year
than the previous one.
1t lie a good plan to provide your
selves with book straps and strap up
all your books and carry them home
at night. But ii you wish to sell your
books second hand you should take
good care of them, aud remember that
each time you unstrap them at home
you are wearing them out TO certain
degree. So it is best to carry your
books back to school without disturb
ing them unless you wish to forget
and leave the tablet which contains
your problems at home.
But after all, you must not expect
something for nothing, so If you
would have your share of the kuowl-
edge offered at this excellent High
school you must work hard as those
whe have gone befre you have done.
Do not be di Outraged ii you are
not getting through school 80 quickly
as you would like, but remember that
true progress lies not in seeing how
much you can do in how little time,
but in doing well whatever you under
take, whether 1t be much or little.
Harry Wiley teel'ngly and earnest
ly babe farewell on behalf of the class
to the friends and teachers, the school
board and undergraduates He said:
Memory looks back with vain regrets and
tears,
While lingering DER the urn ofwasted years"
Classmates how shall that memory
serve us in the yet unknown future ?
Shall it remind us of wasted years
and lost opportunities or shall it bring
to us pleasant recollections OF the
time spent with each other and each
day some practical thoughts to serve
us in our life work The path we
have trodden has been a pleasant one.
From the time we Grst entered this
school and through the succeeding
years we have looked forward to the
time when we would graduate but to-
night there is feeling akin to pain as
we realize that we are about to part
and be severed from all that has been
near and dear to us. What we have
accomplished during the bright,
happy days that are past will be
shown by the success that attends Us
on the career which we are about to
enter.
Worthy Board of Education, kind
friends aud patrons, to you we ex-
tend the hand of parting. To your
earnest and untiriug efforts do we
feel indebted for the educational adj.
vantages which we have received.
BY your unfalterlng zeal you have
established one of the best High
Schools i'm this State Let it be re-
mem bered to your praise, az an in
structive example to our annals, that
under circumstances often misleading
Amidst appearances sometimes duo
ious: vcissitudes Of fortune often dis
couraging, in situations, not unfre
quently where the want of succes'
countenanced the spirit of criticism
the constancy of your support was the
essential props of the schools and {
guarantee of the plans by which tn,
system was successfully inaugurated
Schoolmates, tonight we say to yol
farewell. AS we have associated to
gether our intercourse has been pleas
ant. Our faces have been familiar Il
you, our voices have responded t.
yours. Hereafter you will be sur
rounded by other faces. You will n
longer hear our voices Others vii
fill the ranks we have been want t
fill and as you look, see others wher
you once saw us, remember us wit
kindness.
Beloved teachers, now that tn
time has arrived that terminates on
High School career my command {
words will not permit us to state tn
greatness of that debt Of gratitud
which we owe to you. You have bee
to US faithful and loving friends an
teachers. When the dark clouds {
douot and perplexity surrounded u
by your ready aid and cheerful smile
they were dispersed. SO deep he
been the feeling of affection conceive
by us for you that while memoir
lives within our hearts we will a
ways remember you.
Honored Principal, it is hard for |
to say TO you goodbye, for as we stan
before you and realize that possibl