The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-25

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their most angry moments and tell
them the truth to their faces. You
have never followed but always led
this school in the path of duty and
honor. You have done your best and
angels could do no more. On behalf
of my class / speak and we earnestly
nope that the wrongs we have done
you have not been so deeply inflicted
but that time will erase them. We
are rep infant and sincerely trust to
your forgiving nature Tor torgivness.
Most true and noble perintendent
is with eadness that we bid you
farewell As friend you have been
/ faithful, honest and true. AS an in
structor you may be posed as a model.
Deeply impressed with the rights Of
human nature you have never forgot
ten that the end and aim and meaning
If all just such teaching was the
moral, mental and physical benefits
md final happiness of your pupils.
Your candor aud patience are mex
lmpied and this coupled with your
love of justice and your willingness
! 20 bear with US I'm times OF trouble and
| sorrow has won YOU a place i'm our
h0arts that shall ever be kept green.
You have labored earnestly in our be-
half and we sincerely hope that we
have tried TO do our duty. We know
! that sometimes we have failed, yet
you have always been willing to tor
give and ready to assist us. Andnow
as we are soon to part we would ask
that you forgive all the wrong we
have ever done you and sometimes
mid the ever changing scenes of life,
pause and think with kindness Of the
class of 1900.
Classmates we are about to separate.
Our paths henceforth lie in different
directions. AS an unbroken class we
have recited our last lessons together.
As pupils of this excellent High
School we have met for the last time.
us perhaps never to meet again on
earth. This thought brings deeper
sadness but we may rejoice to think
that there is place where there Is no
parting and as we separate to go each
our different way in life, let US resolve
thai we will so live that when we
stand before the judgment seat of
God to answer to the great roll call of
those who belong to the Kingdom of
Heaven not one of us will be absent
or tardy but will answer present"
THE ADDRESS
The Commencement exercises of the
lola High School have always been
interesting and the occasion has al
ways been most pleasant one. 1t is
safe to say, however, that no one Of
the proceeding seventeen was attend
ed with more interest than the one
held at the opera hou,e Monday, for
it was the first one that had been hon
ored by the presence OF the Governor
of the State. The hall was packed
and the crowded audience gave the
closest attention while Governor
Stanley talked in the direct, pleasing,
forcetul way he has about "The
Scholar of the Twentieth Century. "
In we'll chosen words and well bal
anced sentences the Governor taught
the plain lesson of Industry, Persever-
> ance, Patience, Cheerfulness, Patriot
, ism and Goodness. There was nc
strained attempt at oratory, but there
was high level of good sense, good
E humor and good heart that held the
audience from beginning to end, i'm
= pressing every listener with the feel
: ing that here was man who, believed
every word he was saying and thai
the way of lie he was advising thu
= young men and women whom he adj
addressed to follow, was the way ht
u himself had chosen. 1t was a splen
U did, inspiring address, in every way
9 worthy of the man, the audience anC
II the occasion.
Aside from Gov. Stanley's address
e the notable feature of the evening"
II program was the singing by the High
Of School chorus. The chorus has beef
e under the leadership of Prof, Levi
q tor some weeks, and the music the.
n rendered was most excellent evi
d dence of his ability as teacher. Tn
Of choru:es were rendered with pre-
S, cision, vigor and expression that ca
~ hardly be too highly praised.
vs. Miss Mitchell conducted the even
ID lng's exercises in her usual graceful
y and tactful way. Mr.. Nelson as pre-:
i ident of the school board, presente
the diplomas to the graduats. Re,
IS }. M. Leonard offered the invocatio
Id and Rev. John Maclean pronounce
ly the benediction. And the class
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