The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-06-28
THiRTY.ONE GRADUATES.
- Large Glass Graduated from the
Owosso High School Tuesday Night.

Owosso High School Tuesday Night.
The graduating exercises of the class
OF 1901 passed off Tuesday evening un.
der the most auspicious of circum.
stances. The day, which up to the
afternoon had been one of the hottest
In the summer, was cooled by heavy
shower and while the evening was still
uncomfortably hot. it was not hard to
imagine that it would have been much
more SO had it not been for the rain.
The Baptist church is one of the most
comfortable in the city, however, and
there was perhaps less discomfort from
the heat than usual
The arrangements for the exercises
were well planned and we'll carried out.
The Juniors had charge of the ushering
and did their work well, looking out
for the comfort of the members of the
audience to the best of their ability and
always taking the keenest interest in
assisting them in their efforts to find
seats. The work of the grammar grade
chorus under the leadership of Miss
Kanagy was also good, the familiar old
favorites which were sung by the clear
childish voices having new charm as
they were sung by the chorus in the
gallery.
The exercises of the evening were
begun when the class marched in and
took their stations on the platform to
the notes of the organ march played by
Miss Goss, Supt E. T. Austin, DR.. A.
nj. Hume, president of the school board,
Prin. l.. H. Wood, and Rev. Frank S.
Lyon also occupied places on the plat
form IN front of the class There were
twenty.nire of the latter in their places
on the platform, two of the members
being far away from the scene. Of
these Miss Georgia jackson is with her
parents in New Mexico, and Harry A,
| Orr is now a United States Naval Cadet
on the regular summer cruise with the
other cadets from the academy-one on
lhe Atlantic coast, the other far away
toward the Pacific. Diplomas were
granted to both.
The comforting of the diplomas was
done by DR.. Hume after the address by
Rev. Frank S. Lyon. DR.. Hume spoke
in his usual happy style, calling atten.
ton of the class to the fact that they
had received course of instruction
which had cost the taxpayers large
amount of money, that they had re.
ceived this benefit without having paid
for it, and that society had right to
expect some return for it. The benefits
of education to society in general were
mentioned and it was shown TO the
graduates that the debt they owed to
to the taxpayers who had paid for the
running of the schools was not q debt
that they were to think of repaying in
money but in service, in being true
citizens. in themselves helping in the
future to give the pupils of the future
an even better education than the one
which they themselves have received.
A synopsis of the addrss of the evening
by Rev. Frank S. Lyon. pastor of the
First Baptist church in this city, is as
follows:
The poet King of Israel said, What
is man that thou art mindful of him,
and the son of man that thou vistest
him, for thou hast made him little
lower than God and crownest him with
glory and honor, thou madest him to
have dominion over the works of thy
hands, thou hast put all things under
his feet" Man is here represented as
possessing the secret of power. He
stands forth to receive at the hand of
his Divine visitor, sceptre, and he has
dominion over all the world. He con.
quors the sea and its storms; He touches
the wilderness and it blossoms into
cities and gardens; He smites the
mountains and they give up their
golden treasure; He commands the
forces of nature and they become his
obedient servants. In fact everything
was created for man and for his proper
use. Indeed this world seems too small
for man, and he is permitted to look
into the affairs of other worlds; but we
need not get beyond our earthly en-
vironment tonight, as our work has to
do largely with present conditions and
necessities TO fulfill his mission man
needs power, to obtain which, is the
object of every sincere student and
workman. Strength in man is com
pound consisting of muscle, brain, and
heart power. Muscular power is inn
portant and its cultivation should by
no means be ignored, the gymnasium
is very important part of home,
school aud college training. But as
the house is inferior to the one who
lives in 1t, so is the body inferior to the
mind. The culture of the mind there
fore demands the greater attention.
Man is born without knowledge, but
with almost infinite capacity, the more
he knows the greater his ability to learn,
and eternity itself shall not limit his
growth. The cultured mind becomes