Arizona republican., 1902-06-13

eIlpe NDfiHII SCnOOi CN the DlnkS O1 .he Salt river. The former institution produces heroes for war. men to teach the ldnk and file the arts of war. the use of swords. guns and artillery. while the latter institution produces heroes for peace. men and women. no less heroes than those from West Point WnG work in the heat of battle and when tEe blcod is hot. The speaker referee! to the discussion which has brought out so much comment latelY-Ari- zonas admission to statehood and the ignorance of people in the east as la the real intelligence of Arizona's 's pe0- ple. AriZona's schools. he said. ale among the best in the United States.
 Many were the kind and encouraging things he spoke to the graduates. tell ing them of their responsibilities anG duties as teachers of the children of the best part of the United States Arizona He told them of his hopes fer their bright futures and closed his address with quotations from one Of Longfellow's most beautiful poems, When the Day is Done. The appii- cation Of the lives of the members of the class before him to the lines of that poem was beautiful and showed how the speaker thoroughly understood the aspirations and ambitions of the grad uates for noble living. Their aged days, as he saw them, would be ap- plicable to
 The day is done and the darkness
 Falls from the wings Of night
 As 2 feather is waited downward
 From an eagle in his flight.
 May you live he said. so that
 The night will be filled with music
 And the cares that infest the day
 Will fold up their tents like the Arabs
 And as silently steal away"
 The address was followed by the presentation of the Dr. Moeur medal. Miss Grace NJ. Goodwin was the happy recipient. As per the conditions, she had received the highest average in graucs fer the last two years. F. NJ. Irish. who presented the medal. ex- rlained the conditions of the contest and awarding of this medal. which is to be an annual affair. The contestant must be q regular student taking all and only all, the work, regularly of the last two years of the school course The medal is very pretty and the young lady receiving the medal this year wifi be remembered as the one that came out second in the last annual debate be- tween the University and the Normal.
 She is an exceptionally bright young woman and may well be proud of tho intellectual distinctions sine has re- ceived while at the Normal school.
 \. J. Matthews, the principal. then presented the graduates with their diplomas. The presentation was pre- ceded by a shCrr masterly talk by the principal. who is known as one of the best eXtemDoraneous speakers in the territory. He congratulated the mem i bers upon the high grade of the work they did in school. upon their success fUl adv mt in the ranks of the most use tul citizens Of the state. He pictured bright futures and useful lives, Eut warned them to be steadfast and to b. positive characters. He spoke of wha1 the territory expects of it's Normal school graduates and felt sure that this class would make the fondest hopes of the territcry ;t realization. He told tht. i class not to stop study and application upon receipt of the diploma. but tha i that was the first step. He said, you i are now across the foothills. the moun- tains are before you to climb. "CliIn0 though the rocks be rugged" dhe class mCtto), he said. The principal then l tcld them Of his confidence in their fu- | ture and of the sorrow of parting. The i exercises ended with music and the l large audience ieft with pleased eX- l preSsiOns