The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-02

lin connection with she training and
education OF the boys. Father, what
| is your boy doing this evening?
| Mother, where is } yola boy tOnight2
Who are filling the best positions in
your city today, positions of honor
and tru st2 Is il the boys who have
been raised here7 If not, why not2
Reformation along this line should
be commended at once. Educate
yeur boy. You may think money
spent In that way is money spent in
| vain; that there is nothing in him;
| he has no pride, no ambition, no
aspiration. You don't know. No
enc can tell what is in a boy. There
may be an unkindled spark, an un-
| famed flame, a smoldering fire, a
| latent energy which the teachers
rod may stir, the association of
| books may arouse and develop and
direct, and thus start your boy GO
/ ing, with such an energy and deter
mination that no power could stop
| him short of the topmost round in
| the ladder OF fame. / wish, from
the field of experience, To say in
most unmistakable language that
the day is forever past when the
young man, without an education
| can compete successfully with the
world. He who enters the arena of
life today should know that he must
| measure swords In every calling
with men of education, men with
| trained minds. The father and
mother who will push their boy into
such conflict without the proper
training, do him great harm, doom
| him To disappointment and failure.
| Mothers, be faithful to your boys
and girls. What America needs is
true, sensible, devoted mothers.
We have had many of them in the
| past; we want mere of them in the
future. This country can get along
/ without women on the stage, in
business, or In politics If only we
can have faithful, intelligent and
| pious mothers in our homes.
Parents, give your children every
| adv antage in your power TO acquire
| a thorough education. They will
need IL In all the walks Of life. There
are grave problems % be met in the
| future which can only be met and
| solved by intelligence, patriotism
and love.
/ Our board desires to thank you
/ for your hearty cooperation with us
/ IN our work. We have heard but
little complaint. Your loyalty to
/ the interests of the schools has very
materially aided fn building up Il
great public school. With regrets
I for any errors made by us in the
past, aud with promises of amend
tneut In the future, We again thank
you. ...
Glass of 1862, you have completed
( the course of study and are 70 re-
cefve the rewards OF industry, pa
/ tience, and persey erance. You are
soon TO take your places upon the
great stage Of action, where all of
our lives are measured by what We
/ do, and what We are.
The characters We make for our
selves depend largely upon the ex-
anlpIes we follow. We are initiative
more than we are willing To admit.
\ In fashion, laws, customs
preiudiees, opinions, and beliefs, we
follow precedent. An illustrious
/ character may not spend its force
while the human race is upon the
earth; II goes onward through
eternity. We become like the
characters we most study and ad-
mire. Would you be an orator?
Commune with orators, read the
biography of orator 8, the production
of orators; thus you will imbibe the
spirit of oratory. Would you be a
patriot7 Then read of patriots; 60
stand in sacred senates; listen TO
the voice of sacred justice on her
throne, and all that fills the
conscious bosom with a patriot 5
flame. Would YOU be villains
Bay accounts of criminals and de
hauchees; read them; mediate. Al
first you may regard them with
disgust; soon interest viii succeed
to aversion, admiration to interest,
and imitation to admiration. The
thoughts and feelings we cherish,
tt q language we employ and listen
to; the things we do and witness, all
impress our moral nature and help
to shape our moral characters.
Character Is a structure which we
are all building, young and old, each
for himself; and every act of life Is
a stone In that building. II day by
day we be careful TO build our lives
with pure, noble and upright deeds,
at the end will stand a fair temple,
honored by God and man.
Young man, you stand alone as
the representative of your sex In a
graduating class of eight. We hope
that you will always cherish the
memory OF this hour. There are
fields of usefulness open TO every
intelligent young man. Turn your
steps into the highway of noble ain
and earnest work. There are prizes
enough for every successful worker
Icrowns enough for every honorable
head that goes through the smoke
of conflict. to victory. There IL
within you an uprising of lofty SEN