Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-29
NORMAL SCHOOL HOLDS IT.
FINAL EXERCISES
Bishop conaty Delivers Earnest Ad.
dress, consratuIstes Students on
Their Achievements and Ad.
Vises Them as to Future


The senior class gave vocal selection
which was followed by an invocation
by Rev. l.. G.. Morris.
The commencement address was
given by Bishop Conaty who dwelt on
the aims and purposes of the lives OF
the teachers.
The bishop said in part:
1T is privilege as it is also an
honor to give the address to a. GRADUATE
Ing class of teachers who after years
OF careful preparation are judged com.
peteht to take their places i'm the ranks
Oh those upon whom falls the RESPONSE
bility of educating our youth. one is
impressed not only with the Importance
of the life work of the teacher but also
with the fact that the vocation TO the
teachers office is most honorable one.
The real result of education is good
ness and skill of life. Dante the
schoolmaster of Italy, a world master
of culture, following the thought of his
teacher, st. Thomas Aquinas, held that
the soul was made to know the truth,
to love and possess the good and enjoy
the beautiful God is truth and God Is
love. Mans intelligence grasps the
truth, his will follows the good and his
heart rests in the love of the beautiful.
Importance of Character
Character is more important than
knowledge, which is only a means to the
higher end, not itself an end. The re-
ligious sense of the teacher should be
developed upon the correct principles
of Christianity, he should be man of
faith, man of virtuous life.
THE tendency today is largely away
from the religious in education and
serious minded men and women are
fearing the results which are already
manifesting themselves in the growing
disregard for the things of morality.
The morality which is looked for as a
result of education cannot come from
any training that divorces religion from
education. Those who still believe in
Christ as the model and teacher of life
fear for an education which divorces
itself entirely from those principles
which alone can make men moral.
Teachers Are Educational Parents
"The responsibility of the teacher is a
responsibility placed upon him by the
parents of the children. The parents
are the first teachers, they share their,
authority with the school when they
place their children in it's keeping. 1t
has been said that the teacher be-
comes, in certain way, the educational
parent Of the child, and he should par
take of the character of the father,
tempered with the love and kindness OF
the mother There is something more
in the school than the history lesson,
the arithmetic and the geography.
There is a something higher and
nobler than the mere development of
mind, which development often leads
to brilliant rascality. There is the de-
velopment of the habits of right think
ing and right living, the development
of manhood in the character. and to the
Christian child there is the development
of the Christian in the man. Perfection
of manhood is found in obedience to the
sound moral principles and in the cor
rect habits of right living. Their
source is in religion which is the great
est teacher of life.
Congratulates Class
ut is personality that educates. 1t
is the very soul of the teacher, it is an
influence, an impress, a fire that comes
from the soul of the teacher and enters
into ours and molds, fashions and
transforms us into one with him.
Magnetism should be a character
istic of a teachers personality. He
should be an influence, IN inspiration,
helpfulness to all who come in con-
tact with him. The true teacher can
never part from a pupil without feel
ing that some of his life has gone from
himself and entered into the pupils
life.
Great teachers never die; their in
fluence lasts forever, their very names
are an inspiration The annals of the
universities that stand for the scholar
ship of the world are fragrant with the
characters of teachers whose influence
made students flock to them from all
quarters.
MY congratulations to you and my
best wishes for a successful life work
in one of the noblest professions. The
teacher who unlocks the treasure house
of the worlds best thought. the teach
er who leads mind and heart to truth
and virtue, the teacher who molds
character in goodness of life. has Gods
mission on him and Gods blessing ac-
companies him."
Roll of Graduates
Following is list OF graduates:
General professional course-Edna e.
Barnes. Grace Cowan Barton, Helen c.
Best, Lucy Blair, Minnie Blair, Mrs.
Emma Alice Boner, Rose Boyer, Nell j.
Brown. Daisy M. Burns. Edna May
Carpen ter. Juanita Carrigan. Julia
Chamberlain, Mrs. Beatrice C. CLANCY,
Marilla s. Chapman, Laura p. Charles,
Ida NJ. Cooper, Minta Elma Cox, Myrtle
A. Coy, Vera Curl, Clara May Dowd,
John r.. Doyle Pearl Eason, Edith Err
vim. N. Grace Gill, Jean Agnes Graham,
Lena F. Grubb. Alice M. Guthrie, Nellie
Haddock, Bessie A. Halsey, Regina
Ruth Hanson Elsie Hasson, Abra T.
Hayes. Anna Heller, Nellie Rophina
Hewitt, Annie Howard. Rena Howe,
Bertha Evelyn James, Florence John
ston. Ethel A. Linge, Minnie Lommen,
Persy Mccarthy, Annie Louise McIn-
tyre. Ethel l.. Nee, Mrs. Rosetta w.
Merrick, Nina Merrill, Pearl Miner,
Opal NJ. Moody, Edgar Alton Norton,
Alice G. Paine, Floss M. Pond, Susie
Ponder. Ida M. Rankin Flora Cordelia
Reed Leona A. Reed. Enid Reeve,
May Rose, Ada Richards. Edna " st.
Merry, Alice Scherrer, Viola Seawell.
Mary E. Selby, Romanie Sessions Mrs,
Blanche Scott Shea, Emily Shepherd,
Maud Shields May Shields. Lucille
Zelma De Tar Shut. Grace
Winifred Smith. Luella Il. Smith,
Fannie Soules, Jessie M. Springer.
Sarah c. Stevenson, day Stone, Grace
Helen Todd, Gratia Trefethen, Lulu
Tryon, Helen Alberta Van Dam, Edna
Wade, Blanche A. Walker, Sarah p.