The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-08
HIGH SCADOL GRADUATES
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT
NJ. E. CHURCH LAST NIGHT.
NOT VERY LARGELY ATTENDED
Despite the Fact That the Program
Was as Good as Has Ever Been Civ.
en-Two Cow Brothers Won Two
Aluh Places Of Honor In the Glass.
IFrom Trldny's Dolly,l


exercises that were held in the Meth. |
odst church last night was not so
large as that Of other years, but the
program was undoubtedly MS good as
was ever given ON such an occasion |
In Norfolk
Miss Kathryn Shaw presided at the |
piano and ns she played the march the
fourteen graduates marched In and
took their places on the rostrum. The
young ladies were dressed In white
and each carried bunch Of roses or
carnations. There were four boys
and ten girls In the class.
Dr. H. j. Cole, president OF the
board of education, presided. After
the invocation by Rev j. +. Poucher
the High School orchestra played a
beautiful selection.
The salutatory was given by Harold
Cow. After welcoming the audience
to the exercises he spoke of the ad-
vantage of higher education, OF the
appreciation of the self sacrifice Of
loved ones who made the schooling
possible. He thanked the superinten-
dent and teachers for the interest that
they had taken In the members Of the
class. He made n very touching nllu
sion to the memory OF Carroll Powers
who had been their beloved instructor
In Latin. He said that the future of
the class would depend upon the stand
that they took on all moral questions.
A mixed Quartette composed of
Messr, Greene and Solomon and Mes
danes Meredith and Greene sang the
familiar yet beautiful selection of VIII
Thompson's, Come Where the Lilies
Bloom" in very pleasing manner.
They also sang the closing song:
Goodnight, Beloved"
The valedctory was given by Archie
Cow who spoke of the advantages of
n college training. He answered the
question, Does 1t pay?" by showing
how, while some men have succeeded
without the higher training, yet the
great majority of successful men were
those who had been drilled in the col
leges and universities of the land. He
spoke feelingly of the parting of the
ways and of the future of the different
members of the class.
DR.. Cole on behalf OF the school
board presented the diplomas in a
very graceful manner, making n short
address In which he said that the peo-
pie of Norfolk would expect much of
the class and that he was sure that
they would not be disappointed. He
urged them to make n character that
would stand the test.
Instead of the usual method of hav.
ing each member of the class give an
address the class had decided to invite
DR.. II. c. Herring, pastor OF the First
Congregational church of Omaha tC
lecture The doctor is n very tall
scholarly looking gentleman and with
his magnificent voice and eloquent
thought he held his audience close lis
teners for an hour.
Dr. Herrlnss Lecture.
The subject of his lecture was "ThC
Quest for Facts" He said in part
Facts are stubborn things. They ar,
hard featured crowd. They have n,
manners. They look you in the eye
They block up your pathway. Whei
you have analyzed matter to IL
facts you have reached the conclusion
of the matter. Emerson says: BE
ware of the man who has facts Thi
graduating class must learn the In,
portance of facts. AS a rule humanit
has endeavored to escape the facts
They juggle with them. blind then
selves against them only to be bruise
by them. They are unwilling to fac
them. Some people have only fras
ment of the facts and act as If the
had them all, Others know the fact
but are biased in Judgment Still otl
ers cling to old facts but will not a.
cept new ones. They are the bac
numbers. If there ever was an as
that demanded the facts 1t is this ag
The man who is not in sympathy wit
the facts drops out of the race. 1
ventors, mechanics, scholars and phi
osophers have a passion for fact
Time was when men speculated abo,
things but now they demand the fact
Francis Bacon taught modern thoug
to search for the facts. There was Il
fact of evolution taught us by Darwi
the fact of wireless telegraphy as 81
en- us by Marconi, The germ theo
of disease is another fact that has be,
a blessing to the age. This passi,
for facts has dispelled darkness, fire.
the mind and caused the desert
bloom. The world is to fall in 10
with reality, to look the sun in t
face and to be discomfort with hu
bug. We have not reached this a
as yet. But the end of the quack
in sight. The fakir is doomed. T
thing that is next in evil to blindi
oneself against the facts is to fail
the discernment of their relative v
ue. And the most important facts a
not those which are received by I
five senses but those which are sp
itually discerned,"
The doctor then gave five of
most important facts TO be receive
First the fact of conscience: secol