Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-16
SXTY-FVE WIN
THEIR DIPLOMAS
PASADENA GRADUATES RE-
CORD CLASS
President Jordan Gives Inspiring Ad-
dress to High School Upon "The
Call Of the Twentieth
Century"
Pasadena Agency,
1914 East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA, June 15.-The seven
teenth annual commencement of the
Pasadena high school was held this
evening in the auditorium Of the First
M. e. church In the presence of q
large crowd. Sixty-five diplomas were
granted to sixty-one Students making
It the largest class ever sent out from
the Pasadena institution.
The graduation exercises we're un-
usually interesting and contained a
number of novel features.
The interior of the church was Law
ishly decorated with flowers, the usual
crimson and white Of the high school
discriminating, although the display of
flowers of all colors was not profuse.
The flowers bestowed upon the grad
yates by their friends were piled along
the edge of the platform in one mighty
series Of floral breastworks and these
flowers were distributed to the mem
bers of the class at the close of the
service by a bevy of underclass girls.
They formed a daisy chain" which
was beautiful novelty and which
evoked much applause.
TOTIH DdI6y Ondtn
The musical program Of the evening
consisted of several selections by the
high school double octette, under the
direction Of Miss Rice some special
chorus work by students and instru-
mental music by the high school
orchestra under the direction of H. H.
Parker.
Addresses were made by David starr
Jordan, president of Leland Stanford
university; Professor Leroy ID. Ely,
who presented the senior class; Ben
jamin e. Page, president of the board
of education, who presented the di-
plomas, and James D. Graham, super
intendent of the Pasadena schools.
The principal address was given by
President Jordan, who took as his sub
ject "The Young Men of the Twentieth
Century,
DR.. Jordan's remarks were largely
impromptu.
He proceeded vigorously to tell what
sort of young man the twentieth CEN
tury is calling for, and he said in part
"The century must demand men of
training. 1t is impossible to drop into
greatness. There is always room at
the top, but the elevator is not run
ming You must walk on your own
feet.
'The value of college training to-
day cannot be too strongly empha-
sized, but it must be twentieth CEN
tury college, not fifteenth or a seven
teenth century.
Men Who Are Wanted
The age demands steady-headed
men whose feet stand on the ground
and who see things as they are.
He will be hopeful man. loving the
world and loved by the world.
NolI -, 4
two mistakes, one a struggle against
education and the effort to limit the
number of skilled laborers. This is a
free country where each mans birth
right is the development of his skill.
The other is the effort to destroy the
feeling of personal loyalty on the part
of the laborer.
The twentieth century man must be
man of character, of sobricty.
Your first duty in life is toward your
atterself. So live that your afterself-
the man you ought to be-may in his
time be possible and actual His body,
his brain. his soul are in your boyish
hands. What will you leave for him?
VIII it be brain unspoiled by lust
or dissipation, mind trained to think
and act, nervous system true as dial
IN its response to the truth about you?
This is your problem in life, the prob
lem of more Importance to you than
any or all others. Will you meet it as
man or as a fool?"
Crown City Notes
Thursday, August 16, will probably be
the date of the annual Pasadena pic
mic, and Long Beach the place. The
matter will be decided next week.
j. M. Parkinson of Los Angeles was
selected last night as architect of the
new six-story business block on East
Colorado street to be known as the
Chamber of Commerce building.
Nearly 100 members Of the Pasadena
camp of Woodmen of the World went
to Los Angeles last night on a fraternal
visit to Los Angeles camp No. 492. 1t
was after midnight when the party re-
turned. Everyone joins in congratulate
ing their hosts on the splendid enter
tainment Offered.
Coronado Tent City band at Westlake
park tonight at $40 p. m and tomorrow
(Sunday) $3.50 p. m.
--oNS-Sr--