Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-25

was purely afithmeIleal. there was no
cause for bitter feeling.
II the friction o! this Incident was en-
HANGED by the existence Of the rival
societies. the proprie,y Of abolishing the
societies might oe taken up by tho school
board. Societies within the high school
should be allowed only to an extent which
Is promo,iss Of the best work In the pro-
seeu,ion OF the required course OF study.
Tuesday evening the high.sehoolg gradual.
ing class gave the beautiful comedy. "Pyg-
malion and GsiatsA at the opera house.
In this play Pygmaiion. an Ashsnisn seulp.
tor. makes q statue Of woman OF mar
vsious beauty. BY some old-tims heeus-
poeus the statue became endowed with
life. 0alstsa as statue Vas the pride
Of both Pygmsiion and his wife. but when
she became . real woman there vas
trouble. rhs Innocence and frsnknsss sl
living Oslat-A WAS The cause Of many
most amusing eomplieations. The young
people taxing part undertook . dih'su's
role but acquitted thsmsslvss well.
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The program Of this portion Of The
commencement week exercises wss pub
lshsd Ia full In last weeks Entsspsiss.
The high-seheol room wss crowded
Wednesday afternoon 70 hear The inter
sssing program. Too many pupils took
part 10 make individual msntioa psas.
tieabls: but. throughout The large audi
saes was highly sntsstsissd By he varied
program. The diplomas were pssssatsd
By Mrs. Money. County Supsriatsodsae
Every portion Of the opsss house wss
fully occupied Suaday m0rning = hsas
Dr.. Sloesm's bsseslaursats sermon. Ths
seass and boxss were hasdsomsiy dc.
'osatsd with the class eosors. grssn ed
Old rose.
10 iatsodseing Dr.. Siosum. Rev. ". l.
Davenport said that The custom oe hsv-
Ing sems leading educator q The west de-
liver ths baeealaurssts sddrsss hsd not
bssn departed from this year. He spoke
Of the success Of Or. Sloeum Ia bsildiag
up Colorado college from avssy small b..
ginning 70 iss present great Importance.
Dr.. Sloeum said that The spssadid eoa-
grsGst;oa before him was Indicative os he
permanent solidisy Of the agricultural see
tions Of The stAts. and that ths board hsv-
ing the Investment Of The fuads Of colo-
osdo college had thought % Esl Of Me
resources Of The Arkansss valley - 70
invest $50. 900 here. Macs are exhaust
ibls. but your farms are u b here for
all time.
"How can know God 10 and that he
10 speaking TO my soui.- 10 the most stu
psnduous conception Of which The human
mind 10 capable. In order 70 know God
man must turn his face from evil. Be
brave and true and battle for the right
against the wrong. We should have large
conceptions Of God and duty. Of truth and
life. A small conception Of what you
are In life means . small conception Of
God. The spsaksr's message 70 the
young people was: Kssp your lives pure.
clean and true. learn 10 believe In those
things which are noblsst and best. There
Is no place in this world for . loafsr. You
cannot throw your burdens on some one
else. Our young people ars not given
hard enough things to do. Too many Of
them are being made son. mushy and
weak. The best crop any country ever
raised 10 earnest, faithful. purs and true
young men and young women. You can
not afford to play with life when Il Of
fsrs SO many golden opportunities. God
and truth are absolute things and all's
we'll because GOD IS.
The opening and closing exercises were
participated in by Revs. Davenport, Green.
Nelson and Hollsnbaek. with music by .
choir representing the VARIOUS ehurehss.
"Wednesday nipht the Qpara House