The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

one that has travelled all over Eu
rope, visited the pyramids o
Egypt, travelled through ASH
Minor and the Holy Land, ano
who is now one of the most bril-
liant preachers in the State O
Arkansas, was another. Finally
another young man that led hi,
class for two years at Davidson
College, N. c., and in three years
graduated with honor at Vanderbilt
University, and then took a posi-
graduate course at Harvard Uni.
versity, cad finally completed his
education at Leipzig, Germany,
oneot the finest scholars and teach
ers in the State of Tennessee and
who was a teacher in the Union
City Training School, was another.
All of these graduates lived in the
lower end of this county.
Then, Sir; if such distinguished
men have developed from the
graduates of our Training School
in the lower end of this county,
have | not good reason to look
with pride upon this class of grad
yates of the upper end of this
grand old countyl On this class
especially For when the esteemed
editor of the Union City CONNER
cial asked me some time ago to
give him the names of this class,
he remarked: "You might have
picked this country and city over,
and you could not have gotten a
finer class of young ladies and
gentlemen" So will say to you,
Sir, that judging the future by the
past, when | stand before this
class, ! feel as proud and grand as
if | were the King of England, the
Gar of Russia, or even the Presi.
dent of the United States; for such
young ladies and gentlemen as
these as are indeed the hope of our
great and glorious country. Stand
ing before them, Sir, may be
standing before a future Congress
man or even president of these
grand United States. There have
been Presidents from this grand
old Volunteer State, and | will say
for the encouragement of these
young ladies, they had wives too.
| will say further to you, Sir,
hat if | had a school in which all
If the pupils were as bright and
we'll behaved as the members of |
his class have been, | would feel
orouder and grander at the head
If that school than | would feel at
The head of any government in
his world, and | would then real
re that my profession is one of
he grandest and noblest on earth,
hat of lifting the aspirations of
he youth of the land to higher
md nobler things.
Now, young ladies and gentle
men, | would urge you to aim high |
n life. Use your powers for the
good of your fellowman, and for
he glory of your Creator. Let
your future lives reflect honor on
your parents, your teachers, your
and your God.
MIR. jackson: By the authority
IF the president of Tulane Univer-
,ity, whom | had the pleasure to
zee a short time ago, | have the
honor of presenting to you as the
one that has made the highest av-
,rage scholarship in the Senior
Class of the Union City Training
School for the scholastic year 1905
)6, four years, scholarship in
hat educational institution, which,
n consequence of its recent heavy
endowment, will be the leading
University of the South. | will
'ay to you, Sir, that if you will go
20 that University and do your
luty there as faithfully as you
nave done it here in the Union
City Training School, you will
nave one of the brightest futures
before you. Go then to New Or
cans and there fight the great bat
lie of your life, as did old Andrew
Jackson, Tennessee's greatest man,
md for that battle was made the