The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-06-08

on its top with feeling of confidence
and security My liberty then was Of
some value,
"What we as American people need
now is not liberty but ability to use
our liberty.
ain this nation there are two great
menaces to our enjoyment Of liberty
pauperlsm and snobbery. BY paup-
erlsm l do not mean poverty. pau
per is not necessarily poor man.
He is simply one who does not live by |
his own efforts and has no desire to
live by his own efforts. There are
numbers of such paupers, who are
rated as spendthrlfts and who are sub
sisting on salary 10 some position
which requires no LABOR at all or on
many inherited from wealthy relatives.
have heard of nothing more path
etic than that old mother " no few
weeks ago sat in a New York court
room with her depraved, debauched,
prohigate son who was on trial for
his life. lie was a real pauper.
"Snobbery consists in the alteration
OF money and the worship of mere
] wealth and pelf. 1t is this that
causes many to lose sight OF the truly
high ideals aad makes If them slaves
The mercenary spirit Is altogether
opposed to liberty.
Liberty does not mean unrestricted
license. Liberty consists IN the
{ observance of fair and just law. W.
need education to appreciate oul
= freedom, When a child first starts tC
walk he totters and falters; but afteI
is he had been guided and supported ant
helped, through long period he be
comes able to take care Of himself
o 'The way to the enjoyment o
liberty is long and tedious and ther
- are no soft snaps about 1t; but; tht
more tedious it is, the more we enjo
our liberty after we have ATTAINED 1t
IN "The next thing after liberty tina
we strive after is happiness and IT
~ in this respect that people in thi
coui.Lry have the advantage Z
q, Europeans. We have The most uniqu
and well organized system OF HON
On life in existence and 1t is the HON
wherein we get the greatest happiness
an In Europe farmers live 10 the town
and 90 out daily to work their field
BIB but here the farmer lives on his ow
land and has his own home.
IN "It is In the homes that civilizatio
ay is advanced and one Of the creates
.ge aids to civilization is soap"
icy DR.. BLACK at length enlOgized soa
en- as a mighty factory in the progress
ISL the world. He then pointed out thi
our national greatness was due
the home life and that all our ablest me
yer came from humble homes and keI
Ugh the ways aud atmospheres of the
TIA homes no matter how prominent th
an had become.
n He closed by showing how educate
veil gives liberty and happiness and stat
that American ideas Of education we
lass -more suitable to the needs Of t
Ick, people than are those formulated
Hey foreigners.
ack After the address Miss Gladys Wi
d. In sang 10 a rich mezzo-sOprano vo
ken "Only Little While" by Nugent
= he 'Dafodils" by Jenkins. Miss Bonn
J on Berrie then played Godard's Va
Scherzo, plano solo, In a pleasl
ntal manner.
is Prof. M. J. Patterson announC
the the prizes and awarded the diplom
Of The highest honors in high sch
mes work were Won by Donald Wilson
lll- second honors by MissMina Meyer.
The University scholarship '
ople awarded to Donald Wilson, He /
had his choice Of several Institute
ouri and decided to take scholarship
r 80 Westminster. The second Univers
mill scholarship went to Warren Sherm
for who chose washington Lee.
"a to The following received diplomas
Of graduation:
IT / George C. Weis, Jr., English Sci
! so ti6c; Wflhelmina Never, La
lliar English; Elona Bonnell Berrie, La
1t l English; Daniel Warren Sherman, E
rom ish Scientific; Efie Lee Marquis, La
English; Carrie Elizabeth wes, La
the English; Amelia Caroline Phetzl
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