The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-23

thief can steal Though we shoult
lose all our worldly goods, the honor
of being graduates at your hands car
never be lost. May the time soon
come when we can return ten-fold the
talents you have given us.
| Dear friends, we thank you for your
generosity and trust. You have helped
our publications with your liberal ad
yertisements. You have encouraged
or sports by your presence, and
more thaa all, you nave entrusted
! your daughters to or care to attend
| our various social functions.
Shall l say farewell to our sweet
| hearts? No, TOR l can now picture a
| more ideal Nd a more real place
| han mere. PdRsibly some cosy-corner
or drive thtpugh Lovers Lane, or
| maybe standing on the bridge gazing
| into the placid waters with the moon
casting her be$ning countenance up
On the stillnessEof the night. Fellow
Classmates | gave you to perform
| this sad but sweet duty as it may
seem best.
Fellow Student4, to you we leave
he keeping of urVhalls. Do not abuse
he trust. but striVe always for some
IDEAL of. success, ami each year build
dome more vast 10 that when you
reach this point yoN too may burst
forth in the full glowtof manhood. But
Fellow Cadets, rem&mber tnat each
one of you is now a, sower of seed
on the field of life. These bright
lays OF youth are the E6eed time. Ev-
cry thought of your mEtd every emo
ton of your heart, eSery word Of
your tongue, every principle yo
adopt and every act ydl perform is
L seed whose good or Eil fruit will
be the bliss or bane of your after life
Second Classmen, we pow greet
YOU as First Classmen. To you we en-
trust the keys of our temple. DO not
unlock to those who are unworthy
and as you take the lasA draugh'
from this fount of knowledge yOI
nay go forth more worthy than we
To not betray the trusts that will bs
yours. Fight for the principles which
are just and right and be an exam
,le always for those who follow you
Glass of 1907, we are now embark
ing on the Sea of Life. We have
learned to steer in shallow places.
Jut now we must face the waves OF
5he mighty ocean. Our ship is leav-
ng port empty and with but few
sails. When she returns, young men
let us have her fully rugged and ma
her cargo be the treasures of life, s.
nat when we bow before our Alma
tion well done. thou good and faith
full servant" But in embarking LEI
me caution you. Make not money be
-our God for if you do yoIr ship
will be wrecked.
Who shall be the heralis CT this
coming day? Who shall thread tbs
way of honor and safety through
-hese besetting problems? You, my
Classmates, you. The school is the
raining camp of the future; the
scholar the champion of the coming
wears. Napoleon over-ran Europe with
the drum-tap and bivouac; the next
Napoleon shall form his battalions
ut the tap of the school house bell,
md his captains shall come with the
cap and gown. Waterloo was won at
Oxford; Sedan at Berlin. May your
greatest battle be won with the pow
RS given you by the New Mexico
Military Institute.
After another selection by the
band, "A Day in the Cotton Field,
which was of hign merit and decided
ly realistic. Nathan Jaffa, president
If the Board of Regents, presented
he diplomas to the graduates, who
had been asked to form in line be
ore the stage, giving a short, anpro
pirate address. The diplomas were
presented in the order in which tht
graduates ranked in class, the Aighes
receiving his sheep-ski1 first The
ner as follows:
1.-Albert c. Miller
2-Robert C. Garrett
al. Elliott Doyle
4-Jones Taliaferro, Jr.
"A Drew KepRY
6-Jacob NJ. Harlan v
7.-Jaffa Miller
9.-Henry L. Pollard.
1O-Jack A. Stewart
11.-William NJ. Belt
12-Nathaniel A. Cannon
13.-Walter Coppinger
14.-Harold L. He'll
aStewart and Belt ranked sameD
In the absence of DR.. w. F. Slo-
cum. president of the Colorado Col
lege, who was unable to be present,
DR.. George l. Finley, holding the
chair of geology in the same school
delivered the address to the gradu- !
ates His address was pronounced b.
many as the best ever heard on a
similar ocea son il this city. He gave
a brief Introduction with a scientific |
discussion of the Universe and its de
into what it is today, and |
with a clever stroke of oratocy land |
ed his audience right before himf at
the graduating exercises of the Mill |
tary Institute. He then gave The boys |
of the class and the audience in( gen |
eral some valuable advice as til who |
needs college education, wnoJneeds |
and other important qu9stions. |
His address was very interesting.
Tire Cadet orchestra gave Jaaother |
selection and then Lieut.. COY Barlow |
announced the special diJtinctions. |
as follows: Basing the teft on the
drill Monday. n Company |
,ader Captain Garrett. rfceives the
honor of the best drilleA company.
Basing the test on the fntire veer
John c. Pawley received the honor
as being the best drillef cadet. Bas-
ing the test on the targt practice at
the Hondo Reservoiri elcampment,
George E. Ellis Jr.. ref9ived the hon
0r of being the best Harksman.
Col James w. Wilkfn was pressed |
into the task of delivering commits |
sions by Brigadier fheral A P. Tar
A. C. Miller. winnkf of highest hon
ors in the class. III resident of Ohio .