The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-28
| BR RAR,IAN
TALKS WEI.

sentence, apply a single mathematical
rule or know the capital OF q single
country, but II Is necessary that you
should have had the training You have
received and that your mind be discip-
lined and that you be enabled 10 think.
As yet ours is child's race ana we
need all the forces we can bring to bear
to develop 1t into manhood. God has
given you young men and women the
blessed privilege OF living in the clear
sunlight of an open day. When your
opportunities and possibilities are
known to you. Your achievements and
success Is only cIrcumscriDed by your
decision. and your effort 1t was not
thus in may day and the day of our
parents
In order to become 4 powerful and
strong people. we must use the same
means which have made otherf people
powerful and strong We should lay
aside foolish notions and ideas and take
n practical and sensible view of the sit
uation and apply practical and sensible
remedies, Some of the things which, we
need to make us strong and independent
and | am glad to say we 6re gettinr
some Of. them, are Christianity and
character. education, common sense.
patience and perseverance,. integrity and
honestly decision, individual purpose.
,eaonony friends, thoroughness, union,
discomfort, and then we should have a
proper regard for small things and
small sayings, such as, in all cases of
doubt take the side OF safety "a kind
word turneth away wrath Don't nut
on tin tomorrow what can be done to-
day. And do unto others us you would
have them do unto you
Let these things enter into our lives
and let your character be made OF them
and failure cannot come. These are
the ingredients which have brought
success to all races that have been per-
manently successful, and God has or
dained that they shall bring success TO
any individual or race that possesses
them regardless of the color of their
skin.
AS you go out into the world, If you
are qualified, go with confidence, know
ing as you do, that the doors OF preiu-
dice are being battered down by the
hammers of merit Any man or woman
can find employment in any line Of
which he is master. We have every
thing to encourage us judged as Doug
las said: BY the depth from which we
have come, no race has made the prog
ress be have
The statistics show that we are com
ing unto our proper place in this coun-
try We have $1,000 carpenters. 20. 600
BARRIERS, nearly as many doctors 1e.o0O
ministers, $4,000 masons, 10000 dress-
makers $4,000 engineers, 5000 shoe
makers, 1000 musicians, 1000 lawyers
80 banks. to say nothing Of the success
ful merchants, contractors, teachers.
schools and fraternal instit,,-
tions. seventy-seven per cent of our
people work on. farms. OF the 74e.OOo
farms on which they work. twenty-one
per cent. are owned wholly f.y them
-Four per cent are partly owned by
them. Nearly 100000 are engaged IN
sainful occupations. This is about
FORTY per cent. OF their total popu;a-
ton while only thirty-seven per cent.
of the white population of the United
States are bread winners.
The above facts shoV' mat IN sn,te
Of heredity and environment, we are
succeeding, With firm reliance anon
God who cannot be unfair, LET MS nreas
forward until every right, privilege
and station possessed by any other
civilized people shall be ours
The graduates. teachers and Mr.. Stark
were rendered an elaborate reception II
the Reed hall after the exercises. The
reception was in charge Of J. wright
F. Kent, e Green, R. Lowery. ]. Tbon'
as s. Thomas and g. washington. nm.
der the auspices Of the Young Men.
Advanced Thought Club and the CLARKE
burg Star Lodge Of Knights OF Pythians
It was an elaborate ahair and very az.
lectable menu was served.
DR.. D. P. Morgan. president Of me
board Of education. with a few yaII
chosen remarks and some wholesome
advice to the graduates, presented them
their diplomas
Farewell" was sung and then the
oenediction was pronounced by the Rev
). w. W. Jenkins.