Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-05-03
CANYON CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
Sixth Annual Commencement. Closing
a Successful Term for 1867.

! the MetnOQlSt cnurcn sunday
morning. The speaker took his
text from Daniel, twelfth chap
ter and third verse, reading:
And they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the fir
mament and they that turn many
to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever" He held, and
The News thinks properly so,
that the education acquired in
schools was not, as some taught,
a filling in of knowledge, but
rather fitting for knowledge; a
preparation by which the mind
was capable of grasping under
standingly not only worldly wis
dom but the jewels of everlasting
/ truth.
All had a place in the world,
Mr.. Erwin said. niche to fill
and a duty to perform, stew
ardship Of either high or low de-
gree to account for and he urged
his hearers, especially the grad
yates, to begin right and contin-
ne in we'll doing. Mr.. Erwin has
an earnest, kindly way of ex-
pressing his thoughts, way that
touches, and for the better, the
chords of the human heart and
his large audience upon this oc-
casion was deeply moved.
A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches and low
| ing favour rather than silver and
gold"-ProverbS 22nd, LIST verse.
This was the text used by Rev.
NJ. Z. Hawkins at the Methodist
church Sunday evening in his
sermon to the undergraduates.
Applying the words of Solomon
to the occasion before him Bro.
Hawkins raked fore and aft the
foibleS and vices of our genera
! ton and admonished the under
/ graduates to abstain from them,
to shun them as they would a
pestilence. He did not mince
words nor did he strike under
the cover" but to the point, Wig
orously and we'll. His denunci-
alton of the ungentlemanly swear
ing habit, the degrading smutty
story practice, the filthy snuff
dipping and tobacco habits was
/ terrific. To the older ones
among the congregation, who,
like The News editor, felt guilty
along the tobacco line, the speak
er seemed to say, He that is
| filthy let him be filthy STILL" and
as the SOW that was washed and
returned to the wallow," he held
Us up as did the Spartans the
drunken Helots before their chill
dren, as examples of folly and
evil ways. 1t was a strong ser
mon, full of good advice and al
tho The News editor was hit
hard in some particulars he hear
tily endorses its precepts, drawn
from the wisest Man of all the
ages, as sound doctrine and as
secure and certain stepping
stones to better manhood and
a better, purer womanhOod.
PRIMARY GRADE CLOSING.
From time immemorial, ever |
since The News editor was a boy /
anyway, it has been the custom
in all schools to have closing ex
hibition in which every pupil did
something. To get their pieces
and play well their parts was the
ambition of the boys and girls
in the days of the old log cabin
school house. 1t is so now and
how pleased they are, especially
the little tots, when they receive
the plaudits of parents, teachers
and friends. Then, such occa-
siOns have decided tendency to
brighten, for in the happiness of
the children every well balanced
adult must take a delight.
There was hardly good stand.
ing room in the school auditori-
um Wednesday evening when the