Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
THOUGHTS on GRADUATION DAY
Heroes and HeroiBet Of h Hour and
what follow on the
Morrow.

m time Is HlmuE =
Us once more. The symptoms are unHiE-
taxable Invitations 1o class reunions are
making their EppearEncs, and printed slips
in which you are reFpa fully invited 10
subscribe fur - copies Of the " & Annual
hHve found their WY 70 your desk You
forthwith send a check for one % COPE
and patiently wait for the large volume
that contains Photographs Of 40 Fsninrh
1BG professors. and 6 Is1 q al the mem
beers Of eighteen trRIs". Truly 3 spark
Linz symposium Of spiErsmE and local
hits Perhaps vour Owl name VIII Hp-
pea among The trErreE II Urbe," OF "lEt
q charter members"
vpu can almost feel the wave q intel
lecruhl activity thai is sweeping over The
country. You may not know il FOR 9 puH-
hive fact. bun II IL almost certain thai
somewhere in this great nation q bloom
tur young lady OF nineteen iE rsheErsinE
an orsuiun entitled The Decline Of Puri-
rHniru in the West. Before 3 mirror
snmeThe else a Young man iE surely
going over his mastery address on The
Dangers Of 9 Centralized Government, and
The WAY 10 Avoid Them" he viii thrill
win emotion as he reels out The we'll
balanced sentences and develops his clim-
axes Tine History q Rome" viii he
sacked and pnlbFed for material and the
ESSAYS Of RHlph Waldo Emerson VIII yield
W their treasures n thought for a reheHr-
ing The town paper. n describing The ora
tiun VIII call il 3 scholarly exposition Of the
subject. and The account VIII 20 1nip az
hnnured place In & mothers EcrB pbouE,
along with the fun tex Of me grafton.
There il viii STAY for wears until some
time { sober business man win happen 70
run across il. reno b. win growing wonder,
and then c-v ou- N anguish, Greet Scott,
how did ] ever have the nerve 10 deliver
that rot before al those people" .
There if nothing quite 50 SAD as the col
lsrs hero the dRy after graduation oEy.
Re has hssn elevated 70 the highest pm
uEcle. Ths applause a vast crowds iH stiL
ringing N MS ears. There IL the echU q
hiE nHms shouted by hurdeE iuf RdmirtnE
students. ana ne has been carried BlDti Oh
me shoulders Of frenzisd idnlH1srs, with
fair young ladies' struggling 10 catch his
eve But with the last outburst Of com
menosment orBtu-y he ftndB ms Endisnoe
scattered 10 the four winds. and is con
frouued by The prospect q 3 uuist desk in
the utfine u Bons very worldly corpora
uon. The manager Goes not nov what 8
hero ne Is. for ne mas never seen or heard
q TIE greatness q ms rr1umphE The COL
lers hero Is like q hRnqusI hBu the morn
Iug after the feast The prosEic routine q
daily work hEs only uns hriEhI spot. and
-hHt il when the annual reunion comes
along and the hero for & brief mumen'
again comes into MS uwE-
The year after Commencemsrr CAV n &
great levels-. Prom peerless heights the
college hero drops 10 take hIE obscure
niche In.-hs everyday order q rhinEE The
college grind who has never shane eEnspi
or examination DAY, finds Thai ne Is jus'
EE E1od a. the herp- Young LiviDEKlnn
'M. VII spend the Summer a. hiE father
country place and look forward 70 q meas.
All BOB in fBrls-E office neu fan Young
Dawson. o. with ~ q his mulhsT sien,
osr STORE, vii begin life in earnest the
week amer graduation dEy. and vii h
diligently looking FOR WORK And VIM,
Dawson iE plugging slong Livingston vii
be EerunE the Eood things q Life mt
some CAY me papers WI be fun q DBW
son mama. and The society columns fuI
q LlvIuEElon'E name Thus life arrange.
itE lizzie scheme q cumpenEEu1uE.
I'd -ae mother q gUunE graduates Id
c1mmEnoemeuI tire j. e Succession o
lErllE q uade and vague hsErt-buruinEE
for she Knows lhEI hereafter tns tHmll
circle vii De broken The boy muEt g
away of 70 some great business ceursI
and Vii come back unlF once or rVlcs I
year on MS EnuuAl RuEuun. IN time an,
becomes -rsrunclsd II d. but i makes
ErsEI change in ths Cherished urosr q