Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-10
HIGH SCHOOL GRADS
 GET THEIR DIPLOMAS
Large Audience at the Commencement Exercises of the Brilliant
 Glass of 'O8
BY RUTH L. BURKE.

can niSptnSc Witn all these 1T needs bc. Such life is worth while. But to win by cunning, by fraud by strategy, To win by lic when truth would bring n larger victory little later this is folly. To sell cheap and adulterated goods when the genuine article would bring greater profits in the long run this IS to make the devil chucklc and the angels weep.
 Forty years ago my father gave me two bi:s of advice which are still worth being passed on 10 tae coming man and woman. One was; Make yourself so valuable to your employer that he will not willingly let you go.' The other: Don't be afraid of work, they can't make you work any more than all the time.' The first stimu. lated ambition to do we'll; the other by its quiet humor saved me from becom. ing a chronic watcher of the clock.
 "Old Jimmy Dodson was once well known character in this city. At his funeral service ne was described by one who knew him we'll as "A master of desperate mcn.' Mastership. This K the ideal we should set before our. selves. Mastery of ourselves. of our circumstances. of the problems which face us. Attack the difficult problems. prospect for new elements. succeed where others have failed.
 "All work kills. All rest ro,s. All play degeneratcs. The balanced life is made nPon the plan of change.
 Learn to think for yourself. Don't be an echo or n parrot. Don't feel obliged to agree with other people m. less yon can discover some good reason for agreement. On the other hand don't reject old statements just he. cause they are old, without testing their accuracy.
 "Cultivate your upper story if you wish your life story to be interesting reading to your children.
 "I would be false to the highest philosophy and the broadcst general. cation if I did not remind you that the arch of trumpA in human life. which has n sound body for one side m l sane mind for the other has for it's key. note n pure heart. This is not ser mon and the presence of diverse faiths is recognized and respected when say that health, education and religion form the trinity of power and success in this world. \ soul crystal in its purity of love and purpose. reflcc.ing like the bosom of some mountain lake the face of God, is the crowning cs. >ential of successful life. The nge of materialism, for thinking men. has passed. The verdict of history can never be set aside that the moral elc. mcnt is the determining factor in every life. Iou cannot get along without either health, culture or faith in God. Herein lies your preparation for life. Without these you may aim at the stars but your bullet will not leave the gun because there is no powder behind il.
 '' Not everybody can do great tnings in this world, but almost everybody can make an effort to do the things that make life worth living.'
 At the conclusion of his address the presentation of the diplomas took place, NJ. E. Hazeltine, president of the board of education, making the awards to the graduates, who were Misses Louise Draper, Lenlyra Wilder, Edith Jennie Daggs, Dorothy Drake, Mary Frank Gardner, and Mcssrs. Philip Beach and Warren Myers. Ow ing tO the illness of Rev. Father Ben nett the benediction was pronounced | by Rev. Coats 1