The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-17
Largest Class in History of the
Institution Wabash COL
lege President Makes the
Address.
TELLS STUDENTS TO
LEARN HOW TO LIVE
Dr.. Macintosh Makes Stirring
Appeal for Deeper Insight
Into All Things - Prof.
Knouff's Farewell Speech.

Sixty-four graduates, comprising the
largest class that ever completed the
prescribed work at the Richmond high
school, received their diplomas this
morning following appropriate COM
mencement exercises before a large
gathering in the school chapel. DR..
George L. Macintosh. president Of
Wabash college. delivered the chief
address, in which he urged the grad
yates to aspire to higher standards Of
thought and living that in the end
they might be valuable citizens. Be
sides several musical selections, Miss
Helen Sparks one Of the honor stu
dents of the class, read an original
poem. Prof. c. w. Knouff, the retir-
ing principal made the presentation
of diplomas.
Following the invocation by the
Rev. Conrad Huber, of st. Pauls Luz
theran church, DR.. Macintosh was
introduced by Prof. Mott. In part, his
address was as follows:
Educate the Masses.
I'm the matter of education. we are
making an experiment in this stage
of the world different from anything
that has been tried before. Centuries
ago In Athens the Greek culture reach
ed its zenith and may never be equal
led, but it was only for about twenty
thousand people, while four hundred
thousand continued to live in slavery
and desnisad Ignorance. Until very re.
cent times there was an aristocratic
stamp to culture and learning, but
now we are attempting to educate the
whole people. 1t is an experiment
and we don't know how it will result
but in the present stage it has worked
a good both for individuals and for
community life.
Education, understand, is merely
continuing process that has always
been going on. It is quickening Of a
natural process, for all life is educa
ton, and our school systems are de
voted intensively towards this ma
tural end.
Cali education enlarges the individ
ua1, although only within certain
bounds, for heredity, environment and
temperament are fundamental things
which are of us, and limit and deter
mine all culture henceforth and for
ever. The warp of our lives is laid
for us. ready upon the loom, but into
it we can weave from our own minds
the pattern that will make the whole
beautiful or a clumsy product Lin
tied and restricted as we are. ever,
thing depends upon the individual
even as Booker +. Washington, de
scended from Timbuctoo ancestry ant
born to a life of slavery, lifted him
self above his heritage and came 6
great man.
Opportunity at Home.
I'm weaving this web of life ther.
| are two things which are essential,
important. and these are sight ant
insight For we do not see Alright
What the psychologists call the 'apper
ceptive mass" Is different in US. TIL,
great artist in any department Of thi,
| worlds life does not have to go IA
afield for his material. II he can see /
he can find it at home. James Whit
comb Riley didn't go to distant lands
for little suggestions from home ant
farm and garden were material enough
| for him. Seek not the picturesque il
Spain, but rather In your everyda,
life Right here we have the sunshin,
| Of Attica and the moonlight of Jessi
ca and her lover; we have old age ant
youth, love and altruism. In your cit.
in everyone's city-a Dantet or +,
Shakespeare could find material 70
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