Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-06-14


their Norman conquerors to adopt
the English speech and Gus
toms and to follow the develop
ment of English ideals in the gov
eminent of the nation, and how of
the same spirit were those English
men who broke away from their homes
and worldly interests and founded a
New England on the wild shores of
the new world.
She told, too, of Trojan Aeneas who
for ten years after the destruction of
Troy wandered over the seas, COM
manded by his Gods, and actuated by
this spirit, and who at last founded
great Rome. She showed how in
modern times these same qualities
were shown by the plucky little
Japan who grappled with the great
Russian forces and would not give up
until she had gained her rights. She
said that those qualities are absolute
ly essential to the success not only of
any group of people but to the indi-
yidual and that doubt of success
causes fear and Inconsistency to pur-
pose.
She told the story of the imp of
Satan, who by telling men that they
were going to fail, made them dis
heartened, but who was on tdone
finally by one man who would not
listen to the voice of fear.
She said that man must not only
act fearlessly but must act persistant-
ly toward some definite aim to win
success. "As guideing principle of
action" she said, "the class has chos-
en- strong motto, motto which if
followed consistently will lead to real
success, whatever difficulties may be
encountered"
She said that the class had several
debts to acknowledge in its leave
taking; to the friends who had shown
kindly interest in it during it's
years of preparation, to the board Of
education, TO the faculty and to the
fellow students. She said that the
little fleet is leaving the high school
harbor in which it has been lying
at anchor for four years, and in
which it can never all hope to
meet again, although some of the
little ships may in the future pass
each other and some may even reach
the same harbor.
Her closing words were, "Now as
we steer for the open sea, we shall
have great difficulties to face. Many
severe storms will gather and threaten
our ships; and we shall have great
need of our MOTTO"
'As our little vessels are about to
leave this high school harbor, wave
of regret passes over us and we wish
that we were gathering here as Fresh
men again, instead of parting as
graduates. But we must speak our
farewell bravely and set our faces to-
ward the future, each resolved to live
according to our motto and to be as:
One who never turned his back but
marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, the right were
worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held, we fall to rise, are bafled to
fight better,
Sleep to awake"
Supt. S. B. Tobey presented the
diplomas with the following speech:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
Society is grand scheme Of SER
vice and return. We give and take,
and he who gives the most, in ways
directest, wins the best reward.
My YOUNG FRIENDS:
To society you are indebted for the
splendid educational advantages
which you have had. Day by day
for twelve years you have been get
ting deeper and deeper into debt TO
society. Every day of your life yet
to be will add to that obligation.
Look about you. This fine build
ing with its splendid equipment and
beautiful grounds, the smooth walks
and macadamized streets over which
you came here tonight, the electric
lights which reveal to you this magnifi-
cent audience and which will safe
guard your homeward way, the roof
under whose safe shelter you will
repose tonight, the very clothes you
wear and the food you eat are none Of
them the product OF yourselves or OF
your parents alone, but are the joint
product of society out Of the raw
material which bountiful Creator
has provided with lavish hand. You
have mortgaged yourself to society as
has every one of us. 1t seems strange
but it is perfectly true that the deep
er you have gone into debt to society
for the educational advantages witch
you have enjoyed, the richer you
have become; the more society has
given 10 you, the richer it has be-
come; the more IL has spent for you
the more 1t has.
As we tonight, after your twelve
years of absorption, assimilation, and
growth in the schools Of this city, bid
you sixty-one young people Goo
speed, we feel far richer in the addi-
ton 10 our community Of your strong,
generous, young manhood and pure,
noble, young womanhood than we
could possibly feel with the cost Of
your education in the bank subject
to our check, and with sixty ignorant,
unframed, human waits thrown out
into the world wholly unprepaTed for
life's burdens and responsibilities.
Wausau congTatulates herself tonight
that she has safeguarded her future
BY educating you.
You win By lives Of helpfuiness re-
pay society hundred fold for what
it has done for you. You will stand
for what is fair and right. You viii
be bulware- 1t defense 10 the weak,
a refuge for the helpless. Before your
clear vision faIsehood and injustice