The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-14
TWENTY ARE
GRADUATED

Ten young ladies and ten youns
men received their diplomas as grad
uates from the Roswell High school
last night, the presentation following
the class address by DIR. e Mcqueen
Gray, presidelt of the University of
New Mexico, and appropriate eXercis-
es Dy the members of the class. The
Number of graduates this year is re-
marl1able in several ways. The class
is the largest in the history of tde
school. The percentage of boys is
greater than ever before, the percent
age usually rInninc from % to 33 Is.
The second largest class in the ais
tory of the High school was III 1906
when the eleventh and twelfth grades
were thrown together. On that oc-
casion there were sixteen graduates.
The number has usually run from nine
to eleven. In the future. however.
the size of the class is expected to
increase every year. Last night 5
graduates Were billiard Wyatt. Cecil
Bonley. Kenneth Brewster. William
Plunkett, Stanley Norvell Willis An
derson, Tcm Hall. Dixon Dysart, FL
mer Din-nitt, Earl Chamberlain, Rutd
Mussenden, Gertrude Rabb, Mary
Cooper, Sadee Fairchild. Jane Carson.
Lora Goodwin. Oliver Hadder, Grace
Carper, Orpha Beck and Susie Ken
nedy.
The Armory was brilliantly lighted
and the stage was decorated in col
lege remnants and TIE class colors of
red and whit. last night. The house
was filled from the pit TO the topmost
row in the galleries. Every seat was
taken. Every face was full of inter
est and enthusiasm. II was plainly
THE event of the commencement sea
son, a climax both as to time and i'm
portance Seated with the class on
the stage were the members of the
faculty, Supt Brasher and represe1-
tatives of the press.
After Introductory selections by
the orchestra, the Reverend DIR. p. H
Mcdowell. pastor of the Baptist
church. invoked the blessing of God
on the events of the evening. The
orchestra, which on this occasion was
the Sy.npaony Club. then gave the ov-
erature. which was a collection of
some of the best opera airs. following
which Supt. VI. II. Brasher made the
announcements of the evening
Miss Orpha Beck. the class saluta-
torial, then gave from memory her
graduation thesis, 1--WE Build tde Lad
der hy Which We Rise" following her
salutatio7i and welcome ON the part
of the class Her address was a cap
ital one and well given. Following
is wilat she said:
1--WE Build the Ladder by Which We
Rise"
Friends: Tonight. we have reached
that goal toward which we have been
striving for several long, yet seeming
" short years. We must now enter
upon the broader field of life which
lies stretched out before us; we must
cast away our higa school privileges
and pleasures. only 20 hold them with
the drm grasp of our memories and
assume those graver burdens which
beset us in life.
''Botk fSalure and Destiny are nom
est. To the Victor, they grant the
spoils" WITH these two facts in
mind, anay we climb to the toplnost
round OF oar ladder. which we are
building daily from the lowly earth
to the vaulted skies beyond.
As we look back over the history
of mankind from the earliest period
of civilization to the present. we find
characters that have risen from posi-
tions OF obscurity to those in which
they have exerted a marked influence
upon their associates and also upon
the age In which they lived. There
were no carefully constructed steps
to aid them in climbing to these po-
sitions, but upon some sure founda-
tion, they began the construction of
q ladder. adding to it round after
round by patient toll and rising step
by step until they reached a place,
where no others were able to stand.
We are sometimes inclined to think
that taht minor tasks of common, ev
ery-day life are of little consequence
and IL we could only do something of
some Importance, We would be hap
by. But, let MS remember that great
things are not done in a day. The
space of twenty-folr hours is far too
short to do anything that will make