The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
SCATTER YOUR FLOWERS"

|zsay of Miss Dofo'hy 'nave', |.lo tatorian of the class ef 1910 |< Nera High School, winch Was |:ssn at the commencement ezer- es last week;
 1smbers of the School Board, Taa.hers and Friends:
 fSa class of 1910 extends to you .t lt1 cordial welcome. We are glad eys so many of our parents and "Ss '" with us and hope that your ''r nnce here will inspire us to con |.,e in the good work already be- & ", have reached tonight the goal .',hich we have been striving for | mast m four years. lis the cul- |'' % pt;nn of all our years of school avery day of which has ,1bt us new duties and new re- 2."usS;h,lities. We stand where |s'x .nk and river greet" and with |z temerity and enthusiasm of tb we gaze with dauntless and ,ltaring courage into our future eger and willing for the fray. nn;oht we refuse to consider the |zsSibiIity of failure we dare to 'lertake and are confident of sue
 Still. let us remember that |.<sther we advance to a higher ool Inf learning or to active serv- ;n the school of lite, our educa-
 ia not complete. We have laid inc foundation and henceforth our own hands we must work |.2fhe superstructure which |z:{ he firm and well built or ill |'.sned and totteriDg accor,'lng to earnestness of purp lse. fet whatever our need of success el that it will be largely due to 2 raining we've had in the dear ||'1 schools of Mena, to the unselfish |z<rk of the school board, to the |sso and abiding interest of our su- .ntendent, to the constant daily |15|s tance of our teachers and to our zsananionship with one another. Without these tonight, with all it's fs ond ambitions, would not have { possible. Again permit me to bnd A most sincere welcome to all are h re and to invite your at 1fion to the program we have pre- z1ed for the evening, Welcome S<ents. teachers friends-thrice 55|rome is the greeting from the IT'S of 1910.
 subject upon which to ad- 731s have chosen this suggestion z.kcstter Your Flowers"
 SCATTER YOUR FLOWERS
 bere is no law by which a man, more than a rose, can withhold yet receive. He must give first giye generously if he would de- p a magnificent character. He
 give of his sympathy, of his ey. of his encouragement, of Jeff, or else starve mentally and ally. A great philanthropist
 said that he had saved only N *<t he had given away, the rest of fortune seemed lost. What we
 has a wonderful power of Bling itself on the return bound. khness is self-destruction. He never helps anyone. who closes purse when there is request live, who never thinks of his hbors, who wants to get all but
 nothing in return, is the one
 shrivels and dries up like a hted rosebud.
 hen we close the petals of our fulness, withhold the fragrance ur love and sympathy we lose er that gain. By a wisdom. as 1erous as it is loving, our bless 18 are such that the more they are Eed with others, the more is our
 heart enriched and uplifted.
 bo blesseth others by his daily
 deeds,
 kelf will find the help his spirit W needs,
 very flower on others pathway
 strown
 pws its fragrant beauty on our
 own.
 |s not given to us to understand
 great problem of human in- Lily. We know only that there {he poor and the rich, the weak se the strong. the low and the Azh the maimed and the straight, ''7t should be the blessed privi- E8of the latter to share with their fortunate brothers.
 {hlnk we realize more keenly to-
 than ever before that our indi-
 D gifts are bestowed upon us
 tor ourselves alone but to be for the common veal. Scatter
 flowers, do no keep them for selyes. The true soldiers in the
 e of life are those "who go
 night and day, in storm and
 nlns, through evil and through
 report, into mansions and
 IS, wherever someone is sick or
 helping somewhere. Scatter
 flowers.
 generous rose sheds it's beauty
 fragrance on everyone who
 It's way, and To, it blossoms
 2 not of sweetness and lovei-
 ol which it never dreamed; it is
 ga with sweet odors that came
 somewhere, evolved from the
 Dce Of the sunlight, the mois-
 oi the air and the forces of the
 great deal of our happiness
 s rom within, if we are consti-
 nally happy we will find the In others about us. If we