The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-02
High School Seniors Say Good
bye to Studies Today.
Received Their Diplomas at
Auditorium Meeting.
HIS STRONG ADDRESS
Prominent Educator Delivered
FOrceful Speech.
Big Time Is Order of Day With
Students at Present.

This morning a pedestrian passing
the high school building might have
thought that all Bedlam had been
turned loose. Beginning at o'clock
and continuing throughout the entire
morning, with the exception of such
times when the serious portions of the
high school class day exercises were
being held, there was a continuous
round of cheering.
.Yells and songs were shouted by the
various classes and organizations until
the din was deafening and when the
hubbub ceased at times numbers on the
program were run in"
A clever farce was given by the mem
bers of the outgoing class, which pro-
voked mirth. 1t was THE Merchant of
Venice Up to Date" The class, during
the past two years, has been noted for
its dramatic proclivities.
Both the class history by Katherine
McCarter and the Grafton by Clarence
Staples received much favorable COM
ment.
Received Diplomas.
Last night at the Auditorium 81 SEN
iors-54 girls and SO boys-received
their diplomas. The big hall was COM
fortably filled with high school stud
ents, and friends of the members of the
class.
A feature of the exercises was the
music which showed that the new de-
partment of music in the institution,
with Miss Bernice Fuller at its head,
has been an unqualified success. A
chorus of 35 voices rendered Beethoven's
1.-The Heavens Resound' and Horns Il
Know a Bank in a manner which de-
| lighted the audience. and showed much
careful training, accompanied by the
| high school orchestra of 20 pieces, IN
der the leadership of Lee Samuel.
The usual flower lines were formed
along the main aisle of the hall by the
girls of the subsenior class and between
| the lines of rose bedecked maidens the
high and mighty seniors passed,
| marching to the time of a merry march
| air which the orchestra played. While
the audience was assembling the or
chestra rendered a number of popular
selections in excellent fashion.
Superintendent Whittemore Talks.
| DR.. Raymond A. Schwegler, associate
professor of education, gave the COM
! mencement address. In Introducing
| the speaker, who had chosen as his
subject Social Ideals in Education
Superintendent L. D. Whittemore said:
I'm connection with the old fashioned
commencement the students would get
up and deliver orations, the inference
| being that one great object of educa-
ton was to teach the students to
speak. Nowadays they know how to
| speak.
"Son1e people think that education is
| in its experimental stage, and 1 think
so myself. All of us think we know
| something about it, but not until re-
Gently was education studied as a
science. There are now specialists IN
| the subject and we have one with us
tonight
81 believe, this evening"" said DR..
| Schwegler in his Introductory remarks,
! you have no more valuable asset than
| the body of young men and women on
this platform. There is no question
more important in Topeka than getting
| il, readiness the next group of young
| people to start out in the world.
! Has it ever occurred to you that dur
| ing the past year 10000, 900 children have
been going to school houses every day
in the United States, so that they may
be better able to grapple with the pro-
| bflems of life?
There is wide divergence of opin-
| ion regarding the ideals of education,
! but they may be drawn under three
! classes. These are the 'materialistic,
| the socialistic,' and the idealisric.
| Many believe the ideal of the school
| should be to fit the boys and girls for
earning their bread and butter only.
| The socialists believe the individual
! must be taught to live in terms of the
| welfare of his fellow men. But the
| ieeahstic class, the group that clusters
welfare of the individual is the ideal of
| the present day school. 1t is the ideal
which makes the man what he is.
| Seek Short Cuts.
I'm educational circles this is an era
| CT unrest. Parents are seeking means
OF finding short cuts to enable their
| children to get rich. They are looking
for a quick mill to send their children
| through without the necessity of soilins
their fingers or wearing overalls. Men
| live not by bread alone but by think
ing the thoughts OF God"
In conclusion, ne said, turning to the
members of the senior class: You have
! now finished your four years course III
! the high school. You feel heart and
soul bounding with ambition, and that
you will not be willing to take second
! place in any sphere of work.
You are determined to be leaders
but tomorrow it will be different. You
will be on the streets of Topeka among
the common people. You will have tC
battle in order to maintain those high
ideals which you have aspired to full
fill. Perhaps you will find the visions
to the ranks of mediocrity. Bear in
mind that your success or failure de-
ponds upon your Willingness and ability
Only he who is truly great in the midst
of the common place can keep the Wis
ion pure. Look up"
Glass Motto.
The motto of the outgoing class is
BE not only good, but good for some
thing
officers of the class are: President
David Neiswanger; vice president
Grace EldridGe; secretary, Grace Grote;
treasurer, David Roger; sergeant-at-
arms. Angelo Alt.
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