Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-05-29
ADDRESS TO
GRADUATES
Of The Public School By
Or. I. |. Bolton
DIPLOMAS WERE GRANTED
To a Glass of Twenty three,
By Principal Sullivan.
Close of the Two Nights
Out Door Entertainment
DIPLOMAS WERE GRANTED


nights entertainment at the public
school were given Friday evening.
There was the usual large attendance
and the program was an interesting.
though rather long one. 1t opened
with n welcome song, Dance of the
Fairies followed by the salutation
by Joseph Odell Other numbers on
the program were a farce and two
drills. The class historian was Miss
Winnie Wickliffe, the. prophet, Kelley
Moeur and the valedictorian, Earl
Brooks.
Principal F. J. Sullivan presented
the diplomas to the following named
graduates:
Amparo Companso. Dean Chitwood,
Eusta Phillips. Myrtle Steele. Buelah
Weir. Clara Stevenson, Isabel Estra-
da. Lucille Harper. Laura Jensen, Joe
Odell. Kathrine Scudder. Earl Brooks.
Kelly Moeur. Earl Miller. Arnold Her
man. Fern Church, Elsie Hildrich,
Elena SOFA. Vivian Jenkins, Grover
McF'adden, Winnie Wickliffe, Don
Turner, Wayne Gilland.
The address to the class was deliv-
cred by DR. T. L. Bolton. director of
the Normal training school Owing to
the length of the program, it was after
ten o'clock when DR.. Bolton com
menced his address. Though it was
not unduly long. there was consider
able confusion and the address was
hardly given the close attention it
merited DR.. Bolton spoke in part as
follows:
The occasion of this gathering to-
night is one of great frequency at this
time of the year throughout the cOun-
try. Its frequency is likely to lead us
to overlook its Importance and real
significance to our social welfare. Too
often do we forget that il is the thing
of frequent occurrence that is most
vital and of greatest moment. People
place too high a value upon the new.
the strange and the unusual and pass
over with little attention that which
presents itself to us most often.
You are come together to bear tes-
TO the value you place-uPon
as a power of social and in
dividual reform in your community
and in the world at large. For more
than a hundred years, the world has
been trying to convince itself that the
hope of the race lies in the reforming
power of education. After Snany vicis
STUDIES of thought, the thinking ,peo-
pie came upon the idea that humanity
was to be rescued from its weakness
and raised to higher plane of social
and moral advancement by a process
of universal education. The conf
to us as teacher that they shall be
given what will fit them to live and
earn a livelihood and become self
and self-acting citizens
takes an air of pathos to. me. Conf
1ence and trust in the teacher on the
part of the parents will no doubt bring
out in us the best efforts to meet the
but there is the conscious
ness haunting me all the while that III
case this confidence and trust are not
with the richness that is eX-
pected, the punishment which will be
meted out to us is too terrible to con-
template However. parents you have
offered them to us by sending your
often at great sacrifice to
and il would be sheer
ack or heroic spirit upon our part hpt
10 accept them and undertake the
work you want done May just one
Plea be granted which is that you will |
believe us trying to walk in the best
light we have and so will hold up our |
hands, give us your encouragement !
md let us have any light you may |
rave seen. Be ready to share with us
l little of your sympathy in case all |
las not been realized that you have SO |
ondly hoped for"
Concluding his address, DR.. Bolton |
,aid: My young friends. do not be |
iowncast that this day with it's exer-
Uses has seemed to mock you with |
of your attainments. You |
nay be scarcely half way through with |
,our school work. l think it can be |
aid that you will one day find as
much satisfaction with the memories
f these days as you can possibly with
ny of the realities that adult life may |
urnish you with. Rejoice in the gift |
f youth which you now have and II
reasure it as the pearl of great price. 4
having this thoroughly. you may the 1
asier come to know all and SO appre-
late it the better"