Cañon City record., 1911-06-01

Inc lNenlA -oeNthbh SohA
mencement exercises of the senior
class of the Canon City high school
were held at the First Methodist
church Thursday evening in the pres
ence of splendid audience; evincing
the deep interest of the people of the
community in educational matters.
There was wealth of floral decora-
ton about the pulpit and chancel that
was as beautiful as it was elaborate,
testifying to the taste and skill of the
undergraduates, under whose direc-
tion it was planned and carried out.
The simplicity OF the graduating
program was one of its distinctive
charms and must have strongly COM
mended itself to the great throng of
men and women who gathered to
witness it. The exercises were, how
ever, of an exalted type and were in
keeping with the attainments of those
whom it was designed to honor. The
magnificent gathering which assembl-
cd to do homage to the members of
the class was an eloquent tribute to
their personal worth and to duty well
performed. 1t proclaimed an interest
in the public schools of the land,
which lie at the base of our civiliza-
tion and upon which rests all pro-
gress: material and moral, as we'll as
intellectual and spiritual.
The class address was delivered BY
Dean Florian Cajori, lead of the en-
gineering school of Colorado college
and one of the most popular mem
bers of the faculty of that institution.
His subject was "Self-Perfection, or
Efficiency in Life" In the course of
his address he took occasion to refer
to the magnificent natural scenery
about Canon City, especially the Roy
al Gorge and the view from that van
tage point of the mountain range to
the westward that stretches in al
most unbroken majesty from the Arc
tic circle TO Cape Horn. The idea
of self-perfectlon. or efficiency in
nfe,- said Prof Cajori, ."goes back to
The earliest times" He spoke of the
ambitions of the first settlers in New
scribing the founding Of Harvard and
Yale colleges, almost within a gener-
alton of the landing of the Pilgrims
at Plymouth Rock in 1920, and told
of the requirements for entrance to
those institutions. which were de-
signed. primarily, TO train young men
for the gospel ministry. He asserted
sha; a college education was becom-
ing every year more and more essen
tiaI to success in life; a condition
brought about by the increasing com
qltNlAN VI ClFilAEdAAph hN bC'iNoN
graduate" continued the professor,
has seventeen chances for success in
ais undertakings as against one for
those whose education does not ex-
tend beyond the curriculum of the
common schools"
He said that while every college
graduate did not make a success of
Bfe his chances in that respect were
Gnch greater than those who never
aspired to the higher education pro-
H'ded by colleges and universities.
mathematicians OF this country and
has given Colorado college a reputa-
don abroad that it could not other
wise have had despite the high stand
ing in scholastic circles OF its prcsi-
Gent and its splendid array Of in
atructors.
The presentation of the diplomas
TO- the graduates was made by John
W. Emmerson, president of the board
of education, in a fitting address in
which he expressed the hope that the
excellence OF the work done by them
in the high school would be continued
and that everywhere they would
achieve triumph no less distinguish