The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
PETR|E SPEAKS OF EDUCATIONAL AIMS MOntevallO's Most Success ful Commencement Ends CLASS NUMBERS 28 Final Day at Alabama Girls Techni- cal Institute Marked by
 the Delivery of
 Diplomas

Montevallo, May 2s-tSpeciaD-The com mencement exercises of the Alabama Girls Technical institute were concluded today. by the delivery of the commence ment address by pr. George Petrie of Auburn, and the delivery of the di- plomas by President Palmer.
 The subject of pr. Petries address was
 .'The Four Aims of Education" The speaker began by calling attention to the fact that education was not mere process of schooling, but continued all through life, which was in itself the greatest of all universities. He then eau toned his hearers not to believe that fl
 could do anything. Education" said he
 "is clearly limited by two things-oui
 own native ability and our opportunities
 Within these limits it's success depends
 upon our energy and persistence. Il
 should aim to do four things:
 First it should enable us to make 8
 living.' Here he spoke in high praise Of
 the wonderful growth of technical and
 industrial education during recent years
 and of it's great importance to the peo- pie of Alabama. Years ago. he said
 "the young person who had to make his
 own living stopped school early and went into busniess, now he realizes that he,
 of all men, must get his full training so as to be sure of that living"
 Second, it should give us vigor of body and mind" After saying a word in praise of sane athletics, and of the | +Io of the pupil as a basis for future useful ness, the speaker emphasized the inn portance of persistent mental training and called attention to the danger that it might be neglected in the crowded con- dition of modern curriculum, and to the danger of losing mental independence in the systematic processes of modern schools.
 Third. education should train us to do 1 things It is not a mere accomplishment, but a preparation for active, useful life,
 whether that life be one of business, of
 science, of art, or of literture. It should
 develop initiative, aggresslveness and
 courage.
 "Fourth, it should bring us into close
 touch with the world about us. The old
 education cultivated a spirit of seclusion,
 of academic aloofness; the modern brings us into contact with the great motive powers of life, the eternal springs of human conduct, which are the most real
 and permanent things in the world. It | trains us to service, and in order for that service to be valuable we must know | those whom we are to serve
 1 The best test" said he, 'of a broad education is a wide sympathy with all
 classes and conditions of men. The real education Is not only a matter of the
 hand and the body and the mind, but of l the heart as we'll.
 After a few remarks in which he con graduated the graduating class on their work for the past four years, and ex- pressed the desire that they would con | tinue to take the same interest in edu- cational affairs in the future that they l had in the past Dr. Palmer wished them all success in their future ventures and gave them their diplomas. There were twenty eight graduates, which is the largest graduating class in the history of the school, as follows 1la Mary Allan, Hattie Allen Cargie, Phoebe Cary, Irene | Cleveland, Donna Lou Collins, Irma
 Brice Dale Claude Lula Bowling, Mary
 Fletcher Dupree, Nora Greene, Elise l Greenwald Haas, Elizabeth Hodges, Su-
 die Kelley, Mary Elizabeth McWfniams.
 Merle McWilliams, Mamie Louise Meron- 1 ey, Pansy Lavinia Nash, Ida Corinne Neely, Minnie Lee Palmer Eulette Park | CT, Ella Wilson Peters, Laura Evelyn
 Peyton, Genie Powell, Jessie Reynolds,
 Daisy Morridean Rowe, Katie Ruth
 spigener, Judith Elvie Thigpen, Bunnis | Wills Kate Jones Young.