The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-03
GET SHEEPSKINS.
Ninety-TwO Graduated From
Topeka High School.
Fifty Three Girls and Thirty
Nine Boys in Glass.
DIR. HUDSON'S ADDRESS
Says Men Don't Seem to Be in
1t Any More"
Heroes Produced by Freedom
and Good Ancestry.

Inc class of the Topeka high school,
known at one time as the "scrappy
| class of June IL" on account of fac
| tons in the ranks but which outlived
| that name, was graduated Friday night
| at the Aud forum. President s. A.
SWendson, of the board of education,
Jay William Hudson, head of the de-
partment OF philosophy at the Uni
vers1ty OF Missouri, made the address
In some ways this class of go stud
ents has been a remarkable one, al
though there have been a number of
delinquent members, to be sure. The
scholarship of the "topnotchers" has
| been worthy of mention, and there is
excellent dramatic talent in the class.
The honor students are Cozie Crawford
and Ruth He'll.
There were nearly 5000 persons pres
ent for the graduation exercises and
the scene was kaleidoscope in effect,
especially when the throng was being
seated. Due to the hot weather there
was a constant shifting of fans and
persons and there were color effects
there in abundance.
superintendent L. D. Whittemore in
introducing the speaker of the evening
spoke of the great cost of bringing
the 80 students-39 boys and So girls
to their place on the Auditorium plat
form as high school graduates. both as
the part Of parents. The result he
considered was well worth the sacri-
fee.
DIR. Hudson's Address.
DR.. Hudson spoke on Heroes Of the
Golden Age" II am delighted and
surprised he said, both with your
city and the results being accomplish
ed in your high school. I notice that
the class is composed mostly of girls
and / hope that the boys will look on
the program and see that the girls have
won at least some of the honors. Why
don't
more!
Mr.. Burbank of California said to
me that it is a pity people will breed
so many race horses, and cats for old
maids, and pay little attention to breed
ing the right kind of human beings to
handle the administrative reins in this
country.
IT believe in ancestry. I don't believe
we can afford to laugh at ancestry
when thinking of the fact that we have
the best spiritual ancestry in the world.
If you have good stock be proud of 1t,
If not see that your descendants can
look back and say that's good stock.
"a second condition for the produc-
ton of heroes is freedom, and I be-
ieve America is more free than any
other nation. You must feel the
spirit of liberty for self expression be-
fore you express yourself. If you
haven't learned to think for yourself
this freedom is worth nothing. Nine
tenths of the people who boast openly
age of the freedom to better them
selves.
There cannot be great men unless
there is enlightenment. Some parents
haven't the intelligence to appreciate
the value of their children, and they
have had to go away from home to
develop their talents.
This country is the most enIight-
ened in the world. There are 10000 |
900 children in school and 5000 col |
leges and universities. Never in the |
history of the world has there been
anything like our public school sys-
tenn.
There are some people in the world |
who make me absolutely sick-excuse
the expression. Some people think |
that attainment consists of the mast |
cry of some one thing. I know one |
mau who knows great deal about |
the wing of bug. and knows but lit |
tie else. We must realize true great |
ness in aIl-roundness-in versatility.
Shakespeare was the greatest gen. |
ius because there is hardly anything |
that great mind did not grasp, and
have sympathy with.
1.-The hero Of the golden age is go
ing to be different from people
sometimes meet on the street-'bread
and butter people. With them bread |
is just bread, girls are just girls, boys |
are just boys, sunsets are just sunsets,
etc. These people never find anything |
beautiful about things-just see facts. !
The hero of the golden age sees facts |
in the present which are suggestions |
for the future. The hero should ever
be growing"
The Graduates.
Algot Ephraim Anderson Leah Cathar- |
inc Bailey. Freda Marguerite Belts, Dom
aid N. Billings, Arthur D. Bolton, w. |
Charles Boon. Effie Mae Bradley, Ira |
Helen V. Casey, Ernest Rogers Cham
berlain, Florence Esther Clark, Lois Mar
garet Conard. Edith MacGregor ConneI-
loy Cr1xx
ford. Grace Emily Crow, Maude Lorena
Darby, Mildred Viola Davidson, Frank
Helen Douglas. Harriet Eagles. John
Henry Evans, Helen Margaret Fitzpat-
rick, Mildred Ada Forbes. Robert Merrell
Gardner, Willis Alexander Garvey, Ruth |
Haft Graham, Winifred Elizabeth Greene,
William David Gurden, frankie selphine
Haskell, Carl B. Hathaway, Faye Eliza
beth Hathaway, Ruby Mae Hawley, Chas.
L. Heck, Ruth NJ. He'll, Olga House,
Irwin, Beryl Raymond Johnson, Stella |
johnson. Captolia Jones. Fay. Margaret
kepnedy M Ralph nGr9i sis B W
liam H. Lieurance. James Ralph Little,
Genia Hannah Mccormick. Lillian Nc
MiIeham. Evelyn Elmira Miller, Marian
E. Morrow, Naomi Nelson. Arthur Clough
Nichols. Theodore William Nordlund,
Opperman, Mildred Melissa owen, Hazel
Emeline Parkinson. Clyde Elmer Part
Philips, Richard B. Porter, Loretta Mar
garet Powell, Mildred Irene Rogers, Mabel
Florence Roudebush Lee Remington
Samuel Dorothy Vernon Scott. Lois Mar
garet Seger. Wilma Glare Shoemaker.
Catherine Field Stanley, Julian T. Stin-
son. Lillian Anita Stone, Chas. S. Sturte-
want. Mona Mae Thomas. Carrie May
TomlinSon, Earl Preston Trobert, Morris
L. Tucker, Harold C. Van Houten, Grace
Isabel Ward, Clyde H. WATSON, Richard
Seabury Whitcornb. Robert F. Whitcomb,
Leonard Morgan Whitson, Mamie LuElla
Williams. William B. Wolfe and Belle
Zanditon.
Wheat Ripens Rapidly.
Wichita Kan, June 3-AH heat |
records for June were broken Friday