The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-05-19

for the workmen whose presence
and efficiency are the most import
ant factors in the successful con-
sumation Of the gigantic enterprise,
are considered fprimaryimportance
to the U. S. Government. For this
reason, thousands of dollars have
been spent in exterminating the
death-dealing mosquito and improv-
ing drainage conditions.
At the present time the canal is
half completed, three years ahead
of schedule time, and 1914 will see
it complete and perfect in construc-
ton, for American engineers are
thorough.
Mr.. Richardson, in taking up the
advantages of the canal to America
as compared with its benefits to other
countries, spoke first of home COM
merce which would be built up to a
large extent while the foreign COM
merce, only, of other nations would
be benefited. Another point taken
J. up was the additional protection af-
forded by the ability of the navy to
gain rapid transportation through
the canal in passing from coast to
coast. A third point was the pres
tage to be gained by the Americans
feat of engineering and the inter-
national reputation thus established.
The successful completion of the
Panama canal means that there will
be closer bonds Of sympathy between
the nations Of the earth who will be
mutually benefited by it's existence.
The canal is no longer a prob
lematical enterprise and its import
ance as an American triumph over
foreign engineering methods cannot
be overestimated.
Miss Rosella Hamilton, in her
valedictory, earnestly impressed up
on her hearers, the real meaning Of
high school education in its relation
to the School of Life, and the full
Ter years which follow graduation.
What four years Of contact with
schoolmates and cooperation with
teachers is to every earnest student,
was clearly portrayed in her exposi-
ton life in high school.
The daily routine, the association
with other students with similar
ambitions and ideals, under the
supervision of trained minds, Miss
Hamilton believes, gives clearer
conception of life and education to
the Senior, which was not theirs be-
fore. In addition to this, high
school pupils, with their mathemat-
ical and scientific training, are
taught to reason logically and they
are better equipped for solving the
daily problems which they meet
with in business and home life. An
appreciation of books which are a
means to an end, becomes a part of
their personality and four years
communion with the worlds best
poets and authors, through the
medium of literature is one of the
unquestionable boons of a high
school course. With broader out
look onl mankind upon commence
ment day, a larger mental capacity
having enjoyed the habits incidental
to methodical training, no graduate
can say that four years in high
school have been spent in vain. In
conclusion, Miss Hamilton addres-
sed a few words of farewell to the
schoolmates and friends assembled
in behalf of the class of 1911, who
stand upon the threshold of a greater
life, blessed with greater eportuni-
ties than they have ever known be-
fore.
i Supt. Lewis, in introducing the
speaker Of the evening, President f
A. Bryan, of Washington State Col
lege at Pullman, spoke warmly o
: his work in building up to its pre-
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