The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-26

She's ready for rest.
I glance, I smile, look, I laugh,
And make my teacher wonder;
But it is only Herbert's chaff
That raises so much thunder.
He has to do some foolish things
In French class every day;
He often talks and sometimes sings
To pass the time away.
Now we've finished all the books,
Science books!,
What a world of joy from out our faces
looks
We've been taught. taught, taught
In the school room day by day,
All the most profound thought
That men have from nature wrought
In some extr'o'dnary way.
Now we're through, through, through,
And have nothing more to do,
Til the all too soon arriving college
terms that come in Fall
Call to books, books, books. books,
Books, books, books
To the study and the toll of the books.
Miss Annie Laurie Ferry played
Liszts Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
very beautifully.
The commencement address was
delivered by DR.. A. J. Farrah, dean of
the law department of the Univer-
sity of Florida and we feel no hesi-
tation in saying that it was the finest
commencement address ever made at
an Ocala commencement.
Unfortunately the first part of Dr.
Farrah's speech was lost to the audi
ence, owing to the fact that so many
left the gallery, making considera-
bic noise and confusion. This fact
was extremely regretted by the bal
ance of the audience. His address
was directed almost entirely to the
class and was on the subject of good
citizenship. He presented some of
the obligations of the pupils for the
advantages received by them during
their school term. That each boy
and girl should have a we'll defined
purpose in life and to pursue that
purpose with indefatigable zeal. That
one must first settle on the plan of
ones life work and then to begin the
building. That devotion to detail is
the secret of success. Someone had
once said: Blessed be drudgery,
blessed be hard work, blessed beyond
measure" He gave several illustra-
tions of great men who had lacked
purpose, hence had not been great
successes. Then in contrast he men,
toned as an example of one with
great purpose and zeal, the frail and
delicate Alexander H. Stephens, who
by his overpowering ambition rose to
the very highest pinnacle of fame in
his chosen profession, yet he only
weighed rs pounds, and was always
delicate and sickly. He said that
great men do not happen 'by chance"
but by stedy determination and ge-
MUS for hard work. He said that he
hoped that the class he was address
ing would not only be promisers but
doers as well. That to live under
such government as ours is an in
spiration and priceless heritage to
our boys and girls. That the three
virtues-interest, intelligence and
loyalty-should enter into the shap-
ing of every life, as nothing of any
value could result without these
three.
DR.. Farrah said that the American
public schools expect to reap divi-
dends in the form of young men and
women, and that our public schools
should certainly teach the boys and
girls good citizenship and the right
way to meet and cope with civic prob
lens, and should teach them true
conception of living. He hoped, in
conclusion, that the wonderful oppor-
tunities that these boys and girls
have had would be to them a sacred
trust.
In presenting the diplomas to the
class, Mr.. L. w. Duval, chairman of
the board of public instruction, made
a few beautiful remarks to the class,
which were well delivered and pleas
antly received by the graduates.
After another pretty chorus, an ar
rangement from Gounod's Faust, Rev.
W. H. Coleman pronounced the bene-
diction. which brought to a delight