The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-09
Told of the Difficulty in Which erea.
Statesman Labored to Secure
Education and Drew
Comparison.
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' FIRST Honor-Perrie Beach. .
= Second Honor-Beulah Well. .
honorable Mention Helen =
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hlrty pupils were graduated from
.ne grammar school this morning.
The closing exercises were held At
~ o'clock in George WASHINGTON
school and were attended by parents
Vi the graduates. The mornings ad-
oress was made by the Hon. John r.
Craig, certificates of promotion we're
presented by DR.. A. B. Hughes. nresi-
cent OF the school board, and few
remarks were made by Superintendent
Wliilam Aldrich. One of the interest.
Ing numbers of the program was the
cantata, The Wreck of the Hesner.
ius.' by the grammar school chorus
under the direction Of Prof. P. C. Hay
den
The address by Hon. John E. Craig
was strong one, and very aopro-
pirate. The occasion for Mr.. Craig's
presence on the program was the in
ability OF E. w. McManus to deliver
the address as arranged. Last even
ing Mr.. Craig generously consented
to address the children.
The time Is one for very great
congTatulation, said the speaker,
especially to those who have had
the opportunity o. being instructed in
such a building as the George Wash
ington school is. The school Is one
that has made study pleasant
You perhaps do not appreciate
what 1t is to gain an education and
have decided to tell you of the life
of one of our greatest statemen. 129
years ago on the frozen hills of New
Hampshire was born a man who did
not have the opportunities that you
have had. His name was Daniel.
Weakly as child and of a poor fam
lily the earnest desire of his father
was that the boy be given a college
education. In those days there were
no schools as at the present time and
Daniel Webster had to go from house
to house with the instructor to gain
the education that he desired He
was possessed Of very retentive
memory and during his early years
filed his mind with those things that
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these circumstance because when he
was acquiring education he was doing
SO under adverse conditions. Later he
became a congressman, then sena-
tor and afterwards secretary of state.
He died one OF our greatest of states
men.
Going into high school you have
all the advantages-adv much
greater than those men Of our earlier
days. The examples are those you
should emulate.
"You should not All your mind with
novels and trashy stun, but rather
with those things that will be bene-
At to you In after Autographed
sketches OF our statesmen and of the
business men Of the country.
There are three duties l want you
to feel. They are:
Duty to your God.
Duty to your home.
DUTY to your country.
Il hope you are leaving the school
| feeling that you are going to do a
greater work.
Diplomas Given.
Following the address by Mr.. Craig
the diplomas were presented by DR..
A. B. Hughes.
Superintendent VIM. Aldrich made a
! short talk in which he pointed out to
| the students the advantages OF educa-
| tions and the greater chances for sue
cess a better education gives.
Principal Patterson made few in
teresting remarks. in which he ex-
horted the pupils to strive for the best