Putnam patriot., 1911-06-23

Commencement Week in the Schools
 Continued From Page I of King George and Queen Mary and said in future years.it would be remem- Der that on this day the class 1911 graduated from the Putnam High school and the king and queen of En- gland were crowned. He eongfa- tulated the fathers and mothers on the splendid showing and the teachers on their splendid work. It is no small task to turn out such characters. With the crude material they .have to start with 1t is wonder that they turn out anything. He gave a numberlof illus trations Of the crude ideas of the crude material that caused much laughter.
 The four things that he took for the basis of bis remarks he brought out first with a little story of an unknown fife in which be said that in little town in the North East corner Of Massachusetts there Was a church. in that church there vas a sexton who had served faithfully @5 years, when he died person said Shat if he were to preach his funeral sermon he would say Of him aHe was good man, he sholved wide path; he shoyeled IL straight; he shoveled t clean and he shoVeled it early. Ifyou are going out to act well your part in life you should shovel q wide path. He spoke Of the leading questions of the day, capital and labof, the tariff, the temperance question and the black race problem, these all need a wide path, they must be dealt with broadly.
 Taking up the straight path he said that there was man iu Main who was great money getter; the greatest in the country. He is now convict in United states prison He is there because he did not play straight. The way of the transgtessor is crooked and Is hard. You must walk straight. II YOU are to make a success in the world give your very best and stand behind it. IL Is possible for any concern to make good by playing square. Money will pour into your cotiefs If you go out into the world and play square.
 The clear path-Lead pure lives. Nothing can help you more than fol- lowing out the plans and instruction of your principal and teachers. They have been hanging on the walls of your lives memory pictures that you will never forget. There Is no strongerally in framing christian character and making boys and girls do as they ought than the principal and teachers The citizens should keep in close touch with the teachers and eneourat them,
 Shovel Early-Begin to do the work of life now. Better to live on oat meal and water, wear the cheapest kind oi rament and live in q hovel than not tc procure further education Those who will succeed in days to come are tht men and women with the best prepara' tion. Place yourselves on the altar oi education and get the best you can. If you don't win success you will have deserved success and 1t is asl honorable to deserve 1t as to secure it. God bless the parents, the teachers and the taxpayers who have made it possible ,a sand ont vuch citizenS
 The diplomas were presented by Erie H. Johnson, who spoke of the old High school building used for the last time, and spoke of he new building and It's equipment. He said that there would henceforth be new spirit, new life and energy in the work, and greater efficiency would be had. He spoke earnestly to the graduating class, and sought to impress upon them their du- ties and responsibilities to teachers, parents, and the public. The diplo- mas were then distributed.
 The reception will be held in Union hall this Friday evening, admission be- Ing nN chFu,
 CLASS OF 1911
 CLASSICAL COURSE Lillian Hastings NcCallum
 Frances Marjorie Richardson Elizabeth Pierson Russell
 Rlary Angelina Stoddard
 Robert Jordan TorreN
 ENGLISH COURSE
 Berniee Baldwin Armstrong
 Victor Frank Brunell
 Bessie Lydia Carpenter
 Raymond Edward Chamherlin Raymond Sawyer Medbury
 Marion Loretta Renshaw
 Hazel Mae sherman
 Marjorie May Strahan
 Grace Beatrice Thurber
 COMMERCIAL COURSE
 Edith Jessie Dingwall
 Frances Louise Weatherhead