The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-05-22
CLOvERPORT HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES
Have Splendid Commencement.
A Shower OF Beautiful Gifts
And Flowers Prof. Dickey
Delivers The Best Kind OF An
Address, Large Audience.
MUSIC VERY APPROPRIATE

L ne commencement exercises Oh the
Cloverport High School held Thurs
day night in the Methodist church
were largely attended and thoroughly
enjoyed. The music under the direc-
ton Of the Misses Eva and Elizabeth
May was appropriate and rendered in
chorus by The High School girls. The
invocation was made by the Rev. Mr.
Cottrell, and the benediction by the
Rev. Mr.. Frank L Lewis. Miss Doro-
thy Burke, Messrs Randall Weather
holt, Mike Tucker and Adds Kramer,
the graduates did themselves proud
when they delivered their orations.
Prof. Dickey said he had never seen
another class in Kentucky like this the
boys out numbered the girls. The re-
mainder of the program is published
herewith.
The ushers we're: Messrs Eldred
Babbage, Walter Hawkins, Willie
Seaton, Ruther Pate, Jimmie Fitch
and Percy Jolly.
The church was beautifully decorat-
ed in ferns and blue and gold ribbons
and remnants were used.
Mr.. Dlckey's Address.
The address to the graduates was de-
livered by Joseph Diokey, of Bowling
Green. 1t was attractive, humorous
and deeply serious. Prof. Dickey said
if he had subject-it was big word
so big that no one could pronounce or
spell it. He gave it this way because
he thinks graduates like big words. At
first he told what fast and rushing
age the world has now-especially the
young people were so quick and eager.
He told of young man and his mother
driving in buggy, carried by mule
and suddenly an automobile appeared
on the scene. The mother jumped out
of the buggy and the mule baked. The
man driving the machine stopped and
asked if he could help him get his mule
by. The fellow answered: ~ can get
the mule by think, the trouble is get
ting mother BY"
Then he went on to tell that the
young people-whom he thought were
the best people-were going too fast,
running after pleasure, and tried to
impress on the minds of the graduates
what grave mistake it was to live
wholly for pleasure. He told the story
OF the cynics, the epicureans and the
stoics. Once there was philosophy
practiced by men in which they thought
happiness came wholly by self interest
or self indulgence, and disbeleved in
the reality OF any human purposes
which are not suggested or directed
by these motives. This was practiced
by the oyinos and proved failure
Later came another man who thought
happiness could come from giving him
self wholly to pleasure and luxury. His
name was Epicurus and his philosophy
was failure. Then man decided that
happiness could come from being sto-
ic-indifferent to pleasure or pain.
This was failure.
Mr.. Dickey concluded by urging the
graduates not to be cynics, epicureans,
or stoics, but to be differentia. He
made the fact plain that happiness
comes from loving and serving-the
more you love the more you will serve
and the more you do for others the
more you love and are loved. Just the
way he told it was convincing that
Love and Service made the secret OF
happiness.
Mr.. Dickey turned from the audience
directly to the graduates and closed
his address, saying: If, loving and
serving you 60 to the play house, it's
all right. II, loving and serving, you
go to that grave-that's all right too.
Happiness can even come from sorrow
If your heart is all right.