Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-05-24

rising sun OF hope and their feet
placed upon solid ground. Ten years
ago there was no place OF refuge nor
home, nor half way ground for refor-
nation and correction of wayward
girls established by the laws of the
state of Oregon.
Incidentally, Mr.. Mulkey suggested
that the schools in their endeayor to
enrich the course of study had swung
to the opposite extreme; that while
the methods and instruments of teaen-
ing had advanced far beyond those of
former times, the course of study had
come to contain too much, and the
young pupil finds his interest so wide
ly divided and scattered in a manner
inconsistent with thoroughness, rap
idity and accuracy in the fundamen-
tai branches of learning. He thought
the next step would be return sowe-
what in the direction of the three
"R. HTe stated that as the thin
edge cuts deepest, so concentration
OF the child mind on the formal stud
les will lead TO skill in their use, and
these remain the instruments by
which, and through which, he is to
add to is knowledge during is adult
life. He thinks children of today
are called upon to purchase too
many books, that the books are too
large and cover too many subjetcs
He thought the tendency was to
make universities out of the gram
mar schools; that the general ten
dency is 10 enforce too much techni-
cal knowledge of literature and the
sciences upon the child at an age
when he should be grounding him
self in fundamental principles. He
thought the time to put on the We
neering is after the foundation has
been laid and the building edected
Speaking to the class of their di-
plomas he said: 'These documents
will be very precious to you, for they
represent twelve years of labor. No
doubt hey will aways be kept as
precious momentoes and they should
be preserved throughout life. They
do not represent what you are, but
are evidences of the opportunities
you have enjoyed and what the state
shall expect at your hands. Men do
not put new wine into old bottles
lest the fermenting liquid crowd the
already expanded walls of the old
vessel and rend it, and both the ves-
sci and its contents be destroyed.
would apply this scriptural illustra-
ton to your present diploma and the
limits 1t marks. You cannot afford
to allow yourselves to act and react
within the limits set by this docu-
ment for ever tomorrow you will
have outgrown the diploma you are
about to receive. | believe you will
continue to grow until you have re-
ceived other and higher certificates
of character and achievement"
Following Mr. Mulkey's address,
]. S. MacMurray sang "The Raft"
Chairman Gilkey of the school board
then presented the 20 parchments TO
their 29 happy recipients, making a
short speech filled with timely
thought and advice before calling the
graduates individually before him.
With the singing of the class song, in
which the graduates bid goodbye to
the pleasant associations and strenu-
Gus, though diligent, work of the
courses OF study, the audience was
dismissed, though many remained to
extend congratulations and best
wishes to those who we're Just taking
up the work Of that more extended
course in the great school of life and
experience.