Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-15
ThIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COM.
MENcEMENr OF M. II. s. FRI.
DAY EVENING.
F. F. FAVILLE DELIVERS
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS
Speaks to Graduating Glass on "Tne
New chivaIry"-Bids Glass to Emu
late Knights Of Old in Twentieth
Century Life-Pleads For Courtesy,
Courage and Loyalty.

| The thirty seventh annual COM
nencement exercises of the MARSHALL
town high school were held at the
0deon FRIDAY evening, when forty
seven young people. twenty-four boys
and twenty three girls, We're given Oh
pIomas for completion of the high
school course of study. The annual
commencement address was made by
=. f. Faville. of Storm Lake. United
States attorney for the northern dis
trict of Iowa.
Owing to the storm earlier in the
evening some We're kept away but the
house was well filled when the pro-
gram began. Seated or the stage with
IF the evening. the members of the
school board Superintendent A. Pal
mer Principal j. c. Nelson and Rev.
2. +. Martin. The auditorium was
decorated in the colors of the gradu-
atfng class ard the class of 1918,
Commencement Program.
The program opened with two must
cal numbers by the girls glee club,
under the direction of Miss Elizabeth
walteme!er The numbers We're
Wind of the Night" by Frederick
Lohr. and "Hark, Hark the Lark, by
Scaul7ert Rev NJ. Martin delivered
tht invocation and the boys glee club
gave one number "Manlmy's Lullaby.
fv Abbie Norton Janlison. Mr.. Fa-
vills's address followed. after which
the class was presented 70 the school
board by !. c. Nelson. principa! of the
school The diplomas of graduation
were presented by 3, F. Cummings.
president of the board MIR Cummings
briefly congratulated the class and re-
minded them of the debt they owed
their teachers. their parents and the
tax pavers Of the county for the ad-
yartages that had been theirs In Sc
curing an education. The program
closed with the class song.
Mr.. Favilie's Address.
Mr.. Faville was introduced by Su-
perintendent Aaron Palmer. VINO
stated that the speaker was the unan-
i,7ous choice Of the class for the COM
mencement address. Mr.. Faville visit
ed the school last winter and deliver
ed brief talk at that time to the pu-
oils. He made a lasting impression
on their minds and he was their raw
critic in the selection of commence
nent orator.
Mr.. Faville prefaced his address with
! a reference to his last visit to Mar
shalltown. saving he was then greatly
| impressed by the excellence of the
| school system and had gone away
booster for Marshalltown schools. He
had felt that there was a stronger
sentiment for excellercy in education
here than elsewhere and he SAID that
he had found the cause on his previ-
ous visit. He was entertained at lunch
AZ a local club he said and while he
cat al DINNER he was surprised that
tho business men congregated spent
-ha time in discussing the schools. He
smoke also of the fact that the boys
aycal1ed girls in number in the mem
bership of the class and he was OF the
| opinion that here was condition not
/ prevailing in any Of the larger cities
of the state.
Plea for Fair Treatment.
Mr. Faville plead with the members
! Of the class to emulate the spirit OF the
knights of old in their twentieth cen
tury life and pointed that one OF the
/ first laws of chivalry was courtesy.
| Fair treatment for the other fellow is
! the best show of courtesy in this latter
day," said Mr.. Faville. He advocated
/ the practice to the social and Industrial
F, problems Of the country as the best
/ solution.
/, He spoke of the constant STRIFE be-
tween capital and labor, of the LABOR
conditions in the south where children
take up hard work at an early age and
Of female labor, and he believed that
the practice of courtesy as known In
the age of chivalry would stop the in
oio1 ND
commercial progress.
Mr.. Faville praised the work Of the
association of charities and correction,
and referred to the editorial references
which had awakened a greater interest
in this work
Help the Fallen Brother.
When Mr. Faville spoke of the crimi-
nal classes and their hard struggle af-
ter they had served time in the prisons
and penitentiary to live down their
past. he spoke from personal expert
ence and contact with this class. He
told of boy bandits who had recently
been committed for robbing a postof-
flee and attributed their downfall to
the moving picture show. Mr.. Faville
did not condemn the picture show in
general but favored the establishment
of local boards of censors to see that
the pictures shown did not have a de-
moralizing influence upon the young.
Fair Play in Politics.
Fair play in politics was also re-
ferred to briefly by the speaker and he
deplored the action Of national figures
engaged in campaign Of mud sling
ing.
He spoke Of the other attributes OF
the true knight-courage, and loyalty
and drew pictures of modern knights
who had shown remarkable fortitude in
time Of danger and faithful devotion in
times of need. He paid handsome
: tribute to old John Maynard, of Lake
Michigan, and Col. Archibald Butt, OF
, the Titanic.
A Plea for Patriotism.
In closing Mr. Faville called upon the
members Of the class for greater pa
triotism. The day of war, he said, wa!
past Modern inventions have mad,
warfare almost a physical impossible
ity. The true patriotism, said Mr.. Fa
vile, was to serve Is best one coul,
the needs Of his fellow man and to d,
MS utn.os.. r. are.notine the ";o;ffa.e 6
. his country and his countrymen.
Personnel Of the Class.
The members Of the class who grad