Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-14
Or. shAllER MATTHEWS, OF CHI.
cAeo. DELIVERS COMMENCE.
MENr ADDRESS.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SERVICE, HIS THEME
Dean Of University Divinity School
Points Out to Graduates That op-
portunity for Service for Mankind
10 the Grsatsst Opportunity the Age
Prsssnts-GIss Clubs Sing.

Thirty-four young people, htteen
boys and nineteen girls, were grad
uated from the high school at the
thirty eighth annual commencement.
held Friday night at the Odeon. DR..
Smaller Mathews. dean Of the divinity
school OF the University OF Chicago.
delivered the commencement address
or the subject, New Opportunities in
New Age The address. which was
short was preceded by short program
given by the boys and girls slee clubs.
under the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Weilemeyer.
The railing of the balcony was
draped with the class colors. with
which the boxes were also draped. Inc
only stage decorations were single
palm at the base Of the proscenium,
and a pennant bearing the word Mar
shalltown, that hung above the class
The Opportunity for Service.
That opportunities for service Tor
mankind is what the new age offers.
was the central thought in Dr.
Mathews address These opportunities
were the grand opportunities OF the
age, Dr. Mathews said, after ne nau
touched on other opportunities that
the development of the world offered.
You are witnessing an example OF
real service for this city and county
in the campaign that Is going on here
now for a Y. NJ c. A. building" DR.
Mathews said. 1T is such service as
that. when busy men put business
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their time. money, energy. and ability
into a movement solely for the sake OF
the city-that is the highest type OF
service"
Tho Age Marks an Epoch.
The speaker characterized the pres
ent age as an epoch in the world s
history, and pointed ~ certain develop
ments as furnishing new and unusual
opportunities. He mentioned among
others the exploitation OF nature ana
natural for ce3, the development OF the
farming industry and the back-to-the-
land movement. the world movement OF
people. the development of business as
result Of economic causes. the world
wide spreading Of democracy. and the
springing up Of constitutional forms OF
government.
In all Of these developments and
changes were mnumerable opportun1-
ties for those who sought to; make
money, he said.
The "viearious Tenth"
From the recitation Of opportunities
for money making he turned to the
subject of service, describing as the
..vicarious tenth" those whose lives are
devoted 10 service for others whether In
a settlement, community. city, state or
nation.
1T is a splendid thing. the building
Of life into a city, state, or nation
DR.. Mathews said.
You can be sure, Of, this. the people
who make the city great are those who
give themselves to the city" Such
service. he said. opened particularly
large opportunities to the professions
of the law, medicine, surgery. and
ministry.
Much of the responsibility for the
age he said, rested with the parents OF
the present generation OF graduates
And this duty consisted in a large
part in turning over to our children
world that is better than 1t was when
1t was turned over to us" he closed by
saying There was quiet vein OF
humor running thru DR.. Mathews adj
dress.
Clubs sing Well.
The boys and girls glee clubs sang
two groups Of songs. and sang them
we'll The boys club opened the pro-
gram with God of Our Nation" the
anvil chorus from the opera. III
Trovatore" (verdD. and Song OF Fell
lowship," (Bullard). The girls CLUB
sang Hymn of Praise" tMarchettD
and IT'S Spring." (Bullard).
Rev R. c. Westenberg pronounced
the invocation and bcnediction. James
H. Gray. principal Of the school. pre-
scented the class ready for graduation
to Superintendent Aaron Palmer, who
IN turn. presented It to the school
board for graduation. President I. L
WATSON. OF the board. distributed the
diplomas.
The members Of the class follow:
Nathan Franklin Andrews, Alvira
Adaline Arson. Leona Birkeland. John
Lawrence Brennecke. Clarence Joseph
salrnus. Leora Clemens. Eldon Ernest
Cole. Elva Grace Cooper. Floyd Bur-
chess Culley. Floyd F. DeButts. Alta
Eldora Donaldson. Grace N. Grower.
Ernest B. Hauser. Ellen Almyra
Ravens. John Francis jarvis. Raymond
Ward johnson, Cicily Magdalena Jones.
Florence Elizabeth Kellogg, Charles
Monroe Lampman. David Lennox, Jr.'
Margery Mclean. Karl F. Mayer.
Howard Andrew. Ruth Miller. Ruth
Marigold Mooney. Madge Newcomer
Hazel Elizabeth Norland. Dorothy
JEANNE Ogier. Archie Stewart Pater-
sen, Harold Lewis Pyle. Fac L. smith,
Florence Evelyn. Taeger. Cassie G.
White, Alma Evlyne Wright.