La Junta tribune., 1913-05-31
GRADUATION FINALS
eacoalaureate Sermon, Class Play.
School EXHIBITS. Class Address,
and Other Features.
BaccaIsureate Sermon

4 4 large and Interested audience
( gathered at the high school auditor.
ium last Sunday evening when Rev.
| Howard Goldie delivered the bacca-
laureate sermon to the members OF
the 1918 graduating class Reverend
Goldie's address was an earnest and
impressive discourse. especially ap.
prupria,e for the occasion The
Life Race" was his subject and he
/ took Tor his text. Know ye not
that they that run in race run
all. but one winnetn the prize; ev-
On so run that ye may attain" from
/ | Corinthians. s:3s.
Reverend Goldie told how In the
Bible text the apostle Paul compar.
ed life to the far-famed foot races
aud contests In the old lsthmian
arena. where for centuries the best
blood OF Greece contended for the
mastery. Reverend Goldie divided
his address into three parts one
dealing with the life race. the sec
ond with the field OF conflict. and
the last told of the struggle and
the prize. He told OF the absurd fol.
| ~ to attempt the race without a
thorough preparation. and OF
the necessity OF strong bodies and
the conservation of health, urging
7 that mot asa ounce OF blood or an
atom OF brain be wasted In dissipa-
Z ton.
But trained bodies are not all so
the speaker argued for trained think
ers. trained workers. and for train
Ing In fraternity ~ that culture may
not separate It's possessor from hu-
manity In the great brotherhood Of
common sgoc1 He srsed training
In citizenship. saying thst this age
ought 10 bury the shame OF public
lH~. and that membcrs oi this ciAas
nay havs ~ epssstsalsy - hslp
d6 ~ grave. vssy sa,ssss wAs
he ples for training In pers0nal vir.
tue and honor. warning that all the
gain Of the years may be thrown
away In one desperate moment Of
folly. and the l0ss BE- irreparnble. And
lastly he spoke Of training In rev.
erence and devotion. for there In
no future for the soul 10 small that
some spark OF the infint,. cannot en-.
ter.
young generation will be run In the
next four decades OF the twentieth
century" said Reverend GoIdic. and
more splendid arena never knew tn.
( foot OF man. The facilities of this
arena excel those of any other age"
He spoke eloquentiy OF the struggle
and the prize. warning his hearers
that they will not win easily. that
II viii take the best that II In them.
strained to the utmost. to place
taeir hands on the goal post of IN.
great tomorrow. that the pace viii
not siscken. but that endurance must
be brought up To Il. You shall
not always run To the music Of friend
ly cheers he said. you ~til b. un.
der tn. scrutiny Of the keen~st crit.
icism. you shall meet faisiiy and
hssene~s Of every type. but you
are tn be- s,ronEest then. you must
know self mastery. M panic. no
craven heart. mn pcasimisn. no
Grosch." /
The conclusion of the address was
especially BEAUTIFUL. and the truth
and visdom Of the entire discourse
can not fail tn linscr In the mem.
ory of his youthful hearers ~ long
~ life lasts. and b. u each an In
spisstt0a and . projection.
Hs closing words were: Nay
sost skies bcnd over you. sephyrs
of toy ian your flushed faces. cn.
nifty and hsrdncss touch you lisht
y. May ilfs's iaureis and richest
GIFT b. yosrs. but best of all may
the goal of tho great Apos,i" be your
flnai arhi~vement"
ctsss pisy.