The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-06-08
THE CLASSICAL
SCHOOL ENDS A
GREAT SEASON
THE"FoURTEENTH ANNUAL CON-
MENcEMENT EXERCISES WERE
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT AND HON.
oRs WERE CONFERRED.

The fourteenth annual commence
n1ent OF the Pensacola Classical
School was held Friday night in the
auditorium of the school which was
filled to its capacity.
that member Of the Junior Class who
maintained the highest average of
scholarship for the year, was given
TO Montross Edrehi, by Mr.. Penn
Harvey. representing the Alumni AS
The following graduates received
diplomas: Miss Mildred c. Brown,
Miss Jane Durham and Mr. Julian
%. Olsen.
Professor Armstrong in few we'll
chosen words charged the graduates
with the responsibilities still before
them. expressing his sincere wish
THAT they continue in their endeavor
FLOR knowledge, and that they might
prove useful to the community by
wonaanhood His address in part was
sAs follows:
your education has been intended
ITO teach you to reason. to feel, to
get the point OF view Of others. The
day has passed when one can act for
himself alone More and more we
Eare becoming mere cogs in a social
wheel. More and more the question
tpresses us as to whether some radi1aI
change in our social system may not
Etton Of our changed life.
you have wasted your time here
ktf you have not learned to approach
E4ny problem thoughtful, sympathetic
ally. You have not learned to under
stand complex problem Of life, butsyou
Ehave done, or should have done as well.
by learning to put your mind and
Fheart candidly on their solution.
Graduates from High School can
knot go away with any great store of
useful information What you have
Learned can at best open your eyes
to your relation to the world in
which you are to live. You have
acquired some elementary worldly
knowledge. something that will begin
to serve you
THAT education gives best use to
your mind that caused you to use 1t
most-proviaed the mind as any 9TH
IL receives. It can be overridden, it
can become stale and inactive from
abusive use.
There is much to encourage one
In looking at the world today. Edu-
cation Is opening I'D minds to Justice
common as business Of any kind, are
now regarded as tllegittmate as
piracy itself
THE seizure by fair means or foul
OF these gifts OF nature on which our
social life depends-and using them
to exploit the needy, as coal, forests,
natural rnonopolies, Is now dtscoun-
tenanced by the mere force of public
q new cram era Of new free
dom" justice and peace, in which
conscience, honor and right take pre-
cedence TO law"
After his address to the graduates
Professor Armstrong announced his
retirement from the school, a state
ment which was received with much
sincere regret by the patrons Of the
school Professor Armstrong has
been at the head of the Classical
! School for fourteen years, in which
time he has rendered very efficient
his retirement will prove an untold
Joss to Pensacola
+ The annual dance and reception
was then enjoyed by the students and
being furnished by Mona Barrios'
orchestra The gymnasium had been
very prettily decorated with the school
colors, purple and crimson, with ferns
and palms, the walls adorned by
pennants and restooned with greens.
Misses Jane Durham, Mildred Brown,
olga Thiesen OF Agnes Scott College,
Eleanor Mitchell, Valerie Reese, of
St Mary's. Annie and Ludy Harvey,
Rowena Marsh. Grace Owen. Eliza
Friedman. Gladys Bell, Elizabeth
Durham. Judith Maxwell, Clara Mo-
reno Jamie Reese, Anna Lamar,
Doris Merritt. Catherine McLane.
Mary snnithwtck. Ethel and Martha
Elnws, Edith Anderson, Elizabeth
Aiken, RENE and Gladys Calm, Paula
Herschkovitz, Beth Walton. Mary Lee
lamar, Ruth Wells, Bessie Robinson,
Genevieve Carter Minnie Mae oliver,