The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-02

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a fixed purpose; to combat the diff
culties and hardships that might be-
set their pathway with determine
tion and vim and that their reward
would be all that they would have
it. His farewell to his class and
teachers was eloquently and feeling
| ly delivered and could not but touch
the heartstrings of each of those
with whom he had been associated
for so long.
Music during the evening was
furnished by Miss Jessie Mae Will
llams. Miss Marie Hogan and Miss
Lucille Clough on the piano and Mrs
Thomas Cason who sang beautiful
solo.
After the orations had been deliv-
cred Principal Chas. M. Jones de-
livered most beautiful and eloquent
address to the graduates in which he
declared the class to have been the
most loyal to him Of any he had ever
taught in his sixteen years expert
ence, and his words of kindly advice
for the future and his hopes for each
one We're indeed a beautiful word
picture. The Evening Telegram will
publish his address in full in Mon
day s issue of the Telegram
The most beautiful and enjoyable
feature of any graduation is the
presentation of the flowers, and many
were heard to remark that there
were never so many handsome flow
ers at a Lakeland high school grad
nation as on this occasion A great
many of the flowers were from Knull,
the Tampa florist, and several hun
dred dollars worth of the lovely
beauties were placed at the feet of
the happy graduates.
Ai'oi INV hoNtlS Hdu Deell us
tributed, Principal Jones presented
the diplomas, and as he bestowed
these priceless treasures upon the
young graduates he made an elo-
quent and feeling presentation speech
TO each, which follow
Miss Georoia Fannin
AN old man once said: When | !
was young, I was poor; when old | |
became rich; but in each condition |
| found disappointment. When I had |
the faculties for enjoyment, / had
not the means; when the means
came, the faculties were gone
In the hour of disappointment |
and grief remember that we mount |
to heaven mostly on the ruins of our I
cherished schemes, finding our fail |
ures were successes. You have la |
bored well but under physical diff
and I wish you we'll wher-
ever you may go.
Miss Annie Cargill Mayes
In presenting you this diploma |
do it with the knowledge Of your pa
tient work, your attentiveness to |
duty, and your faithfulness to the
lesson assigned. May you never for
get that every station in life is nee
essary; that each deserves our re-
spect; that not the station itself but |
the worthy fulfillment of its duties
does honor to man 80
Miss Marion Colman
'Tis virtue that doth make a
women most admired; tbs modesty
that makes them seem divine; tbs !
truth that lies at the bottom of char
acter; 'tis honesty that is the highest
All these you have. 1t is a
genuine pleasure to return to you in
large measure your investment in
the Lakeland sch01I--a diploma
Miss Esther Heath
Your grafton After the Battle
the Crown" is, indeed, very appro-
pirate and especially fitting and
proper for this occasion. You have /
abored earnestly and diligently. We
shall ever point to YOU with pride as
being one among the best graduates
rom the l.. II, S. It has been the
glory Of the great masters in all the
arts to confront and to overcome;
10 give thy thoughts no tongue nor
any unproportioned thought its