The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-29
Final Scene in School Career Of "a
Seniors Staged in High School
Auditorium Before
Big Crowd
BROOKS DISCUSSES
HIGHER EDUCATION
Declares Increasing Efficiency and
intelligence Required to Meet
Modern Demand Ramey
Gives Advice

Amid stage setting of rare beauty.
after listening TO an address by Or.
Stratton D. Brooks, president of the
oklahoma State university, and hear
ing parting words Of sound counsel
from Supt w F. Ramey, the "a mem
bers Of the class of 1914 received their
longsought 'sheep-skins" at the an
nual commencement exercises held in
The high school building on Thursday
evening in the presence OF. crowd
that packed the auditorium.
Instant applause was started as the
curtain rose, revealing the members OF
the class, an equal number of boys and
girls, with Supt Ramey, Principal
Cowan and DIR Brooks, surrounded by
gorgeous array of American Beauty
roses and large ferns. the red rose be-
ing the class flower. The opening
number on the program was seIec-
ton by the high school orchestra which
organization during the evening added
to the laurels already won by it. A
vocal number, Goodnight Beloved"
rendered by the senior double quar-
tet was well received The Invocation
was offered by Rev. G. Lyle Smith and
at the close Rev. c. s. Walker pro.
nounced the benediction.
Or. Brooks Speaks.
During his address, lasting some
thing over twenty minutes, Or. Brooks
discussed education from the point
of view Of individual efficiency and
social service At the outset he said,
we have often heard it said that in
teIligence is the foundation OF state
and nation, that without it. democracy
cannot exist, and all this is true Fur
thermore in our day we must recognize
the necessity for increased intelli-
gence. In form we have had democ-
racy in this country for 100 years,
but in reality the government has been
run by a few men, largely because men
had the habit of simply voting the
ticket, but all this is now changed.
We are now discussing not what is
good for the party bur what Is good
for us and the same thing is going on
all over the world People everywhere
are inquiring what they can do toward
good government and the answer to
this question demands increasing in
teiligence.
1T is the business Of university
to forward education of any kind any
where, and this is what your university
is endeayoring to do Through ami
versity extension, travelling libraries
and expert service in the investigation
OF current questions, an effort is being
made to carry the benefits of the uni
versity to The people.
Taking up the special theme he had
chosen to present. the speaker said.
After all. the main question which
most people have in mind in consid-
ering the education Of their children
is win it pay2 viii it pay to give
them higher education, to send them
to the college Or university. In dis
cussing this question. we must remem-
Der that competition in the business
and Industrial world is on far differ.
ent basis from what is used to be. A
hundred years ago comparatively few
children had as much or moro than an
eighth grade education and even 20
years Ngo a relatively smaller number
received high school training but dur
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