The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-05-28
GRADUATING EXERCISES
UNION CITY HIGH SCHOOL
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time are centuries apart. The con
seriousness OF men lis awakening to th'
political evils, and the Ship Of State j
guided by man whose wisdom tran
sends political partisanship. Election
cannot be explained from politica
standpoint, but from consciousness 0
the nation, which has given us a youni
man of character and purpose; and i
the people don't show their gratitude
. for President Wilson by placing him al
the head Of the government for another
term they will have exhibited the bas
est ingratitude. 1t is the passing of pro.
vincialism that elected Woodrow Wilson
to the Presidency.
God gave me to know what / am by
my company, and he is putting it into
the consciousness of men to see that
women stand side by side with them in
the elimination of world evils. It's
coming whatever we do or say, and
/ woman may stay at home il she wants
4 to, but no man has right to raise his
hand or voice against her right to vote.
The question of taxation without rep
resentation is as old the American col
onies, and if it was wrong then it is
wrong now. / would not be true If l
| did not include it with the great world
evils. Women must take her mop and
Dutch cleanser and clean out our State
houses. You have one in Tennessee
that needs cleaning and we have one in
Kentucky. see in Tennessee that you
have one man who presses the button
and controls the State. This is provin-
cialism in politics, and in the passing
people are coming into their own.
Speaker here branched into religion,
and spoke of the old fellow in Texas
whose religion had wiggle tails in it.
Teach all things unto all men," and
thereby in the broadcast catholic sense
we emerge from provincialism. We get
rid of the wiggle tails. Jesus came into
the world to give us great conscious
ness, and as soon as we rise to this con-
dition we know what religion is.
I am glad to be present on your class
night in order that may in some de-
gree convey to the class the idea of the
mighty place to which the world is call
ing them. The members of the Board
of Education are laying out great plan
of work and must stand four square
by the great problems. To the class /
congratulate you and appeal to your
conscience for the higher standards of
manhood and womanhood of America
the passing Of proyincialism.
The valedictory, a beautiful essay,
was then read by Miss Villa Eunice
Whitson as follows:
VALEDICTORY.
Tonight the class of 1915 ceases
to be Ares" They will henceforth |
take their places in the ranks of the
HAS Been's' of High School Life.
The old High School becomes
dearer as we ponder how beneath
her sheltering care and amidst her
widespread influence we, for four
long years, have striven with vary
ing successes, for this-to us-great
graduation.
The ng-looked-for time has
come. How many of us are suitably
for the life that lies before
us? How many have made de-
cision as to what account they shall
turn the talents thus far cultivated?
No doubt many of us have looked
forward to this evening as the be-
ginning of period of rest. And
this is indeed right, if
Rest is not quitting the busy ca
reer,
Rest is the fitting of self to it's
sphere,
'Tis the brooks motion, clear, with
out strife,
to ocean after its life,
'Tis loving and serving the highest
and best,
Tis onward, answering, and that
is true rest
The first task before us is the
fitting of self to it's sphere that
sphere in which we can be of most
service to mankind It has been
tried and proven that true happi-
ness lies in service well performed
There are a number of names
which have lived and always will /
live in the memory of man because
Of the great works of service with
which they are connected.
Joan of Arc, the pure, lovely shep-
herd girl, tending her flocks on the
plains of Domremy, before she was