Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-22

harder TO get up. You young men and
| women, then, are Just al the point where
! you must settle II Your own minds which
va you will face. These graduation ex-
erclses are not The end, a time for looking
/ backward, but your Commencement and
| comm encement means. OF course a begin
. ming and struggle to get up the nil! OF
achievement We call life
/ Some Of YOU are probably going Al once
into some wage-earning employment ana
others are gong u college in the fall. but
whether you g or not now is the time
/ for you 10 make your decision as 10 VIVA,
you will be, what you will do will take
I care Of itself
/ You may easily pass the next seven
! years in college and professional school
+ drift into Z profession or specialized
branch Of industry. make money get
married and settle down 10 a life that
Will be Just 2 dead lane OF existence. Col
legH the university. a profession or ?
coEE"nt;a1T acceptable marriage will nor
70 one thing for you. neither will YOU AZ
one thing for the world unless YOU gay,
VanlzH yourselves into men and worre,,
who are going to live, and YOU can never
I've without working and struggling for
things that ara worth while Life then
Is profession a.. ed1cat.rc YOUR wills
50 that rh"E shall drive you to serve and
70 give III the world
Not going 20 c.lleee g no. the worst
thing in the world tina. nigh, happer 10
you But the failure to face straight uD
the nil Of life. Of character, If some
worth Wnlle pCrpcs". wo5ld De A ealam-
20 il with all Thy might" Thy might l.
an ancient but excellent slogan for vor
all
only few days ago the cables hunne,
WIN the message that sent a thrill of
: CONSERVATION over the greater mart Of
the civilized world. X. Of K. Kitchener
Of khartcun0. had gone down 10 death y,
I the British cruiser Hampshire. We do
not nave 70 recall the story OF this MAJ
of steel. whose hand held England In ber
TASK IN the critical first month Of the
great VAT across the seas All we need
70 recall is that Lord Kitchener when =
mere STRIPPING made up his mind the way
"hich ne would face ard then with dog
teH persistence made himself into the
man VINO could drive railroad acroes
the hazing sands Of an African dAser.
hghtihG every inch Of the wav toward a
goal which i took II years % win.
Wherever YOU 90 there Will ha du+-
To be done: YOU must do il yo,, ro,,s.
heip build up A reputation for tho co,y
llIsh schooI 50 that people will saw
Wherever YOU find Conv graduates th.
! are Always n the first rank doing their
/ hest IN every good cause You can al
ways depend upon them to do the right
thlng at the right time"
% 20 out TO your work and vour dutv
Let your wills be 10 live so thar ali ~.
ne proud Of YOU and the CITY ana the
! state happier and better for your esr,,ica
IN us affairs. But wherever Won arc nv
| Whatever you may 10, ~ .er forget that
you are units in a great republic. rerern.
DER the traditions OF the past; help +,
shape ana preserve it's ideals undirnmed
ny Keeping Your ideals bright: be Iovar
De true, be honest, be brave
Following the address given nv Pa,,
fhaien another musical selection
was rendered by Dennis orchestra and
'ne oipiomas were presented to the
graduates by Frank Hewins of the
BOARD Of education. The Delta pi
prize FOR scholarship was awarded ,o
MISS Lillian Gldys Barr who held III.
hlehest honcrs in her class.
Inc Armenian Oath was made a nor,
OF the graduation exercises and n..s
repeater In unison by the memhers of
me graduating class. II is as fo,lows.
we VIII never bring disgrace ia tbis
our Guy by any act Of cowardice or
dishonesty. We will feh, for ,ha
Ioeais ana sacred things Of the CITY,
we VIII revere and obey the cit,,s
laws ana 90 our best 10 incita a lilo
respect ana reverence in others Wa
VIII strive increasingly to ouick.n ,ba
publlc's sense of duty We will +r.ns
NIT this city TO those who come af,er
us better and more beautiful tho, -
was transmitted to US"
The benediction was nronourooa
Rev. w. J. Layton.
Inc list of the 10 members of the
graduating class having the highest
rank alphabetically arranged. is as
follows: Lillian Gladys Barr. Mildred
Hallock Campbell, Julia Sargent Da.
vies. Clara Muriel Douglas. Helen Svl-
via Fuller, Burleigh Stevens Powers
Jones. Mabelle Pishon Little. Willard
Bates Purinton. Phyllis Savage and
Marjorie Irene Swift.
The following members of the Ju-
Nor class acted as ushers at the ex
ercises: Stanley Douglas. Harold Fish
err Lawrence Wakefield. Smith Coon
err, Carroll Hutchins. Samuel Miller.
Robert Lane. Thanet Soule, Gerald
Cram, Leslie Hall and Alton Getchell.
member Of the Sophomore class