The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-14
GRADUATION EXERCISES FOR
CLASS Of FORTY SEVEN TODAY

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passlonate condemnation OF bloody
warfare. lie held up blood-staineo
Europe as a modern day example
of the ruthlessness OF war.
Scholarships Awarded.
=. j. Herndon In few wen
chosen words awarded the scholar
ships won By the various students
A full half dozen scholarships went
To Miss jamie Harrell, who was de-
clared first honor student IN the
class of forty-seven. In this num-
Der we're included scholarships IN
Texas University, S NJ. u, Texas
Women's College and other well
known schools. A scholarship az
Texas Christian UNIVERSITY was
awarded to Miss Mary Forrest for
carrying off second honors. and four
scholarships were awarded 10 Ed
ward Miller for having made the
highest average among .he boys.
These included T. c. u, s. NJ. u,
aud Southwestern. Mr.. Herndon
said IL was a pity the young lady
could not use all the scholarships,
but expressed the hope that she
would select one and enjoy its ben
efits.
Address 10 the Glass.
The address to the class was de-
livered by President ]. c. Hardy OF
Baylor Female college and it was
tlcming with inspiring thought, en-
couraging words and noble resolve.
DR.. Hardy is forceful speaker and
ne stressed the thought that educa-
tion is fundamental necessity.
First he said he wanted to congrat-
ulate the girls for having held so
many boys In the class. He express
ed the belief that 1t was the first
class where the number of boys and
girls were so nearly equal. He
thought 1t was the largest class any
town of near Waxahachie's size
could boast OF. He told about meet
Ing with member OF the Junior
class before the exercises began and
haw the junior told him 1.-THE 1916
class was fine, but you ought to see
the juniors That was the spirit
he thought ought to be manifested
Ly the undergraduates. The doctor
likewise paid q glowing tribute to
the school spirit that is manifest in
Waxahachie, saying there was no
further proof needed other than the
presence of such a large number un-
der the circumstances.
The theme of his talk was edu-
cation q fundamental necessity, and
he proved the statement in half a
dozen different ways. He declared
first that the transforming power
OF education was next to the trans
forming power of the heart. He
could not think of another word
that eauaied education in signifi-
canoe. Education is life process,
absolutely essential He said he
believed in one theory Of evolution
although he did not believe that
man sprang from the monkey or the
tadpole. His theory of evolution was
to evolve out of the boys and girls
all the manhood and womanhood
there is in them. and then we will
develop a civilization worth while.
lie said, I'VE must educate or we
will perish politically" An Illus
tration OF this was given in the con-
sideration Of the Mexican republic.
He declared that Mexico has neglect
cd the development of manhood and
womanhood through education and
hence had put premium on igno-
rance. Contrasting this republic
with Japan he declared that less
than seventy-hve years ago Japan
did not possess self respect, while
nov through education it is a world
power He declared that Japan be-
came a world power by sending stu
dents 10 every nation of the earth