Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-06-07
GRADUATION CREATIONS
WIIMAR HIGH SCHOOL
MORALITY As A FACTOR IN A
complete LIFE.

Salutatory by Laura M. Hoglund.
when temptations fierce assault me,
When mine enemies I find,
Sin and guilt, and death and Satan
All against my soul combined;
Hold me up In mighty waters,
Keep my eyes on things above
Righteousness, divine atonement,
Peace, and everlasting love-"
This was what the band was playing
as the mighty waters of the Atlantic
closed over the famous Titantic,
about twenty minutes after two o.
clock, on the morning of April 18th,
1912.
Slowly sank the great ship, with
her band playing. her captain on the
bridge, and more than fifteen hundred
human beings on board. She had been
thing of wonder and admiration un-
til few minutes before she went out
of sight. Then the chill ocean extin-
guished her lights, and she showed
black to the hundreds of survivors in
the boats, or floating on life belts, as
she went under, on her way to her
last resting place, two miles below.
The Titantic was g. wonderful struc-
ture. It was the company's aim,
when the boat was built, to make a
vessel that was strong, well proper
toned, stately looking and with pow.
er to float. Much stress was laid on
it's strength, and no money was spar
ed toward its completeness. It was
strong and well built, and people felt
safe, and chose that ship for their
voyage, for not one of the passengers
or the crew thought for one moment,
that harm could come to it.
We all admit the Titantic was
strong and we'll constructed, but it
was not complete because it had to
have some force behind it to make it
move. This force was the engine. II
the Titantic had not had, within her
hold, the most complete and powerful
engine that had ever been placed in
an ocean going vessel, it would still
have been resting as dead material
on the shores of England, together
with the nine hundred souls who per.
ished in the depths of the ocean.
Beside its strong hull and powerful
engine, it had to have something more.
That was pilot for the great IT,
tantic could not be allowed to shoot
at random. There must be a guiding
hand to direct the force, for we can
scarcely imagine this ship without a
hand at the wheel. The Titantic was
the greatest, the finest, the most state
ly ship that ever sailed the Atlantic
ocean, but it failed to complete its
first voyage. What was the cause Of
this failure? It was on account of the
lack of proper guidance. This great
ship company was trying to-break the
record for transatlantic voyages. The
captain had been warned of that ice
berg, on April 18th, but he steered
right ahead, because he wanted to
show the world that man had tri.
umphed over all obstacles. This
shows that great care must be taken
in the selection of pilot, one who
knows his business, and is more in
terested in the welfare and progress
of mankind. than in breaking the
worlds record in speed.
Just as great care must be taken
i'm the structure of the ship, the selec-
ton Of the proper engine and the
choice of pilot, the greatest Of care
must be taken that no weak spot is
left in the development of the indiv-
idual, physically, mentally and NOR
ally.
Our human body is our first asset
in life; it is a gift from God; it's ar
chitecture is complete, and in fact 60
wonderful that my language cannot