Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-29
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Superintendent Graft Urges Eighth
Graders to Continue Through
High School.
DIPLOMAS GIVEN BY THE BOARD

Urging that the school system OF the
United States is it's greatest factor In
making over the peoples Of all races who
come here into full-nedged American
citizens. superintendent OF Schools Il. U.
Graft yesterday afternoon delivered the
commencement address TO eighteen grad
yates OF public schools OF the South High
school district. One hundred ana thirty
one students graduated and were pre-
scented with diplomas at the conclusion
OF the program.
Principal s. w. Moore OF the local
high school presided.
"One OF the earliest and most Inn
portant turning points in the life OF the
undor-aged citizen occurs when he
reaches that place where he has an OPP
portunity OF obtaining more education or
beginning life alone as an applicant In
the business world. II he chooses the
latter course he Is invariably asked the
question, What can you dor
'rhe few years just passed show that
the graduate from the Eighth grade has
little or no chance TO progress as com
pared with the graduate Of the high
school or the university. The time has
passed whom he could become an APP
prentice in a firm and work up TO tho
top. The competition in the business
world has brought higher standard Of
education and the Eighth grade graduate
today Is left behind. Ills Is the part OF
the small COG In the great machine-the
opportunity OF enjoying life or even IN
vestinating and understanding the work.
ing OF his own firm being an impossi-
bility.
what Might school Means.
Tho fact that 100 younger members
OF the working class OF Omaha have en-
rolled In the night school. only recently
organized. shows that they acknowledge
their mistake In rejecting an earlier op-
portunity OF getting a higher education
when the time was ripe. Now these
young people are willing to sacrifice both
their extra time and labor to make good
In tho new high school,"
The superintendent spoke OF the ANAL
garnation Of all races OF people into one
ail-American people. THE American
school system Is the greatest factor IN
the country today" he said. Gin the
transformation OF ignorant individually
patriotic foreigners into good American
citizens. This makes Il doubly neces-
sary that children OF all races should
attend and have the American spirit In
stilied within them"
w. +. Reed. member OF the Board o.
Education. addressed the students
briefly, expressing great satisfaction Il
the announcement that many Of the
girls working at local packing houses in
tended entering the domestic science and
sewing CLASSES which will be organized
for nightly sessions AZ tho local schco
annex at Twenty-fourth and ] streets
lie presented the diplomas 70 the gradu
ates
/ Miss Emma Diokman. supervisor o
: music In the South side. sang q sol
: and was freely appiauded. The hisl
' school orchestra rendered several selec
: tions.
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{ coppers on beats that lay In the resi-
n Dental districts OF the south Side ar
o becoming irritated at the tardiness VIII
3 which many OF tho residents 90 aoou
q cleaning off their sidewalks According
to city ordinance. residents who DO no
clean off their sidewalks a certain mum
Der of hours after the snow has faile
I s ~% y ~
Local patrolmen assert that nnles
, certain property owners snow CONSIDER
. ably more aiacrity IN cleaning OH the'
Z walks they VIII nave warrants s"or
out ana arrests wii follow
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teraay afternoon a. me sou.l ", .s.
erade schools OF the city and parent
and citizens attended me sraduauon "a
ercises at : o'clock ana iater viewed 70
; basket bail games immeaiateS siser