The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-15
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
RENDER CHOICE PROGRAM

High school graduates to the mum
Der of forty-six were presented WITH
diplomas at the commencement exer.
cises held in Turner Opera house
Wednesday evening The presentation
was made by President of the Board Of
Education, Hon. w. F. Voss. In the
class were twenty-one boys and TWEEN
ty-f1ve girls, whose class motto was
Nothing is Impossible to Industry
The class colors were gold and white
and the class flower the daisy.
The opera house was filled to Its
utmost capacity. Parents, brothers
sisters and friends waiting to see theil
loved ones and former classmates re.
ceive the reward Of four years OF con
scientious work. The stage was decor
ated In bower of green with daisies
and daffodils to supply a touch or col
or. Suspended from the wings in the
rear was a huge gold and white pen
nant, with the class numerals 1T" on
it, The graduates were dressed sim
ply, the girls wearing white sailor
suits with gold bows. The young men
wore blue serge suits.
The high school orchestra and glee
club rendered several numbers Wnlcn
appealed to all. The glee club sang
the high school song bidding farewell
to the graduates at the close or the
exercises.
Supt. T. ]. Berto introduced the
speaker, DR.. D. D. MacLaurin, OF the
extension department, University OF
Wisconsin.
-Four Great Things in Life was
DR.. MacLaurin's topic There are four
things a man must learn to do II ne
would make his record true: To think
without confusion clearly; love his
sfellowman sincerely act from honest
motives purely; trust in God securely
"If they do that they will make their
mark. They do not fail on you-or
come floating within your reach. You
must learn them as you learn the les
sons in high school"
He stated that we live in hustling
world and that the business man today
rushes through breakfast, hurrled{y
scans his paper, just has time for a
quick lunch and comes home tagged
out, and has no time to think clearly
and that it devolves upon our high
school graduates to do our thinking
Thinking is an intellectual gimlet
by which we bore through to see what
is on the other side, and only the
man who sees the other side is real
thinker" continued Mr.. MacLaurin.
1--WE must learn to think without
confusion clearly. A young fellow
looks at a mug and only sees good
time. He does not see the serpent Turk
ing in the bottom, nor the tears he
causes, the heartache OF a sOrrowlng
mother, the chain of habit slowly
weaving, the poor pale wife, the rag
ged, pinched faced children. 1t he did
he would hurl the cup to the floor with
a curse against whiskey. We must look
on the other side to see if it is true, y
he said
1--WE must learn to love our friends
sincerely. To love his fellow man for
what he Is, and If hate is there-you
cannot be true" he continued.
ITO act from honest motives purely
You can't be true man and act from
anything but a true motive. In the
last you must learn to trust in God
to make your record true"
Trust in God and heaven securely
or you can't make a record that is
true" he said However ordained the
law, that law does not change. You
cannot SOW wild oats and reap gold
en- harvest, for whatsoever you sow sc
shall your reap, and God cannot
. change life that is vicious to one that
is true"
"Class Of 1917, if you take as your
motto "The Four Great Things in
Life" l will write your biography now
and before l write "finis," I'll write
success"
The president of the board Of edu-
.scation, presented the diplomas. He
complimented the speaker and also
those who spoke for the class on the
excellent speeches made. He said
."You wall no doubt have the patience
to listen to one who does not know
how to make good speech and would
spoil The results of the former speak
.ers, but / wish to make few remarks
at this time The valedictOrian thanked
the board of education for procuring
the new high school. The board of edu-
/. cation is entitled to little credit for
the new high school but all thanks
should be given to the taxpayers, as
they shoulder the burden and cost OF
the building without a murmur, and ii
stands as a monument which is being
duplicated throughout the country as
a model of its kind.
Annually year after year you
come here to see and hear what the
graduates are doing. Education is alb
solutely necessary for without it our
boys and girls would be handicapped
in this world Of strenuous effort and
limitless competition.
1.-THE speaker has referred to dem.
ocracy and his explanations are such
that every citizen should take it tt
heart, for without education you can
not have democracy.
"You are celebrating one Of the mos
important events of your life. You arr
to take your place among your fellow
men and are to be left to shift fol
yourselves. The doors Of the past arr
closed to you and the doors Of the flu
ture are open to you. You, and you
1or,