South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-18
HIGH GRADUATES
ENTER FINAL WEEK
Rev. H. l. Davis breaches
BaCCaIaureate Sermon to
Pupils and Parents.

Before the IA members Of the
graduating class OF south Bend high
school and their parents. Rev. Henry
L. Davis OF the First NJ. r. church
preached the annual baccaIaureate
sermon sunday morning. taking for
his subject a Wise Choice" Mem
bers Of the class met in the base
laent Of the church and then march
ed in body 10 the seats reserved
for them.
one or the most impressive parts
OF Rev. Davis sermon was the rel
erence TO the row OF vacant seats.
draped with a large American Flag
In honor OF the members Of the
class who have answered their coun-
try's call and enlisted The men
who have enlisted are Clarence
Burner. Neal Beroth. Philip Ian
genbahm. Forest Clark and Roland
Glavin
Following the sermon. as each
member OF the class left the church.
Rev. Davis Sermon.
Rev Davis spoke as follows:
Determine your idea and the
idea will determine you Make LIES
choice and that choice will make
your life. We could not today. and
would not If we could. make the
choice Of life for single young
man and woman in this presence
Yet we can think Of some elemental
principles which should guide us i'm
deciding what we should do and be
With solely this i'm view ] want 20
think with YOU Of the guiding prin-
ciples Of what is believed 10 have
been one Of the best choices that
was made In an ancient day by one
who has been called The Wise"
The youth was the youngest Of
family OF ten sons BY virtue OF
the fact that he was the youngest
son and also Lecause he was the
favorite OF a great and gifted father
he came 20 throne and welded
the sceptre Of government over one
Of the greatest peoples OF all his
tory. That throne was the throne
of Israel and its young king was
Solomon.
Solomon Formed Pageant.
Upon his coronation he offered "a
great sacrifice unto Jehovah his
Cod He formed a pageant of his
civil religious and military forces
and with great eclat marched 20
the heights OF Gideon. overlooking
Jerusalem. and before the brazen
affairs OF the tabernacle at Gideon
offered what the Greeks called
chtIiombe. that is "a tenfold heca
tomb Of burnt offerings As the
incense died away anG the smoke
was cleared from the purple heights
Solomon slept i'm his mountain tent
and Jehovah appea red unto him
and said unto him ASK what
shall give thee" No more critical
moment ever came into Solomon s
life than this solemn one when
asked. What shall / give" The
hour Of his birth and coronation
were not more sacred than this. To
fail now was 10 forever fail
Life stands az the tent door OF us
all She not only bids but demands
that we make cur choice We oft
discover too late that we have re-
iected the better and chosen the
worse as Emerson says
"Damsels OF Time the hypocritic
days.
MufAed and dumb like barefoot
dervishes.
And marchire single i'm an endless
dle.
Bring diadems and fagots in their
hands
To- each they offer gifts after his
WILL
Bread. kingdoms. stars and sky
that holds them all
I in my pleached garden watched
the pomp.
Forgot my morning wishes has,
tily
Took a few herbs and apples. and
the Day
Turned and departed silent I
too late
Under her solemn dnet saw the
scorn
Not 80 with the subject of our
study He made wise choice
What we're tho conditions and mo-
tives that determined that choice
AGE AND EDUCATION
NECESSARY To CHOICE
There was a maturity resultant