Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-01-02

proud of the fact that you have seen
fit to make such thorough and ade-
quate preparation for the task which
| lies before you. We not only hope, but
believe, that you will meet these ques-
| tions as they are presented manfully,
bring to their solution trained intel
| ligence and fine patriotic spirit
Those of you who are able to have the
advantage of complete college edu-
cation must not forget that after all
| the final test comes, not in knowing,
but in doing. Those of your friends
| who are not as fortunate as you are,
are today entering upon active buSi-
ness careers, and when yOu graduate
from college they will have had from
three to four years actual experience
in the factories, markets and counting
places of the country. Do not forget
that you will be thrown into competi-
| ton with these men whose wits will
have been sharpened in the stern
school of necessity, and that YOU too
must acquire the experience and
knowledge of actual affairs which they
are now acquiring. This we know you
will do, and with that and the added
/
you will have a great advantage.
| "Wausau will ever watch you and
your accomplishments, not only with
pride, but with intense interest, and
the prayers and blessings of the COM
munity will go with you in your life
work wherever you may be-"
The response by Frank Rowley, who
is attending the University of Michi-
gan, was very appropriate to the oc-
casion. Mr.. Rowley remarked that
with the progressiveness of, Wausau's
citizens no student from this city
ought to have reason not to make
mention of his home town, that he
Ineed not be obliged to humble over
the name of this city Mr.. Rowley
lspoke of the appreciation on the part
Iof the young men for the banquet and
Ialso how much the interest of the
citizens of this city counted in the
college mans life and preparation for
the future.
Among the other things which added
Ito the pleasure of the evening were
several vocal solos by Paul Tobey
who sang ''The Big Brass Viol;"
Mighty Like a Rose" and Nothing
But Love" Knox Kreutzer, who is at
tending Williams college, delivered a
message from the East, while George
lSilbernagel delivered a message from
the Middle West, and in the absence
of Ben Alexander, Eugene Thayer, Jr.,
said a few words on the Far West.
Alfred H. Zimmerman, who has al
ways been a staunch friend of the
boys, made the closing remarks of the
evening on God Speed the Boys.
He said that during the first part of
mans life the desire was to become
man, but that during the second
part, the man was always wishing he
might be boy again Mr.. Zimmerman
said that the Rotary club stood for
Service" and that if at any time the
Organization could be of service to any
of the young men, it stood ready for
its calling.
Those men who have not been
blessed with sons were awarded a son
for the evening. Practically every Ro-
tartan had a son, either his own or an
adopted one Many new acquaintance
were made during the evening. The
men were glad to know the boys, but
s they were not nearly as glad to know
the boys as the latter were to become
4 acquainted with those older citizens
\ whom they did not know. The Ro-
4 tary club cannot be praised too much
! for the cooperation that it is bringing
about in business enterprises in tht
4 city. And now it has gone steI
E further and brought the college mar
and the business man into closer re
4 lIations. The banquet Of Thursday
evening has served as great inspira
a ton TO many of the younger fellows
It has given them more confidence il
] themselves and has made them Sc
4 the desirability OF preparing them