The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-07
THAN ALL
OTHER STATE ASSETS
ARE THE CHILDREN
His Department Works on Theory
That Education Is Chief Bust.
ness'of Republics, Says Wagner
in High School Address.

Flfty-four hieh school pupns were
graduated at the school auditorium
last night-thc largest graduating
class In the history of the school The
exercises were largely attended.
The commencement spcaKer was
j. IA. Wagner. the state school super
intcndent.' He said Ia part:
Greater than the focks Of the
fields and in the mountains. greater
than our mineral resources. greater
In value than our timber lands. are
the ooys and girls who graduate aa-
nuaily from the public schools of
New Mexico. Therefore. In the de-
I partmcnt of education ut santa Fc
We continue To 20 on the theory hat
education Is The CHIEF business OF -
republic.
Remember. that la this dag values
are measured largely by the results
produced and that whatever of value
Is given to Us brings with II in pro-
portion 20 It's worth responsibilities
which I'M be shirkcd. In your
case the responsibility resting ON YOU
Is one to the state and to his com.
munl,y to urn back something in the
way OF service This service may he
rcldcred iu u field Of high cudeavcr
or of low endeayor. It mag he rem
derod in conspicuous walks of life or
In the humber paths Measured b.
results every education Is high whicn
deNc. pa character and the ability -
serve those about one. one farm
bought. one home sweet, and intel
ugently kept. one man who is ne
largest taxpayer or has o. good sized
bank account, ono church cor school
house we'll maintained one sermon
well preached one client ably aud
honestly defended 90 the bar Of JUS
tu.c. ouc patient healed. one ufico
well Kept. ore NE dcaoutly lived
ulolds the worth OF she ducItiuu
which you have received more than
al. the abstract cloVucucr that could
De summoned Ia behalf oi the cause
81 education.
, Remember. too. thai the very c-.
scuoc ~ YOUR no, is yulturs-culturc
that ms oui iuto perfect breadth au
Your natural powers. capacities amt
energies until your life is We'll pro-
por,ioned and iu perfect balance
O You should also romombo, atar
great a. ma bc the value ut hi4h
scholarship AMI deep learning our
country needs today not sU much men
and women gifted with these THINGS
merely as men and Womrn with q
Keen sense OF the importance az in
tcgrity IN Whatever -ph"r" "f ne
they may hc placed mon d feel
that huupr depends not uu the place
Ia life which we are called upon 60
nm but the mauno u which wo
an o.
q 4 double quartet, composed OF
Anna Hun Grace Stortz. Wcnouah
Dixon. Gretchen van Week. Floyd
Barton. Harold Barton Harold Wood
worth and Willard Sed,r sang The
accompnuIst was Flora Marshall.
The graduates-Floyd Barton Han
old Barton. Arthur Becker. Belle BE-
gu,. Walter Berger, Clcuuc Bowman
Dorothy Brown. Pcr-is Bryce, Lee
Clicr C-ayanaurh. David CHAVEZ
James Ones. Daphne cobb. iren"
Davis. Wenunah Olson. Irene Fec,
'Burch Foraker. Faniola Gilmore
Helen Goetz. M~agdaicnu Gonzalez,
Frank Grcculcaf Frcda Heinrich
Charles H,yl, C1inord Hare. Anna
HUI. Eleanor Hyde, Lloyd kellam
Edward Liphton. Buren, ilnthicum,
Fannie Lynch, Edward Mahat1m
Claud Mann. Helen Mayo. Dorothy
McAlIister. Mabel Mcdonald Mar
guertc Mlhizzu. Eileen M"idN. Anita
DSuna. Antonio Otero. Florence OF
son. samuel Roscubach, Joseph
S~chreIbcr. Frances sandy willard
Seder. Jcnc short, Ernest STATE
Grac. S'oroz. Elizabeth strong VIII
ma SNYDER. Eun.c" Thoruc. Louise
~Trencnbcrg Raymond walker Clark"
watson. Florence W,'Icr, Harold
Wordsworth.
one member ~ n ,iu-s Erues !
Statz. .s away ON guard duty with o.
company of the First Sew M'Nlr"
infantry tits name Nas ch'"r'"